Mixed Minerals From Our Backroom Drawers

This mixed mineral auction features many high-quality specimens and pieces from miscellaneous collections we've acquired over the years. Recent finds, classics, and rarities that have been hidden in our back drawers are highlighted, many are $1000 and more in value!

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Smoky Quartz - unusual Gwindel
Guiv Valley, Graubunden, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
8.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $551
Smoky Quartz
Val Giuv, Kanton Graubunden, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
4.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Fluorapatite with Quartz
Intschi Tobel, Intschi, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
7.3 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Amethyst (scepter)
Fieschergletscher, Canton Wallis, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
7.0 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Talc
Broughton Talc Mine, West Broughton, Chaudiere-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
8.7 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Opalized Clam fossil
Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
3.5 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Arsenopyrite
Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Richard Heck
8.9 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Gypsum included with Malachite
Kerrouchene, Khenifra Prov., Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region, Morocco
Ex. Jim Boteler
15.6 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Andradite Garnet
Ojos Espanoles Mine, Julimes Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Richard Heck
4.6 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $246
Azurite - rare gem xls for locality
Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Mike Groben
8.2 x 5.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Adamite
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Herb Obodda
3.5 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Quartz var. Amethyst
Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico
Ex. Herb Obodda
8.0 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Topaz with Vaerynynite Inclusion
Dassu, Haramosh Mtns., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
4.5 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Calcite "balls" included by Boulangerite
Cavnic Mine, Maramures Co., Romania
Ex. Herb Obodda
6.3 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Goshenite/Morganite with Topaz
Kahrgulak area near Shengus, Skardu Road, Gilgit Div., Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
4.4 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Quartz
Crapteig, Thusis, Graubunden, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
13.0 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Smoky Quartz
Grimselpass, Canton Berne, Switzerland
Ex. Brent Lockhart
8.0 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Baryte with Malachite inclusions (rare!)
Shangulowe Mine, Katanga Prov., Democratic Republic of Congo
Ex. Herb Obodda
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Cuprite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
5.5 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Cobaltoan Calcite with Copper
Mashamba-West Mine, Katanga Prov., Democratic Republic of Congo
Ex. Herb Obodda
5.6 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Stibnite
Baiutz, Maramures, Romania
Ex. Herb Obodda
7.5 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $346
Azurite and Malachite ps. Cuprite
Chessy-les-Mines, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex. Herb Obodda
5.0 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Calcite
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Ex. Herb Obodda
7.0 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $263
Calcite (red phantom pocket)
Fletcher Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Ex. Cynthia Payne
7.0 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Quartz
Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12.6 x 6.6 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $590
Aquamarine and Fluorite on Muscovite
Nager, near Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
13.7 x 12.2 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,001
Quartz coating Fluorite on Galena - unique!
Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Richard Heck
9.0 x 6.7 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Epidote and Byssolite
Tormiq area, northwest of Skardu, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
7.6 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Calcite on Goethite Stalactites
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Richard Heck
8.5 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Schorl with Albite
Basha Nala, Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Herb Obodda
7.3 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $181