Worldwide Minerals Auction - Mixed 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 Kurt Hefendehl, Bob Reynolds, Bill and Anne Cook, Dr. Vasco Trancoso, Rich Kosnar 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. Excellent SPINEL (twinned crystals) with CHONDRODITE from Vietnam
2. Old-time (1980s) AZURITE "rose" from China – ex Rich Kosnar Collection
3. Beautiful, gemmy, doubly-terminated FLUOR-LIDDICOATITE TOURMALINE from Madagascar
4. Fine quality MOLYBDENITE on matrix from China
5. Classic gemmy SMOKY QUARTZ "GWINDEL" from Switzerland – ex Rich Kosnar Collection
6. Fantastic RARE NOVACEKITE thumbnail on matrix from Brazil!
7. Eye-catching AMETHYST "cast" after CALCITE from Uruguay
8. Wonderful old-time "drillbit"-twinned CINNABAR from China – ex Brian Kosnar Collection
9. Hard to find matrix TURQUOISE specimen from Colorado!
10. Rarities include SWAMBOITE-(Nd) with SODDYITE and CURITE, KERMESITE, THORITE, CROCOITE and JEREMEJVITE
- Fluorite
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
- Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
- 7.3 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $230
- Nickelskutterudite (formerly Chloanthite) pseudomorph after Native Silver
- Bad Schlema, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
- 5.2 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $111
- Rhodochrosite
- Manuelita Mine, Morococha Dist., Yauli Prov., Junín Dept., Peru
- Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
- 3.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $130
- Molybdenite
- Babu District, Hezhou, Guangxi, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 7.8 x5.8 x 4.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $210
- Dravite (chromium / vanadium-bearing) on Albite
- Landanai, Simanjiro Dist., Manyara Region, Tanzania
- Ex. Tim Sherburn
- 6.0 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $100
- Calcite (excellent classic material)
- Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- 8.8 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $525
- Petrified Wood
- Holbrook, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA
- Ex. Dave Bergman
- 10.1 x 8.6 x 2.9 cm, 448 grams
- Winning Bid: $50
- Quartz var: Amethyst ''cast'' after Calcite
- Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay
- Ex. Brian Kosnar
- 8.4 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $160
- Quartz var: Amethyst (''flower'')
- Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 7.1 x 5.9 x 3.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $405
- Cassiterite (twins)
- Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 4.1 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
- Winning Bid: $161
- Pink Dolomite with Chalcopyrite
- Black Rock, Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
- 5.2 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $41
- Nováčekite (fine rare classic thumbnail)
- Pedra Preta Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
- Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
- 1.3 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
- Winning Bid: $625
- Opal (multi-color)
- San Juan del Río Mun., Queretaro, Mexico
- 2.1 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm, 4.7 grams
- Winning Bid: $100
- Brazilianite
- Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 3.8 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $115
- Stannite with Arsenopyrite on Quartz
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Ex. Colin Manlove
- 5.3 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $71
- Conichalcite with Halloysite
- Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
- Ex. Bob Reynolds
- 7.1 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $180
- Swamboite-(Nd) (exceptionally rare)
- Swambo Hill, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo (Type Locality)
- Ex. Wouter Van Tichelen
- 4.2 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $211
- Thorite (classic material)
- Kemp Prospect, Cardiff Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
- Ex. Al Kidwell
- 5.2 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $62
- Amethyst (rare locality gem)
- near Pocopson, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
- Ex. Jim Houran
- 19 mm x 15 mm x 6 mm, 3.98 cts
- Winning Bid: $87
- Gypsum var: Selenite (rare locality)
- Negev Desert, Israel
- Ex. Chet Lemanski
- 9.9 x 7.6 x 1.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $63
- Variscite (fine color)
- Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
- 4.8 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $71
- Thomsonite with Prehnite
- Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
- Ex. Gerry Morvell
- 9.1 x 7.1 x 4.2 cm,
- Winning Bid: $145
- Jeremejevite (rare classic material)
- Ameib Farm 60, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
- Ex. Carl Acosta
- 1.6 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $182
- Fluorite (rare scepter habit)
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 8.1 x 5.6 x 4.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $263
- Beryl var: Aquamarine on Muscovite
- Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- 6.7 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $300
- Schorl Tourmaline (fine crystal) with Quartz, Albite and Topaz
- Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- 8.2 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $310
- Azurite (''rose'') (1980s)
- Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Pref., Guangdong, China
- Ex. Rich Kosnar
- 6.4 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $1,900
- Quartz var: Smoky (''Gwindel'')
- Göscheneralp, Göschener Tal, Göschenen, Reusstal, Uri, Switzerland
- Ex. Rich Kosnar
- 6.6 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $185
- Orthoclase (''floater'' Carlsbad twin) (rare locality specimen)
- Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA
- Ex. Dave Bergman
- 4.0 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $25
- Brucite (excellent rare yellow color)
- Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
- 5.7 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $343