Mixed Mineral Auction - Various Collections

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted piece from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as Kurt Hefendehl, Rich Kosnar, Ron Romanella, Chet Lemanski, Bill and Anne Cook, Colin Manlove, Brian Kosnar and more!  Look for attractive higher value pieces this week, all starting at $10 reserve bids!

 Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:

 1. Beautiful classic richly colored FLUORITE crystals with ''phantoms'' from France – ex Rich Kosnar Collection

2. Attractive VESUVIANITE on matrix from a RARE Pakistani locale – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
3. Excellent 2-piece set of TWINNED RUBY SPINEL crystals from Myanmar – ex Ron Romanella Collection
4. Wonderful SCHORL on AQUAMARINE from Namibia
5. Rich SILVER specimen from Batopilas, Mexico – ex Dick Hauck Collection
6. Interesting and MUSCOVITE with a RARE GARNET inclusion from North Carolina
7. RARE FLUORITE from an obscure SOUTH KOREAN locality! – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
8. A really cool EOSPHORITE on a rarely seen SCEPTER QUARTZ matrix from Brazil
9. Possibly UNIQUE(?) SPESSARTINE on SPHALERITE from Broken Hill, Australia
10. Rarities include CANAVESITE, KUPLETSKITE, CARBONATECYANOTRICHITE and HELLYERITE

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Gaudefroyite (fine quality)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
9.7 x 7.3 x 4.9
Winning Bid: $203
Creedite
Navidad Mine, Indé Municipality, Durango, Mexico
6.3 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Babingtonite on Prehnite
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Arsenopyrite with Quartz, Calcite, etc.
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
7.7 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $480
Rhodochrosite (twin)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook; Bill Kline
1.6 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Opal Replacing Petrified Wood (Limb Cast)
Virgin Valley Dist., Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
3.9 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Tourmaline (multi-color crystal)
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
5.1 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm, 5.1 grams
Winning Bid: $171
Fluorite (beautiful ''phantom'' crystals)
Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Rich Kosnar
11.3 x 7.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $985
Stibnite with Marcasite
Salvadora Mine, Yarvicoya, Caracollo, Cercado Prov., Oruro, Bolivia
6.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Smithsonite (fine color)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Choix Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $152
Quartz (''Fenster'' habit - multi-terminated)
Aramberri, Nuevo León, Mexico
Ex. Charles Trantham
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Sphalerite (''Spinel''-twins)
Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica Dist., Kosovo
6.3 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Eosphorite on rare SCEPTER Quartz
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.1 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Malachite coating Cuprite on Copper (rare locality specimen)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
10.3 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Pseudomalachite with Chrysocolla
Mount Glorious Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Ex. Bob Reynolds
5.3 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Pyrite
Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
Ex. Leigh Price
7.7 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Vesuvianite (rare locality specimen)
Chilas, Diamer Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
3.1 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Quartz var: Amethyst with Calcite
Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. Al Kidwell
8.7 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Silver
Batopilas, Andres del Rio District, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dick Hauck
6.3 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $780
Fluorite on Quartz
De'an Mine, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi, China
7.2 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $401
Calcite
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
6.7 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $146
Fluorite with Quartz
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dave Bergman
9.3 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Dolomite with Gypsum included with Malachite (RARE locality specimen)
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
8.5 x 8.2 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $168
Calcite (classic material)
Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.3 x 7.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Aragonite var: Copper-bearing (New Find!)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
5.2 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $419
Spinel (twins) (2-piece set)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Ron Romanella
1.6 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm and 1.0 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm, 3.73 grams & 0.61 grams
Winning Bid: $650
Fluorite (RARE Locality!)
Wolak Mine, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Prov., South Korea
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.7 x 5.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $3,600
Spessartine Garnet on Sphalerite (RARE COMBO!!)
Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Colin Manlove
3.3 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $267
Bismuth (synthetic)
Florida
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook; Bill Kline
9.3 x 7.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $466