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
- Stibiotantalite (fine thumbnail)
- Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Ex. Brian Kosnar
- 1.4 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $136
- Fluor-Liddicoatite (Tourmaline) (doubly-terminated)
- Befisoitsy, Soatanimbary, Tanamarina Bekisopa, Ikalamavony Dist., Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar
- 5.3 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, 27.9 grams
- Winning Bid: $337
- Fluorite (GEM crystals) on Baryte
- Emilio Mine, Loroñe, Obdulia vein, Colunga, Asturias, Spain
- Ex. Colin Manlove
- 8.3 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $136
- Aegirine on Pink Microcline
- Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
- 4.9 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $180
- Prehnite (polished nodule)
- Wave Hill Station, Kalkarindji, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
- 7.0 x 6.5 x 1.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $55
- Azurite (New Find!) (rare locale)
- Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java Prov., Indonesia
- 5.5 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $225
- Amphibole (formerly ''Uralite'')
- Calumet Mine, Turret District, Chafee Co., Colorado, USA
- Ex. Dave Bergman
- 3.8 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $70
- Pyrite
- Stari Trg Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Mitrovica, Kosovo
- 5.6 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $210
- Calcite
- Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
- 11.7 x 7.7 x 3.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $525
- Quartz with Dolomite and Sphalerite
- Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
- 9.7 x 9.3 x 4.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $86
- Quartz var: Chalcedony (var: Chrysoprase) (New Find!)
- Sulawesi, Indonesia
- 14.3 x 7.8 x 7.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $100
- Pyrite on Calcite
- Shangrao, Jiangxi, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 9.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $550
- Crocoite (classic material)
- Red Lead Mine, Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, West Coast Mun., Tasmania, Australia
- 4.6 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $220
- Kermesite (fine classic material)
- Kolarsky Mountain, Pezinok, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
- Ex. Colin Manlove
- 4.1 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $131
- Smithsonite (cadmium-bearing)
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
- Ex. Rich Kosnar
- 5.1 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $255
- Zoisite var: Tanzanite
- D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Simanjiro Dist., Manyara, Tanzania
- 1.1 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $225
- Axinite-(Fe)
- Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk Urban Dist., Primorsky Krai, Russia
- Ex. Shields Flynn
- 3.5 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $151
- Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite
- Tongshankou Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
- 2.3 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $205
- Calcite (''poker chip" crystals)
- Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo Ore Field, Suxian Dist., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Ex. Carl Acosta
- 5.7 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm
- Winning Bid: $82
- Baryte on Fluorite (fine quality)
- Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 5.2 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $80
- Vanadinite (arsenic-bearing)
- Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 9.7 x 8.4 x 5.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $165
- Quartz with Hematite and Rutile ''star'' inclusions (excellent!)
- Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
- Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
- 5.6 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $653
- Aragonite (copper-bearing) (New Find!)
- Wenshan Mine, Wenshan City, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
- 10.3 x 7.2 x 5.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $166
- Epidote (''Faden'')
- Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Roundu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Ex. Tim Sherburn
- 5.0 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $141
- Cinnabar (twin) (classic material)
- Wanshan Mine, Tongren, Guizhou, China
- Ex. Brian Kosnar
- 6.5 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
- Winning Bid: $700
- Baryte (fine specimen) (rare locality)
- White Raven Mine, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
- Ex. Gary Weaver
- 10.2 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $952
- Spinel (twinned crystal)
- An Phu, Luc Yen Dist., Yen Bai Prov., Vietnam
- Ex. Tim Sherburn
- 4.0 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $255
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- Spinel (twinned crystal) with Chondrodite
- Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen Dist., Yen Bai Prov., Vietnam
- 5.3 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $559
- Fluorite (''phantom'' crystals)
- Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
- Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
- 9.8 x 8.0 x 3.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $600
- Turquoise (RARE Colorado locality)
- King Turquoise Mine, Manassa, Conejos Co., Colorado, USA
- 9.7 x 4.9 x 3.9 cm
- Winning Bid: $349