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Mineral & Lapidary Auction – Saturday April 8, 2023

List of Items for the auction

Here is a sneak peak at the items which we will be auctioning off on April 8th

Item NumberDescriptionLocation; Size in cm
1Pink Dolomite and Calcite VugWalker’s Quarry, St Catherines, Ont
2Sea Urchin FossilSome Sea, somewhere, sometime ago.
3Calcite w FluoriteFaraday Mine, Ontario
4Silver and Silver arsenides in BrecciaCobalt Ontario
5CalciteInverhuron, Kincardine Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario
6Lot of 10 PiecesVarious
7AnglesiteUnknown
8Siderite on Albite sprays (Labelled natrolite)MSH, Quebec, Canada
9Leaf SilverAgnico – Eagle Mine, Cobalt, Ontario
10Labradorite polished OvalMadagascar
11Gypsum – Pencil Ore”Michigan Natural Storage Co, Grand Rapids, Michigan
12Sphalerite on Fluorescent CalcitePicher, Ottawa County, Oklahoma , USA
13RealgarHumbolt Co, Nevada, USA
14Fluorescent Material MixFranklin New Jersey
15Kunzite – SpodumineMinas Girias, Brazil
16Calcite – 3 pieces:w  Galena & SuphidesKingstone Lead Mine,
17Dolomite XLS  peppered with SulphidesNanisivik Mine, Baffin Island, NWT
18Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Quartz
19Group of Minerals and MoreVarious Locations
20Fluorite – purple and Yellow – on matrixCave In Rock, Illinois
21Flat of MSH MaterialMount St Hillaire, Quebec
22Grossular and Vessuvianite?? British Mine, Black Lake , Quebec
23AmethystRio Grando do Sul, Brazil
24Lot of 9 PiecesVarious
25Quartz XLS Group in Ironstone VugSRIM Atikokan, Freeborn Twp, Rainy River, Ont, Canada;  10 x 10 x 6
26Actinolite??Madoc, Ontario
27ChrysocollaBagdad Mine, Bagdad, Arizona USA
28Metastibnite 5 pcsSteamboat Hot Springs, Washoe Co, Nevada, USA
29Lapis Lazuli 2 pcsAfganistan
3012 Stoned FrogsVarious Locations
31Amethyst over QuartzUnknown #248
32Magnetite XLs w Andradite Garnete druzeExploration Pit, Marmora Twnp, Hastings Co., Ontario
33Sodalite Rough – 16 pcsOntario, Canada
34Fossils (3)Ontario, Canada
35CalciteUnknown Locality
36Jamesonite XlsMapimi, Durango, Mexico
37Pink Dolomite XlsThorold Quarry, Niagara Region, Ontario
38Laumontite on StilbiteCape Blomindon, Bay of Funday, Nova Scotia, Canada
39Chrysanthemum Stone CarvingChina
4012 Stone EggsVarious Locations
41Septarian Nodual Sphere w Stand
42Tennantite on Quartz w variety of SulphidesConception del Ore, Zacatecas State, Mexico
43Imperial Topaz
44Aragonite XlsLa Frion Cammaritza, Greece
45Silver OreHaileybury, Ontario, Canada
469 Assorted Thumbnails AVarious Locations
47BoulangeriteBrazil
48Optical Calcite CleavageOjo Seco, Durango Mexico
49Verigated Obsidian
50GoethiteSRIM Atikokan, Freeborn Twp, Rainy River, Ont, Canada
51Amethyst pointloon lake, Mc Tavish Twnshp, Ontario
52Large Cluster Ferri -Fluoro-KatopheriteBear Lake Diggings, Monmouth Twshp, Ontario
53Microcline ClusterBear Lake Diggings, Monmouth Twshp, Ontario
54Quartz Group w secodary Qtz Druzzy coatingSRIM Atikokan, Freeborn Twp, Rainy River, Ont, Canada
55 CalciteNew York, USA
56Large piece of Sea Foam Green Glass 
57Jewelry Findings 
58Sphalerite with marcasite, Quartz and BariteHalsbruke, nr Freiburg, Saxony State, Germany
59Tourmaline – ThumbnailMinas Gerias, Brazil
6012 Stone SkullsVarious Locations
61Flat of MSH MaterialMount St Hillaire, Quebec
62Dresserite and othersFrancon Quarry, Montreal, Que.
63Fluororichterite in CalciteWilberforce, Ontario, Canada
64Celestine – Cluster of XLSWhite Rock Quarry, Clay Centre, Ohio, USA
65KulaniteRapid Creek, Dawson mining District, Yukon, Canada
66Milky Quartz ClusterHongquizhen Quarry, Sichuan Province, China
67Feri-Fluoro-KatopheriteBear Lake Diggings, Monmouth Twshp, Ontario
688 Assorted Thumbnails BVarious Locations
69Gypsum Var SeleniteWillow Creek, Albereta, Canada
70Banded Jasper – Polished + N.S. Agate -2  Slabs 
71Hemimorphite and AdamiteOjuela Mine, Mexico
72Quartz – faceting grade 3 pcsunknown  location
73Barite and CalciteHammam Zariba, Tunisia
74Fluorescent Material MixFranklin New Jersey
75Apophyllite on StilbitePuna, India
76Jar – o – Opal piecesAustralia
77Magnetite CrystalsExploration Pit, Marmora Twnp, Hastings Co., Ontario
78Forsterite and SpinelParker Mine, Notre-Dame Du Laus, Quebec, Canada
79Obsidian Faceted Egg With StandSomeplace in a galaxy far far away.
80Selenite clustersSwan Hill, Victoria, Australia
81Blue Lace Agate -LARGE Piece 
82Fluorite XlsCanada Fluorspar Inc Mine, Burin Penn., NFLD & Lab.
83Jade AlligatorUnknown
84Silver Ore w Sulphides and ArsenidesCobalt area
855 Meteortite FragmentsGambia, Russia, Algeria & Pendant
86Barytie Xls – 3 DepositionsAguathuna, Port Au Port Penninsula, Nfld & Lab., CDA
87Scapolite ??Hiltop Mine, Harcourt, Haliburton, Ontario
88Hematite Kidney Ore 
89CreediteNavidad Mine, Abaslo, Rodeo Durango, Mexico
90Rock Splitter 
91Talc with Dendretic mineralization throughout.Yellostone Mine, Gravelly Range, Madison Co, Montana
92Single Microcline XLBear Lake Diggings, Monmouth Twshp, Ontario
938 Assorted Thumbnails CVarious Locations
94Azurite with MalachiteBou Beker, Oujda, Morocco
95TrilithioniteLondonderry Li Deposit, Western Australia
96Tharnadite (Thenardite)Arizona
97CalciteGrand River, near Paris, Ontario
98Zircon – ThumbnailRossie, Lawrence County, New York, USA
99Magnetite Cube  ThumbnailZCA Mine #4, 2500′ Level, Balmat New York, USA
100Soap Stone “Ostrich Egg”AFRICA

Lots which have multiple items are itemized below:

(Description; Location; Size in cm)

Lot 6:   10 Pieces

  • Red Stone Jasper
  • Hematite
  • Pegmatite – Feldspar , Mica, Quartz
  • Part of soapstone etching
  • Strontianite xls
  • Perthite
  • Barite Rose 10 x 10 x 8
  • Kidney Ore Hematite
  • Actinolite/Tremolite Xls
  • Tsumeb – Siderite and Tannantite

Lot 19:   Group of minerals and More

  • Anhydrite; Faraday Mine, Ontario
  • Amber with Inclusions; Poland – Wood Frags and tiny hairs 40 Million y.o.
  • Almandine Garnet XL 4cm across; Collected 1997
  • Chalcopyrite and Calcite on Shpalerite; Cave In Rock, Harding , Illinois,  USA
  • Black Garnet – Druze of 2mm Xls; Very shiny
  • Grossular Garnets – 20 some on matrix; Sierra Del Cruces, Coauila, Mexico
  • Magnetite Xl – Octahedral 1 cm; Berringarra, Western Australia
  • 2 Fossil Gar Pikefish Scales; Cretacious Period – Central Montana
  • Old Quartz specimen on wooden stand; Cute. From Mexico;  2 x 2 x 4
  • Common opal – 2 seams, Pink and cream;  4 x 2.5 x 3

Lot 46:  Lot A – 9 Assorted Thumbnails

  • Adamite – 2 pieces
  • Hemimorphite
  • Tourmaline
  • Pyrite on Shairosiderite (Germany)
  • Demantoid Garnet
  • Strichtite
  • Amphibole
  • Quartz Xls – Korakov , CSSR

Lot 68: Lot B – 8 Thumbnails

  • Tourmaline; Star Gazer Claim, O’Grady Lake, NWT, Canada
  • Wellogonite; Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Leaf Silver with Bournite; Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
  • Analcime XL; MSH Quebec, Canada
  • Copper Xls; Colonial Mine, Cap D’Or, Cumberland Co, NS
  • Saphire; Kitui District, Eastern Province, Kenya
  • Barrerite; Cantung Mine, Tiungsten Nahanni Area, NWT
  • Calcite on Chabasite; Wassons Bluff, Nov Scotia

Lot 85: Meteorite Fragments

  • One Fragmant from the Gibeon meterorite first dicovered by J.E. Alexander in 1838 while digging in his field. Iron Meterorite class.
  • Two Fragments From Siberia, Russia 1947 the Sikoti-Alin Meteror of 1947
  • Three Fragmants From NW Africa 869, Algeria. An Ordinary Chandrite L4-6
  • Meterorite Pendant – Very shiny and Very cool looking.  You might say “Out of this world”!!

Lot 93: Lot C – 8 Thumbnails

  • Quartz Scepter; Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeil, Vancover, BC
  • Millerite; Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
  • Rutile; Graves Mountain Lincoln Co, Georgia, USA
  • Stibnite Xl; China
  • Visible Gold in Quartz; Lamaque Mine, n Val d’Or Abitibi East Co, Que
  • Mordenite; Esquei Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina
  • Grossular Garnet Group; Tajikistan
  • Pyrite on Quartz in Vug; Halls Gap, Lincoln Co, Kentucky, USA