Summer 2020 Extravaganza Auction, Part I

A fine example of the yellow "triphane" variety of the mineral spodumene. The varietal term "triphane" is derived from the Greek...

This fine elbaite (tourmaline) specimen from the famous Barra de Salinas District (mouth of Salinas river) in the Coronel Murta district of Minas Gera

A fantastic combination specimen featuring the three most important collector species found at Mt. Xuebaoding. The specimen features: several gemmy, l

An attractive specimen featuring a "matrix" of light green fluorite crystals upon which has grown a lustrous, flattened, translucent, colo...

A brand new occurrence for fluorite in Fujian Province, China. This attractive specimen features a complex cluster of greenish fluorite crystals havin

This specimen features an extremely rare indigo-blue color of the mineral fluorite. Additionally, the crystal habit is very unusual. The crystals are

Fluorite is a very popular mineral, and it naturally occurs in all colors of the spectrum. Pure fluorite is colorless; the color variations are caused

A recent find from Henan Province are attractive, reniform masses of emerald-green fluorite. The fluorite masses have small, but, well defined crystal

The Huanggang Iron-Tin Deposit in Inner Mongolia is perhaps the most prolific mineral specimen producing locality in China today. The locality has bee

An unusual specimen of fluorite (light green), calcite and quartz from Jiangxi Province, China. located in the southeast of the country. Jiangxi, loca

The Xiefang Mine is a volcanic-hydrothermal fluorite deposit possessing a fluorite vein system of 10 kilometers in length. The mine has yielded numero

Numerous intergrown, lustrous, color-zoned (blue-purple), cubic fluorite crystals reaching 1" across which are associated with colorless quartz...

Yaogangxian is a huge, underground tungsten-tin deposit. The mine covers an area of about 4 x 2.5 km and includes two large deposits of distinct type

An outstanding example of the garnet family species, Andradite. Andradite is a calcium iron nesosilicate mineral which occurs in skarns developed in c

A very well-formed cluster of greenish-bronze, dodecahedral andradite (garnet) crystals. The specimen is in outstanding condition and possesses very s

Manganoan Calcite is a variety of calcite rich in manganese, which gives the mineral a pink color. This specimen features dozens of thin, "disk...

Huge, rhombic crystals of light-pink, manganese-rich calcite crystals from the prolific specimen producing mines at Huanggang, Inner Mongolia. The gro

An attractive combo specimen Wuhuashan Mountain. The specimen features a plate of hematite included (reddish-orange color) quartz points partially cov

These fantastic quartz crystal clusters were first discovered and brought to the American mineral market within the last 10 years. The terminations of

This specimen is a cluster of highly-flattened, rhombohedral crystals of bright reddish-pink rhodochrosite from the Wutong Mine. Opened in 1958 as a s