Various Worldwide Specimens Mineral Auction

Mixed specimens this week include gem crystals, classic locales, fine display specimens and a selection of assorted pieces from our inventory and collections we've purchased such as, Al Kidwell, Brian Kosnar, Colin Manlove, Demetrius Pohl, Kurt Hefendehl, Paul Zerfass, Chet Lemanski and more!  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 FLUORITE from the Xianghuapu Mine, China featuring 2 colors / generations on the same specimen
2. Attractive bi-colored TANZANITE crystal group from Tanzania
3. Excellent and very rare ANDORITE with ZINKENITE from Bolivia
4. Wonderful "phantom" color-change FLUORITE crystals from the La Barre Mine, France – ex Paul Zerfass Collection
5. Superb rare VESZELYITE on HEMIMORPHITE from Republic of the Congo
6. Lovely IRIS AGATE slice from Indonesia
7. Gorgeous hard to find GREEN ZIRCON crystals on matrix from Brazil – ex Colin Manlove Collection
8. A very nice doubly-terminated SULFUR crystal on CELESTINE from the Maybee Quarry, Michigan
9. Fantastic vibrant green PYROMORPHITE from the Gute Hoffnung Mine, Germany – ex Colin Manlove Collection
10. A very hard to find MILLERITE specimen from an obscure South African locality – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
11. Fine quality and rarely seen LAZULITE crystals on matrix from Färbergraben, Austria – ex Kurt Hefendehl Collection
12.  Rarities include:  METACINNABAR, BREWSTERITE, SAPPHIRINE, SERPIERITE and KERMESITE 

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Fluorite (2 generations)
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan, China
6.9 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $372
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi Quarries, Pune Dist., Pune Div., Maharashtra, India
3.8 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Beryl var: Emerald on Smoky Quartz
Carnaíba, Pindobacu, Bahia, Brazil
4.7 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Copper
Itauz Mine, Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Armon McPherson
4.7 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Zoisite var: Tanzanite (bi-colored crystals)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.7 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm, 4.52 grams
Winning Bid: $170
Calcite (''phantom'' crystal with iron oxide inclusions) (fluorescent)
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia Dist., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Al Kidwell
11.1 x 10.2 x 8.4 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Fluorite (''phantom'' color-change crystals)
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
10.3 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Chalcopyrite on Calcite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
6.4 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Tourmaline (multi-color)
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
5.0 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm, 26.68 grams
Winning Bid: $252
Thomsonite (rare pink color)
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
7.9 x 5.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Quartz var: Agate (var: Iris Agate) (rainbow iridescence)
Java, Indonesia
6.3 x 5.9 x 0.2 cm, 65.5 carats
Winning Bid: $155
Gold
813 Pit, Alta Gold Mine, Olinghouse Dist., Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
5.1 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Fluorapatite (classic material)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.7 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Pink Chalcedony (fluorescent)
South of Deming, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA
7.8 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite (classic locality)
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Brian Kosnar
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Kermesite (fine classic material)
Nova Alexander adit, Kolarsky Hill, Pezinok, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Sulfur (doubly-terminated) on Celestine
Maybee Quarry, Exeter Township, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
5.2 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Quartz var: Smoky
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Berezovo District, Pre-Polar Urals, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Ex. Colin Manlove
7.2 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Fluorite (classic locality specimen)
Weißeck area, Muhr, Tamsweg District, Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
7.3 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Quartz var: Amethyst and Smoky (Scepter and ''Fenster'' habits)
Santa Maria de Jetibá, Espírito Santo, Brazil
4.8 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Serpierite (rare classic material)
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
4.0 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Azurite on Malachite (classic material)
Northwest Extension, Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
5.2 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $393
Danburite with Calcite
DTS Level 2, Aurora Mine, Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Ex. Demetrius Pohl
6.7 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Sapphirine (NOT Sapphire) (rare)
Morafeno Thorianite Deposit, Tranomaro, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar
Ex. Gerry Morvell
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Hematite var: Martite (pseudomorph after Magnetite) (uncommon locality)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Durango Municipality, Durango, Mexico
7.4 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Hemimorphite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorapatite on Albite
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Michel Jactat
12.6 x 10.2 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite with Wulfenite
Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
8.3 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Vanadinite (classic locality)
Apache Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
6.7 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Brewsterite Subgroup
Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Ex. Dr Vasco Trancoso
6.5 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $44