Tucson 2025 Auction!

In recent years we’ve hosted a series of special “Showcase” auctions involving some of the minerals we already carefully selected for our retail sales venue in Tucson - so that our Internet and social media customers can have a fair chance at some of the good things we have saved up for the big show! And they all start at no reserve! You can’t even go to the show and see minerals like this at the prices.

To start the new year with a bang, we are therefore pleased to present one of the finest sets of beautiful fine mineral specimens and associated lapidary objects, that we have offered for online auction. Look for numerous beautiful specimens from new finds and old discoveries! 

These special auction items will be available for viewing at the Tucson show, but they will ONLY be available for bidding online at mineralauctions.com!

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Hematite on granite (old classic)
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grisons, Switzerland
Ex. Richard Kosnar
8.0 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Beryl var. Aquamarine
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.6 x 6.4 x 5.5 cm, 333 g
Winning Bid: $1,050
Rutile (on matrix!) in Quartz sphere
Brazil
Ex. Jack Halpern
7.0 x 7.0 x 7.0 cm, 483 g
Winning Bid: $1,100
Fluorite with Baryte and Calcite
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Richard Heck
13.6 x 12.0 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,750
Topaz
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.8 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm, 210 g
Winning Bid: $650
Prehnite ps. Anhydrite
Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Charlie Key
7.0 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Manganese-bearing Calcite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
15.0 x 13.6 x 11.3 cm
Winning Bid: $897
Smithsonite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Dist., Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Martin Zinn
16.8 x 9.0 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Dioptase on and included in Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. David Schorsch, Marshall Sussman
7.0 x 6.0 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $4,055
Gold with Arsenopyrite (10 ounces, gold)
German Bar Mine, Alleghany, Nevada Co., California, USA
Ex. Dr. Terry Wallace
10.0 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid: $23,750
Tourmaline
Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
6.5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm, 169 g
Winning Bid: $1,888
Galena with Calcite and Quartz
Borieva Mine, Madan ore field, Smolyan Prov., Bulgaria
10.2 x 9.9 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Tourmaline
Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
7.3 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm, 77.8 g
Winning Bid: $1,069
large Chrysocolla with Malachite (polished)
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
27.0 x 13.9 x 6.0 cm, 4083
Winning Bid: $335
Aurichalcite
Uludag Mine, Bursa Prov., Turkey
9.8 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Beryl var. Aquamarine
Pedra Azul, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. William (Bill) Larson
5.2 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,950
Elbaite Tourmaline
Palelni Mine, Molo Village, Kyaukme Dist., Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
Ex. William (Bill) Larson
4.0 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,325
Red Beryl in matrix
Ruby Violet claims, Beaver Co., Utah, USA
Ex. RD Mushlitz
3.8 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,300
Baryte with Calcite
Meikle Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
11.2 x 7.3 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $850
Quartz var. Amethyst with phantom
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg Area, Namibia
Ex. Charlie Key, Rick Hottel
5.8 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm, 58 g
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. Shields and Frances Flynn
12.4 x 6.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,561
Malachite
Tonglushan Mine, Daye City, Hubei Prov., China
13.7 x 11.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
Fluorapophyllite on Stilbite
Jalgaon Dist., Nashik Div., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Steve Smale
10.6 x 7.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Vesuvianite (Romero Collection)
Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Mun., Coahuila, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Miguel Romero
8.5 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $666
Topaz on Quartz
Sakangyi, Mogok, Burma
Ex. William (Bill) Larson
13.0 x 11.4 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $615
Wulfenite
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Jack Halpern
9.7 x 7.8 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $2,950
Quartz and Fluorite
Yongchun, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
17.7 x 12.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $576
Euclase with Tourmaline inclusions on Muscovite
Chia mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.4 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm, 17.13 g
Winning Bid: $550
Pyrrhotite
Potosi Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Dist., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. David and Emily Stoudt, A.M. Buranek
8.4 x 7.3 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $882
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Milpillas, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
9.4 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,650