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
- Quartz (''Faden'')
- Tole, Wana, South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
- Ex. Herb Obodda
- 7.7 x 6.9 x 3.3 cm
- Fluorite (superb ''ice cube'' crystals)
- Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.8 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
- Arsenopyrite (rare locality specimen)
- Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.1 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
- Kunzite (doubly-terminated) with Quartz
- Nuristan, Afghanistan
- 16.5 x 4.1 x 4.1 cm
- Monazite (fine crystal)
- Ampangabé pegmatite, Miandrarivo, Faratsiho, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 2.0 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm
- Dolomite (cobalt-bearing) (rich color)
- Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 3.6 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
- Anatase on Quartz
- Taftan, near Dalbandi, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 6.7 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
- Gmelinite-(Ca)
- Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 4.4 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
- Fluorapatite with Tourmaline inclusions
- Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 4.3 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
- Rainbow Obsidian Heart
- La Revoltosa Mine, San Andreas, Magdalena Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico
- 4.4 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
- Phosphosiderite (rare)
- Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 3.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
- Aikinite (rare) in Quartz
- Cucomungo Spring, Tule Canyon Mining District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
- Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
- 7.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
- Corundum (var: Sapphire) (bi-colored crystal)
- Zazafotsy Quarry, Zazafotsy, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 3.8 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
- Fluorite (gemmy multi-color ''phantom'' cubes) on Arsenopyrite
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
- Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
- 5.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
- Boulder Opal (carved / art piece)
- Quilpie, Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia
- 12.0 x 5.4 x 0.4 cm
- Opal (multicolor) (RARE LOUISIANA locality!)
- Hidden Fire Opal Mine, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
- Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
- 32 mm x 31 mm x 6 mm, 63.41 ct
- Weloganite (rare classic material)
- Francon Quarry, Quebec, Canada
- 2.6 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
- Smithsonite (classic material)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- 7.2 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
- Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing)
- Wenshan, Yunnan, China
- 11.3 x 6.9 x 5.2 cm
- Spodumene (var: Kunzite)
- Nuristan, Afghanistan
- 5.3 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm, 71.0 grams
- Dioptase (large sized crysals)
- Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
- 3.2 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
- Gold (rare locality)
- Greaterville Mining District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
- 1.1 x 1.0 x 0.2 cm, 0.49 grams
- Fluorite (richly colored crystals)
- Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
- Ex. Brian Kosnar
- 9.7 x 9.5 x 6.3 cm
- Hemimorphite (excellent color)
- Sa Duchessa Mine, Oridda Valley, Domusnovas, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
- Ex. Francesco Bedogné
- 7.8 x 6.4 x 2.6 cm
- Prehnite with Chrysocolla (rare association)
- Hongxizhen Unnamed Mining Area, Meigu County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.9 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
- Quartz on Hedenbergite
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.8 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
- Pyrite (fine crystals) with Sphalerite
- Huarón Mine, Huarón Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru
- 6.7 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
- Olmiite (rare)
- N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
- 10.2 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
- Dumortierite included in Quartz (rare)
- Vaca Morta Quarry, Serra de Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
- Ex. Bill Larson
- 6.2 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm, 50.9 grams
- Turquoise pseudomorph after Apatite (large specimen!)
- Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China
- 7.7 x 5.6 x 4.1 cm