World Wide Minerals - Assorted Collections
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, Brian Kosnar, Kurt Hefendehl, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Vasco Trancoso 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 fine quality classic BLUE HEMIMORPHITE from Italy - ex Francesco Bedogné Collection
2. Fine classic SMITHSONITE on matrix from Tsumeb
3. RARE OPAL specimen from LOUISIANA! – ex Bill and Anne Cook Collection
4. RICH GREEN colored FLUORITE crystal group from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia
5. Very aesthetic display specimen featuring FLUORITE with CALCITE from China – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
6. Superb classic golden BARYTE from the Meikle Mine, Nevada – ex Dave Bergman Collection
7. Large DIOPTASE crystals from the Omaue Mine, Namibia
8. Beautiful strong gemmy green FLUORITE crytals from Peru
9. Gorgeous FLUORITE, FERBERITE and APATITE specimen from Panasqueira, Portugal – ex Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection
10. Rarities include AINKINITE, GLADITE, WELOGANITE, HENMILITE and PHOSPHOSIDERITE
- Henmilite (incredibly rare)
- Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho-fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan (Type Locality)
- 2.9 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $540
- Lazulite (large crystal) on matrix
- Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
- 5.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $210
- Hematite / Iron Nodules
- Yellowstone River, Montana, USA
- Ex. Jack Arbiser
- 10.3 x 8.8 x 7.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $40
- Fluorite with Calcite (aesthetic specimen)
- Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Ex. Brian Kosnar
- 8.3 x 8.1 x 5.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $918
- Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite (classic material)
- Chessy Copper Mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $157
- Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (fine specimen)
- Bou Beker Mining District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.7 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $179
- Smoky Quartz
- Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
- 5.7 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $130
- Calcite with iron oxide inclusions
- Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
- 7.7 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $144
- Chalcopyrite on Dolomite
- Tri-State Mining District, USA
- 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $45
- Calcite (aesthetic specimen)
- Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
- 5.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $166
- Epidote (beautiful ''pinwheel-shaped'' group)
- Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
- 3.7 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $265
- Fluorite (uncommon locality specimen)
- Homestake-Jack Pot Mine, Gold Road Mining District, Oatman Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona, USA
- 8.4 x 7.3 x 7.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $111
- Thomsonite (rare color) with Stilbite
- Aurangabad, Maharahstra, India
- 5.8 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $76
- Fluorite (richly colored crystals) (2020 discovery)
- Cerro de Pasco, Pasco Prov., Pasco, Peru
- 5.2 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $450
- Chlorite pseudomorph after Staurolite
- Patrick Co., Virginia, USA
- Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
- 5.3 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $75
- Gladite (very rare) (polished)
- Peace of Mine Group Prospect, Germania Creek Mining District, Blaine Co,, Idaho, USA
- Ex. David Burgess; Josef Vajdak
- 7.2 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $210
- Rhodonite with Galena (classic material)
- Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 9.7 x 5.8 x 4.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $198
- Analcime (rare from Namibia)
- Namibia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 9.3 x 7.8 x 3.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $61
- Fluorite with Ferberite and Fluorapatite (2014 find)
- Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 11.3 x 7.3 x 5.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $306
- Primary Malachite -rare style
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- 3.2 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $210
- Stellerite (fine quality)
- Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India
- Ex. Rock Currier
- 5.8 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $290
- Quartz (var: Chalcedony)
- Central Java, Indonesia
- 11.6 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $109
- Aurichalcite
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
- Ex. Wouter Van Tichelen
- 4.7 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $160
- Silver
- Kongsberg Silver District, Buskerud, Norway
- Ex. Brian Kosnar
- 7.0 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $436
- Baryte (fine quality)
- Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
- Ex. Dave Bergman
- 8.2 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $412
- Hematite pseudomorph after Magnetite (excellent) (ex Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection)
- Payún Matrú volcano, Altiplano de Payún Matrú, Agua Escondida District, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina
- 9.3 x 6.9 x 4.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $525
- Pyromorphite (classic material) (great pedigree)
- Block 14 Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
- Ex. R. W. S. Doo; Albert Chapman; Albert Campbell
- 6.3 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $1,306
- Amethyst with Pyrite, Chalcopyrite and Sphalerite
- Turț Mine, Turț, Negrești-Oaș, Oaș Mountains, Satu Mare, Satu Mare, Romania
- 10.2 x 9.3 x 9.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $811
- Parisite-(Ce) (rare matrix doubly-terminated crystal)
- Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
- 7.8 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $387
- Apatite with Hematite and Arfvedsonite
- Anemzi, Agoudim, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 4.7 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $110