Special Mindat Benefit Auction!

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Calcite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
9.7 x 8.9 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Mottramite and Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.1 x 6.4 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $227
Dioptase
Kapata Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
6.1 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Pyromorphite
Saint-Salvy Mine, Castres, Tarn, Occitanie, France
Ex. Ed Loye
3.1 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Hemimorphite on Calcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Mun., Durango, Mexico
10.6 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $679
Grossular on Diopside
Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Vermont, USA
5.0 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $388
Amethyst (Scepter) with Hematite inclusions
Gonarezhou, Chiredzi Dist., Masvingo, Zimbabwe
6.9 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $112
Variscite, Crandallite, and Wardite slab
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck, Rock Currier
8.3 x 5.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,251
Groutite on Petrified Wood (old find)
Blackwater Mine, Apache Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Ed Loye
5.3 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Copper with Silver
Houghton County Copper Mines, Michigan, USA
8.8 x 6.8 x 3.9 cm, 238 g
Winning Bid: $425
Quartz (Herkimer diamond)
Herkimer Diamond Mine, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
4.9 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Synthetic Quartz crystal
China
8.6 x 8.1 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $244
Silver crystals on antique jewelry pin
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Ex. Ed Loye
2.8 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Baryte (Oakstone)
Arbor Low, Derbyshire Dales Dist., Derbyshire, England, UK
Ex. Ed Loye
6.6 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Hematite
Irhoud Mine, Youssoufia Prov., Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
8.3 x 7.2 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $340
Calcite
Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
7.6 x 7.3 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Kidwellite with Strengite on Beraunite, Dufrenite and Rockbridgeite
Three Oak Gap, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA
11.1 x 8.3 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Acanthite ps. Stephanite with Polybasite and Argyrodite
Santiago Mine, Agua de Castilla, Antonio Quijarro Prov., Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Ex. Dr. Werner Paar
8.8 x 8.1 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Selenite with Kobyashevite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Gary Weaver
7.4 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Grossular with Vesuvianite
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Mun., Coahuila, Mexico
6.7 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Silver
McMillianville, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
4.4 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $406
Aquamarine (Bi-color)
Erongo Mtns., Karibib Con., Erongo Region, Namibia
5.4 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Quartz with Hematite inclusions
Stromberg, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. H. Deisinger, Chris Roberge
15.9 x 10.4 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $263
Canutite with Magnesiokoritnigite and Lavendulan
Torrecillas Mine, El Tamarugal Prov., Tarapaca Region, Chile
Ex. Paulo Matioli
6.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $685
Cafarsite (rare cabinet display specimen!)
Mt. Cervandone area, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Prov., Piedmont, Italy
12.7 x 8.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $851