Fine Mineral Auctions from the depths of our Inventory! ends May 28th

Needless to say, we have all been catching up on cleaning projects. Nearly all of these minerals were found still in boxes and drawers in the back warehouse, never seen by a customer since we acquired them. This week is a particularly wild diversity of beautiful mineral specimens! Old classics, new finds, and new material 

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Aquamarine with Muscovite
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.2 x 5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Gold
Serra de Caldeirao, Pontese Lacerda, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
2.1 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $630
Rhodochrosite and Fluorite with Tetrahedrite and Quartz
Riva's Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma Mining District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
6.8 x 5.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $5,050
Fluorite (cut Gem)
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.2cm
Winning Bid: $466
Hematite with Rutile on Aragonite (unusual combination!)
Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Grisons, Switzerland
5.2 x 5 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Greenockite-included Smithsonite (ex. DeLinde coll.)
Rush, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA
4.9 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,126
Legrandite with rare crystal style
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi Municipality, Durango, Mexico
2.4 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $585
Rhodochrosite (competition level thumbnail)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
2.2 x 1.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $978
Serandite on Albite (superb thumbnail specimen)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Azurite and Malachite (ex. Herb Obodda)
Chessy-les-mines, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
7.2 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $728
Native Copper (Unusual dendrite form; ex. Kay Robertson)
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
4.3 x 3.1 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $845
Fluorapophyllite and Stilbite (large specimen!)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
23.8 x 15.3 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $551
Topaz (ex. John Patrick and Don Boydston Coll.)
La Ventilla, Villa de Reyes Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.4 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Gold in Quartz (0.51oz)
Kenton Mine, Alleghany, Sierra Co., California, USA
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,161
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (ex. Gary Weaver)
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, Eureka Mining Dist., San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
6.6 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $928
Pink Fluorite
Les Droites, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
4.3 x 3.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $496
Smithsonite var. Cobaltoan
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.4 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $585
large Fluorite with Quartz and Pyrite (ex. Gary Weaver)
Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, USA
17 x 16.6 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $872