Western Americana Auction April 2022

Might also qualify as a Chinese viewing stone because of its size. This is a large specimen of deep green fluorite cubes with faces up to two inches a

This is a large specimen of deep green fluorite cubes with naturally shiny faces up to two inches across. Possibly from the Shang Hua Ling Mine in Hun

Not strictly a Chinese viewing stone but here because of its size and beauty. This is a large specimen of deep green fluorite cubes with faces up to

Not strictly a Chinese viewing stone but here because of its size and beauty. This is a large specimen of deep green fluorite cubes with faces up to

Not strictly a Chinese viewing stone but here because of its size and beauty. This is a large specimen of deep green fluorite cubes with faces up to

This is a large specimen of calcite (not clear/grey fluorite cubes as previously described) with faces up to three inches across. There is a coating o

Might qualify as a Chinese viewing stone because of its size. This is one big specimen of deep purple fluorite cubes with faces up to an inch across.

Call it a Chinese viewing stone because of its impressive size. This is a large specimen of deep purple fluorite cubes with faces up one-half inch acr

Chinese Caohua Stone, also called "painting stone" because of the natural dendritic (black: manganese oxide; red: iron oxide) growths with...

Chinese Caohua Stone, also called "painting stone" because of the natural dendritic (black: manganese oxide; red: iron oxide) growths with...

Chinese Caohua Stone, also called "painting stone" because of the natural dendritic (black: manganese oxide; red: iron oxide) growths with...

Chinese Caohua Stone, also called "painting stone" because of the natural dendritic (black: manganese oxide; red: iron oxide) growths with...

Chinese viewing stone whose deeply eroded, contorted surface resembles a fallen meteorite, but it is not as heavy as an iron meteorite would be. See p

Chinese viewing stone whose deeply eroded, contorted surface resembles a fallen meteorite, but it is not as heavy as an iron meteorite would be. See p

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite and a large hole through

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite. Custom-made wood base i

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite. Custom-made wood base i

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite. Custom-made wood base i

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite. Custom-made wood base i

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite. This one has two holes

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite. Fascinating irregular s

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite. There are two natural h

Chinese viewing stone made of black limestone with deep, weathered striations with narrow fractures filled with white calcite. A 6-inch, contrasting e

This is a very rare, polished slab of a nearly white Lingbi Stone with dark, diagonal streaks. It is approximately one-and-a-half inches thick and hig

Chinese viewing stone made of polished green and white onyx (a type of massive quartz). Each side presents a unique view that can pique the imaginatio

Chinese viewing stone mounted on rosewood stained wooden base. This one resembles lofty, rugged mountains. See photos for details. City: State:Yingd

Chinese viewing stone mounted on rosewood stained wooden base. It differs from Lingbi Stone in that it is more angular with sharper corners. This one

Cluster of blue-green beryl crystals (var. emerald) in coarse-grained quartz matrix, 352 grams total, 4.25 x 3.5 x 1.5". City: State:Yunnan ...

Blue-green beryl crystals (var. emerald) in coarse-grained quartz matrix, 164 grams total, 3 x 2.75 x 1.25". City: State:Yunnan Province Da...

Two, blue-green beryl crystals (var. emerald) 3/16 x 2" and 1/2 x 1.25" in coarse-grained quartz matrix, 454 grams total, 3.75 x 3.75 x 2....

Cluster of blue-green beryl crystal (var. emerald) in coarse-grained quartz matrix. The largest crystal is 2.25 x 7/8". Specimen is 620 grams t...

Single blue-green beryl crystal (var. emerald) 1.25 x 0.75" in coarse-grained quartz matrix, 561 grams total, 3.25 x 3 x 2.5". City: St...

Single blue-green beryl crystal (var. emerald) approx 1. x 2.25" in coarse-grained quartz matrix, 512 grams total, 5.25 x 3 x 2.75". Ci...

Single blue-green beryl crystal (var. emerald) 3/4 x 2.25" in coarse-grained quartz matrix, 415 grams total, 4.5 x 4 x 1.5". In green broc...

Long (1.5 to 2"), thin (1/16 to 3/16") blue-green beryl crystals (var. emerald) in coarse-grained quartz matrix, 436 grams total, 4 x 3.75...

Blue-green beryl crystals (var. emerald) in coarse-grained quartz matrix, 3 medium boxed specimens on natural hand-carved wood bases, in brocade boxes

This is a large specimen of bluish to greenish fluorite cubes with naturally shiny faces up to one-half inch across. Possibly from the Shang Hua Ling

Pinkish-red fluorite crystals with unusual rounded crystals up to an inch across on a white fine-grained matrix. This appears to have been part of the

Specimens of rich green malachite with boxes of thumbnail-size pieces up to 4 x 2" hand specimens; deep blue, rough azurite in pieces from thum...

More than 1.5 kg of rough azurite in pieces from 3/4" to 2" across; 382 gr of pyrope garnets from 1.2" to 1" in diameter; crysta...

An assortment of carved stone designs includes a pair of brown wolverines(?), 3 x 2 x 0.75"; eight jadeite masks2.5 x 2 x 1.5"; one resin ...

Velvet malachite, 2.75 x 2.25"; pale purple fluorite cube cluster, 4 x 3 x 2"; large, tan calcite crystals in a faceted ball-like habit, 7...

Three malachite specimens 3.75 x 2.25 x 2", 3.25 x 2.5 x 1.5", and 3.25 x 2.5 x 1.25"; 576 gr of epidote crystals with quartz from 1/...

Carved crystalline fluorite is beautiful for its subtly variegated shades of green and purple. Because fluorite easily splits along well-defined cleav

White quartz on epidote-stained matrix, 4.5 x 3 x 2"; pale purple and pale green fluorite cubes up to 1/2" across on white matrix, 3.75 x ...

Purple and pale green fluorite crystals up to 1/2" across on white matrix, 5 x 4 x 2"; slender stibnite crystal cluster, 4.25 x 0.75"...

About 30 pieces of pyrope garnets from 1/2" to 1" in diameter, 403 gr; eight pieces of malachite from 3/4" to 2" across includin...

57 pyrope garnets from 1/2" to 1.5" diameter; two specimens of malachite, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.25" and 4 x 3 x 2.75 "; large, flat sing...

Three small, black , windowed gift boxes with water-clear Herkimer Diamonds (doubly-terminated quartz crystals), five in one box, 1/2" to 3/4&q...

Calcite with pinkish-tan columnar crystals from 1/2" to 1" across on white matrix, 7.5 x 7 x 3"; icy blue, clear fluorite cubes up to...

Dogtooth calcite crystals, creamy white tinted reddish brown on one side, this spectacular piece stands up stably at full height, 6.5 x 6 x 3";...

Pale purple to clear fluorite cube up to 3/8" across, 6 x 5 x 4"; grey-green fluorite with cubes up to 1/2" across with hobnail calci...

Quartz crystal cluster with some interesting tabular crystal shapes, 8.5 x 4.75"; pale purple fluorite, 5.5 x 3 x 3.5"; pale blue celestit...

Radiating clusters of 1" to 1.5" long, thin quartz crystals, pale yellow from iron staining, 6 x 4.5 x 3"; pale blue fluorite crystal...

Coral-like fossil of tubular structure with chalcedony, 5.5 x 4.5"; greenish-blue fluorite with 1.5-inch crystals, 6 x 6"; quartz crystal ...

small clusters of clear quartz crystals and druzy quartz on white matrix with two clear fluorite cubes, each about 5/8" across, whole specimen ...

Calcite single crystal, 7 x 4 x 2.5"; purple fluorite cubes up to 1/2" across on white matrix, 5.75 x 4 x 3"; pale green fluorite wit...

Creamy white dogtooth calcite crystals with brown staining on one preferred side, 6.75 x 4.5 x 3"; green fluorite crystals with octahedral sect...

Thirty pairs of elongated ovoids made of natural magnetite. These novelties are strong, shiny magnets, and when separated and thrown into the air, the

Four small boxes of malachite, from small 1-inch pieces to 2 x 2"; one small box of rough azurite pieces, from 1/2-inch to 1-inch across; two s...

Coiled ammonite fossil (poss. Dactylioceras) 3.75 x 3 x 1.25"; large bivalve fossil, 3.5 x 3.25 x 2.5"; large clear/milky quartz crystals ...

Rough azurite, ~20 pcs, 327 gr; velvet malachite, 2.5 x 2.25"; malachite stalactite, 3 x 3"; large quartz crystal, 3 x 3"; massive qu...

green fluorite octahedron, 3 x 2 x 2"; seven pyrope garnets, 0.75" to 1" in diameter 206 gr; greyish clear fluorite cubes up to 0.75&...

Cluster of milky white quartz crystals with one single crystal about 2 x 4", whole piece is 5 x 3.75 x 2.25"; radiating clusters of iron-s...

Fine-grained pyrite ball, 1.25 x 1 x 0.75"; two clear quartz single crystals, 2.75 x 1.25 x 1" and 2.5 x 1 x 0.75"; pale green fluori...

Clear and milky quartz crystals with calcite, 4 x 3 x 1.5"; light tan aragonite crystals in radiating clusters on white matrix, 3.25 x 2.25 x 1...

Pale green and a bit of pale purple fluorite cubes up to 3/8" across, 4.5 x 3.75 x 3"; polished amazonite, 1.5 x 1.25 x1"; orange rea...

Seven pieces of epidote crystals with white quartz, each about 3/4" to 1" across, 113 gr; joined pair of clear quartz crystals, 4 x 2 x 2....

Malachite, 1.25 x 1.25 x 1"; cluster of clear/white quartz crystals with small flecks of dark-green epidote crystals, 2.75 x 2.25 x 1.75";...

Two iron-stained quartz crystals, 2.75 x 2" and 2.75 x 1.125"; clear fluorite cubes growing on a two-inch-long, clear quartz crystal, 2.75...

Malachite stalactite, 3 x 0.75 x 0.75"; black, tabular clusters of hematite with small quartz spears, 2 x 1.25 x 1"; seven pieces of rough...

Pale blue-grey fluorite cubes up to 3/4" across, 6 x 3.5 x 2.85"; pale yellow-green, single fluorite crystal with irregular surface detail...

Milky quartz crystal cluster, 6.5 x 5 x 2.5"; large Herkimer Diamond, (doubly-terminated, single quartz crystal) with inclusions, a bubbler is ...

24 Pyrope garnets from 3/4" to 1" in diameter, 383 gr; two clusters of clear quartz crystals with dark-green epidote crystals, 4 x 3 x 1.7...

Clear/milky quartz crystals with a few 1/4" light purple fluorite crystals growing on them, 4.5 x 3 x 2.75"; mass of pale blue, pale purpl...

Ten small to medium-size display minerals: botryoidal malachite, 5.25 x 4.5 x 1.75"; water clear to deep purple fluorite cubes up to 3/8-inch o...

Clear fluorite cubes up to 3/8" across on a fine crystalline fluorite matrix, 7 x 4 x 2.25"; purple and clear fluorite cubes up to 1/4&quo...

Water-clear quartz crystal, 2 x 1.25"; milky quartz crystal, 1.5 x 1"; "Gobi Stone" chalcedony, 2 x 2"; multi-crystal pyrit...

Quartz crystal cluster, 3.5 x 3"; single quartz crystal on white feldspar, 2.5 x 2.25"; milky quartz, 2 x 1.5"; Sphalerite in matrix,...

A variety of interesting minerals from China: quartz crystal cluster, 2.5 x 1.5"; rose chalcedony, 2.25 x 1.75"; a pair of Herkimer Diamon...

Five medium to large display mineral specimens: water clear quartz crystals intermingled with creamy white dolomite/calcite crystals, 8 x 5 x 3"...

Pale-to-dark purple fluorite cubes up to 3/8" across, 4.25 x 3.25 x 2"; deep-green malachite, 3.75 x 2.75 x 2.25"; pale pink to white...

Mid-size to large display specimens: white calcite, large angular crystal shapes, 6.5 x 7 x 4"; two specimens of pale purple fluorite cubes up ...

A nice variety of small hand specimens: "Gobi Stone" chalcedony -- an oddly shaped piece of amorphous quartz, shaped by wind and water ero...

Green beryl crystal (var. emerald) in matrix, beryl is 1.25 x 0.75" and the whole specimen is 3 x 3 x 2"; green fluorite crystal octahedro...

Polished spheres mix: two translucent calcite 3.3", one 3.0", one 2.8"; two gray banded marble 2.3" and 2.25"; one orange-b...

Polished spheres mix: translucent calcite: one 3.5", three 3.2", two 2.9", one 2.7"; two salmon crystalline marble both 2.3"...

Polished spheres mix: translucent calcite: one 3.5", one 2.8", one 2.75", one 2.25", one pale yellow-green 2.3"; two salmon...

Polished spheres mix of various sizes: 3 translucent calcite 3.5", 3.0", one honey yellow calcite 2.7", one honey travertine 2.25&quo...

Polished spheres from 3.5" to 1.2" diameter: 4 translucent calcite, one 3.5", two 3.0" and one 2.0"; 2 dark gray banded mar...

Polished spheres mostly translucent calcite, various sizes: one 3.5", one 3.1", three 3.0", one 2.5", one honey travertine 2.25&...

Two pieces of velvet malachite, each ~2 x 1.75"; quartz crystal cluster, 2.75 x 2"; purple fluorite on matrix, 3 x 3 x 2"; pair of cl...

Larger specimens, including pyrope garnets, 14 pcs, 463 grams; rough azurite, 10 pcs, 426 gr; druzy amethyst over hematite? crystals, 4 x 2.5";...

5 single quartz crystals, ~2 to 3" long; 3 Herkimer diamonds (doubly-terminated, single quartz crystals), each ~1.25 inches long; botryoidal ma...

Large white fluorite crystals, 6 x 2.75"; purple fluorite crystal with tiny clear quartz crystals, 4.75 x 3.5"; quartz crystal cluster wit...

Ten pieces of polished quartz that contains large, greenish, natural inclusions (possibly epidote) that resemble landscapes or abstract designs which

Ten pieces of polished quartz that contains large, colorful, natural inclusions that resemble landscapes or abstract designs. Shapes include round, te

Twenty-two single-crystal quartz pieces with rutile and other inclusions which have been shaped and polished into teardrops, ovals, and faceted forms.

Ten pieces of polished quartz that contains natural copper-toned rutile inclusions that resemble abstract designs that are magnified by the curved sha

Large, spiky cluster of clear and milky quartz crystals with smaller crystal encrustations on the long crystals, 8.5 x 4 x 2.75"; large, single...