Mixed Worldwide Fine Minerals

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 Dave Bergman, Dr. Stephen Smale, Bob Reynolds, Bill and Anne Cook, Chet Lemanski and Colin Manlove!  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 GEMMY FLUORITE crystals on BARYTE from Spain (ex Dave Bergman Collection)

2. Wonderful GEM quality TOURMALINE ''pencil'' from Brazil (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

3. GOLD NUGGET from Round Mountain, Nevada (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

4. Showy aesthetic BOURNONITE on QUARTZ from Bolivia

5. Excellent RUBY crystal on matrix from Afghanistan

6. Rare SULFUR and CALCITE DRILL CORE specimen from Texas!

7. Large GROSSULAR GARNET crystals from Mexico (ex Chet Lemanski Collection)

8. Attractive EPIDOTE crystal group from Mexico (ex Bob Reynolds Collection)

9. Fantastic cabinet sized matrix CUBANITE specimen from Canada 10. Rarities include ALABANDITE, PHILIPSBURGITE, SPANBOLITE, VALENTINITE, LORENZENITE, KOLWEZITE, JUNITOITE, GILALITE and KINOITE

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Goethite (good quality) with Calcite
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
8.7 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Fluorite with Calcite (fluorescent)
Pachapaqui Mining District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
Ex. Chet Lemanski
8.3 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Stibnite (large rare locality specimen)
Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
10.0 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Prehnite (rare Scottish locality)
Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ex. Chet Lemanski
11.3 x 8.3 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Cubanite (classic twinned crystals)
Henderson No. 2 Mine, Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada
Ex. Chet Lemanski
9.3 x 7.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $237
Realgar with Orpiment on Sphalerite
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Ex. Gary Weaver
4.3 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Sodium Potassium Silicon Hexafluoride (post-mining product)
Phosphate Processing Dump Site, Bone Valley Phosphate Mining District, near Bartow, Polk Co., Florida, USA
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.6 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Heulandite with Babingtonite, Datolite and Quartz
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
6.9 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Sphalerite with Pyrite
Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. David Burgess
7.3 x 5.7 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Brucite with Calcite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Xenotime-(Y) (fine crystal)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
2.7 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Tourmaline (GEMMY ''pencil'')
Santa Rosa Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Brian Kosnar
8.5 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm, 8.7 grams
Winning Bid: $360
Quartz with Bismuthinite inclusions
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
8.0 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Epidote
Guadalupe Island, Mun. de Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Ex. Bob Reynolds
4.8 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Almandine Garnet (rare locality specimen)
Hensons Creek Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Chet Lemanski
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $153
Beryl (var: Aquamarine) (near ''floater'' crystal) with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.6 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm, 132.5 grams
Winning Bid: $280
Fluorite (rare locality)
Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Chet Lemanski
7.1 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Azurite (''rose'') (classic material)
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
3.5 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $105
Rhodochrosite (rare locality specimen)
Equity Mine, near Creede, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Dr. William Logan
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Cuprite with Chrysocolla
Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, DR Congo
Ex. Colin Manlove; Gilbert Gauthier
7.2 x 5.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,016
Calcite (RARE locality specimen)
Gastein ravine tunnel, Lend, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Colin Manlove; Gilbert Gauthier
6.9 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Heulandite-(Ca) with Stilbite-(Ca)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
11.4 x 9.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Bournonite with Siderite on Quartz
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi, Bolivia
7.7 x 6.3 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $133
Bivalve Fossil
Jherruk-Lakhra-Bara Nai (Sind), Salt Range (Punjab) and Samana Range, Pakistan 
7.2 x 7.1 x 4.6 cm, 280.2 grams
Winning Bid: $35
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Malachite with Rosasite and Hydrozincite (rare locality)
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk Hill, Clark Mountain District, Clark Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
8.8 x 7.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $104
Fluorapatite (uncommon locality)
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Epidote (attractive crystals)
Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
8.3 x 5.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Colemanite (excellent crystals - rare locality)
Lower Biddy McCarthy Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds; Al Ordway
5.3 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Quartz ("Faden") (rare matrix piece)
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
10.2 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $216