AFTER-TUCSON MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM OLD COLLECTIONS - end Thursday March 1, 2018

ends Thursday Mar. 1st, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We obtained an old East Coast collection just before the Tucson show and left it all at home, to offer on the internet first! Lots of old classics here! See gem crystals, rare species, old USA and German classics, and many good specimens that are hard to find at any price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Gemmy large TANZANITE crystal !
2. Large and important old English BARITE
3. Classic AMETHYST from Slovakia
4. Rarities and classic from the Kay Robertson and an East Coast collection.
5. Purple APATITE on CLEAVELANDITE from Pulsifer
6. Large DIOPTASE from Mindouli
7. Old Swiss SMOKY QUARTZ
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Pyromorphite on Galena ps. Pyromorphite (old classic, 1800s)
Kautenbach Mine, Hunsruck, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Hubnerite, Quartz & Muscovite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Mundo Nuevo Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
7.2 x 6.6 x 5.4 cm
Calcite twin on Fluorite (fluorescent) Payne Coll.
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
6.8 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Indicolite Tourmaline on Muscovite (Robertson Coll.)
Bob Ingersoll Mine, Keystone, Pennington Co., South Dakota
6.3 x 4.4 x 0.2 cm
Gemmy color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) Soregaroli Coll.
El Hammam Mine, Meknes, Fes-Meknes Region, Morocco
8.2 x 6.1 x 4.0 cm
Polyhedral Quartz (rare) Robertson Coll.
Bahia, Brazil
5.6 x 3.6 x 0.3 cm (Largest of 2)
Fine, rich Astrophyllite (classic locale)
Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
6.7 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
Mimetite (RARE - 2017 Greek find)
Adami No. 2 Mine, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
7.8 x 5.5 x 3.0 cm
fine, sharp Rutile (old classic)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
6.1 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Amethyst/Smoky Quartz scepters (Charlie Key)
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.3 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm (Largest of 6)
Olivenite and Olivenite var. "Wood copper" (old classic)
Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England
6.2 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Fishtail-twinned Calcite (old classic) Dr. Gary Hansen Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
12.3 x 6.2 x 5.0 cm
Large DT Calcite w/ Fluorite, etc (Zerfass Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
15.6 x 8.8 x 8.1 cm
Prehnite, Gyrolite & Apophyllite (classic locale)
Malad Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
5.8 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Pyromorphite w/ Galena (RARE) Zerfass Coll.
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
11.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Tourmaline & Calcite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mines, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
7.3 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Orange Creedite
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
8.9 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Acanthite (2005 find)
Imiter Mine, Djebel Saghro, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
4.5 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Stilbite (old classic locale in Canada!)
Harbourville, Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
13.2 x 7.3 x 6.5 cm
Dioptase (Bedogne Coll.)
Sanda quarry, Mindouli, Pool Department, Republic of Congo
12.1 x 1.3 x 5.3 cm
Zircon on Marble (both fluorescent)
Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Heulandite on Mordenite
Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Custer Co., Idaho
4.5 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Baryte (classic locale)
Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade Co., South Dakota
3.8 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Apatite, Arsenopyrite, Quartz, etc. (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mines, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
5.5 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite (old - fluorescent) Robertson Coll.
Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England
7.2 x 6.0 x 3.4 cm
Gem Fluorite xls w/ hematite phantoms (Sanabria Coll.)
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
10.1 x 8.2 x 2.2 cm
Botryoidal Malachite (ex Herb Obodda)
Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
7.7 x 6.7 x 6.0 cm
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