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To place a bid, simply e-mail me with the specimen you are biding on, a bidding name you want to be identified by, and your bid amount. I will of course not always be able to post the bids immediately but will have them up within 24 hours at most. Please consider each specimen and your bid carefully as your bid is a commitment to purchase the mineral(s). The auction will starts now and will close at 8:30 p.m. pacific standard time on Tuesday July 7th. If multiple bids on a particular specimen come in near the close time, the auction will close 10 minutes following the last received bid after the close time. Bids are in United States dollars. Minimum bid increments are $5 for bids under $100 and $10 for bids over $100. Have fun! |
Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
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Large cluster of yellow/green Adamite. Thick coverage (6cm of solid Adamite!) from older finds. Mapimi Adamite is typically a yellow color with the green varities being more rare - this one has a more green in color than is typical, 6 x 3 x 2 cm.
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| Opening at $100 |
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N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
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Gemmy red Rhodochrosite cluster with light dusting of black Manganite, tip damage to a number of crystals, even so, these are rare and desirable. Size 3 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm.
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| Opening at $50 |
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Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Undamaged 2.7cm purple Herderite crystal complete all around set nicely upon Albite. These purple Herderites from the Xanda Mine are world famous and hard to find now, this one mined in the 1970s, size 3 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm.
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Cosquez Mine, Muzo, Boyaca Dept., Columbia
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Gem Emerald rising out of another Emerald crystal "matrix". The terminated crystal is transparent and 8mm thick. The larger Emerald is partially terminated on the long end. Unusual and much better in person. Starting bid is just below my cost. Size 2.2 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm.
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| Opening at $500 |
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N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
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Four translucent orange Olmiite crystals to 1.3cm on matrix with Calcite, sawn backside, 5 x 3 x 2 cm.
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St. Ives, Cornwall, England
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Cluster of well formed crystals to 1.8 cm. A fine old classic from Cornwall, size 3 x 2.6 x 2 cm.
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| Opening at $200 |
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Tsumeb, Namibia
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Single glassy Cerussite crystal, 2.2 cm wide, rising up off matrix in good formation for display. Ex. Clote collection, 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm..
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| Opening at $60 |
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Jalgaon, India
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Glassy and gemmy 3.5 cm double terminated Apophyllite with smaller Apophyllites and Stilbite. Beautiful floater crystal group. Size 4 x 3 x 3 cm.
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| Opening at $10 |
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Round Mountain Mine, Nye Co., Nevada
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Three spinel twin Gold specimens, longest 2cm. 1.4 grams.
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N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
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White Calcite crystals to 1.5 cm, each partially coated by yellow Ettringite crystals, 5.8 x 4 x 1.5 cm.
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Shangbao Mine, Hunan Prov., China
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Chalcopyrite crystals sprinkled on transparent purple/green Fluorite crystals covering both sides of large matrix plate. Fine, gemmy crystals, much better than photos, size 11 x 10 x 4 cm.
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| Opening at $75 |
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Tanga Region, Tanzania
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Complete, terminated reddish brown Zircon crystal. Trnaslucent and undamaged, 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm.
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Jinlong Iron Mine, Guangdong Prov., China
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Transparent Quartz crystal colored red by Hematite with attached crystal clusters of Hematite, 4.6 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm.
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Shangbao Mine, Hunan Prov., China
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Single Green Quartz crystal with particularly good form for the find - flaring out from the bottom then coming together in a curved, perfectly symetrical termination. Teh best quality I have seen in a single crystal from the find, size 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm.
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Fuka Mine, Takahasi shi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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Sharp and lustrous royal blue Henmilite crystals to 3mm in vugs and throughout matrix. Henmilite is a rare copper borate species and the Fuka mine is the type locality, size 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm.
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Shangbao Mine, Hunan Prov., China
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Floater cluster of clear Quartz and Dolomite crystals with cubic Fluorite. The Fluorite is clear with purple cores, size 4.8 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm.
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Tsumeb, Namibia
Very gemmy and lustous Cerussite crystals to about 7mm on matrix with Malachite, very nice specimen with about 10 cerussite twins, 5.5 x 6 x 3 cm.
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Huanzala Mine, Peru
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This is a very different looking Pyrite specimen, much different than the typical cubic crystals seen, and could complement a collection that already has a number of Huanzala pyrites. Typical bright luster and specimen also is nearly a complete floater, 8 x 6 x 5 cm.
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El Hammam Mine, Mt. Hammam, Meknes, Morocco
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Blue over yellow color zoned Fluorite, lustrous surfaces and better than photos,
3.5 x 3 x 2.8 cm.
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| Opening at $35 |
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Conception del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
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Thin Quartz covered plate covered on both sides with Tennantite crystals. Ex. Wein collection with old label showing price of $200, 11 x 11 x 3 cm.
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Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
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Elongated dipyramidal Wulfenite crystals on limonite, undamaged. This is older material from a collection and is not from similar contemporary finds. Size 3.8 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm.
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| Opening at $50 |
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Pingtouling Mine, Guangdong Prov., China
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Numerous glassy blue 3mm crystals across surface with pyrite crystals. Lots of vugs loaded with good crystals, way more crystals than photos may indicate. These have the good blue color and transparency unlike many from the find which are almost black. This is a good cabinet sized Scorodite valued at $400-$500, size 8.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm.
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Jalgaon, India
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Two specimens of hollow casts of Prehnite after Laumontite with attachche white spheres of Gyrolite, to 4.9 cm.
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Shaba Prov., Congo
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Small tufts (3-5mm) of velvety green Malachite atop an earlier generation of similarly formed Malachite that has psuedomorped into Chrysocolla, unusual piece, 7 x 5 x 5 cm.
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Layer of black Barite crystals over a matrix of purple Fluorite, 3 x 2.6 x 2 cm.
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Ala Valley, Torino Prov., Piedmont, Italy
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Lustrous red/orange Grossular crystals to 8mm with Clinochlore valued at $150, size 5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm.
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| Opening at $70 |
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Malad, Bombay, India
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Large, terminated Babingtonite crystal on matrix with Gyrolite. The Indian Zeolites issue of the Mineralogical Record indicates that Indian Babingtonites occur from 3 to 15 mm in size; the crystal on this specimen is 12mm tall, so this one is among the largest of the find, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm.
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| Opening at $70 |
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Viloco, Bolivia
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Sharp, semi-translucent Cassiterite crystals on matrix, size 3.2 x 2.2 x 2 cm.
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Ghundo Hill, Katlang, Pakistan
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Well terminated 2cm pinkish brown Topaz crystal, glassy and gemmy, valued at $150, 4 x 2 x 2 cm.
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| Opening at $50 |
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Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China
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Glassy, clear Fluorite cubes forming undamaged pair of stalactites, 9 x 5 x 3 cm.
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Tsumeb, Namibia
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Glassy single Cerussite crystals rising vertically on matrix. No damage. Ex. Clote collection, 4 x 3.8 x 2 cm.
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| Opening at $85 |
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Kaokaveld, Namibia
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Beautiful cabinet sized specimen with bright Dioptase crystals to 1cm in a quartz crystal lined vug in chrysocolla matrix, previously priced at $350, opening bid less than my cost, 7.5 x 6 x 6 cm.
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| Opening at $150 |
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Ninh Thuan Prov., Vietnam
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Etched yellow Heliodor from a recent find in Vietnam that glows like a piece of yellow ice. Thick crystal section with etched outer surfaces. Completely gemmy inside with good color. These have been tested by two labs and confirmed as natural yellow beryl. Size 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm.
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Tsumeb, Namibia
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Solid mass of Tennantite covered by Tennantite crystals to 2.2 cm in size and partially etched cubo octahedral Galena crystals, which are fairly uncommon for Tsumeb. Ex. Clote collection, 9 x 7 x 5 cm.
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| Opening at $80 |
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Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Highly unusual "bent" Aqua crystal in solid crystalline Quartz. Aqua crystal is 6.5 x 1 cm, it must have broke and then rehealed prior to being encased in the Quartz. From a friends collection dating back to 1970s, 12 x 6 x 7 cm.
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Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja Sur, Mexico
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3mm Boleite cube in matrx, 6.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm.
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Tsumeb, Namibia
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Exceedingly sharp 2.5 cm psuedomorph of Malachite after Azurite. Top thumbnail,
ex. Clive Queit, 2.5 x 3 x 2 cm.
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