AFTER-TUCSON MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM OLD COLLECTIONS - end Thursday March 15, 2018

ends Thursday Mar. 15, 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. Rare gemmy bi-colored TOURMALINE from the Perkins Sams
2. Large green FLUORITE plate from China
3. Fine Morocco VANADINITE
4. Superb large SCHORL in SMOKY QUARTZ from Brazil
5. Large PARAVAUXITE from the Type Locality
6. Rare Dalnegorsk QUARTZ on DATOLITE from the Herb Obodda Collection
7. Excellent and rare Alston Moor FLUORITE
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Pyrite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
6.0 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
Large Fluorite (2 generations - rare 2016 find)
nr. Yiwu City, Yiwu Co., Zhejiang Province, China
22.1 x 12.6 x 4.2 cm
Baryte (classic Colorado)
Stoneham, Weld Co., Colorado
4.8 x 4.3 x 1.9 cm
Quartz ps. After Anhydrite w/ Amethyst (rare)
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
10.8 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm
Magnetite cubes (classic locale) ex Ken Hollman Coll.
ZCA No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York
3.0 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Bi-colored Smithsonite (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
6.5 x 5.7 x 3.1 cm
Smithsonite (Robertson Coll.)
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Namibia
4.4 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Apatite on Magnetite (Robertson Coll.)
Dashkesan Co-Fe deposit, Daskes?n District, Azerbaijan
4.0 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Spessartine Garnets
Navegadora claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm (Largest of 3)
Hambergite, Tourmaline, matrix - ex Obodda
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.5 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
Dioptase
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.8 x 23.5 x 1.7 cm
Large DT twinned Calcite xls (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
12.8 x 9.8 x 6.2 cm
Vanadinite (excellent)
150 Meter Level, ACF Mine, Mibladen, Midelt Province, Morocco
6.2 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Unusual large Paravauxite (Type Locality - Philadelphia Academy)
Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine), Llallagua, Potosui Dept., Bolivia
16.7 x 11.0 x 3.5 cm
Unusual Galena (Dr. Gary Hansen Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
4.5 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite (fluroescent) w/ Calcite (Zerfass Coll.)
Moscona Mine, Solus, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
15.2 x 13.1 x 7.0 cm
Smoky Quartz & Albite (Sanabria Coll.)
El Berrocol, Bustarviejo, Madrid, Spain
12.1 x 9.5 x 8.9 cm
Unusual Calcite stalactite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
6.7 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Prehnite (fine xls!)
Taza, Taza Province, Fes-Meknes Region, Morocco
5.2 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm
Large Baryte (old classic)
Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria, England
11.2 x 7.8 x 7.2 cm
Gem color-zoned Fluorite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
4.4 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
7.0 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Quartz on Datolite (rare quality) ex Herb Obodda Coll.
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
6.8 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
6.8 x 6.0 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite on Calcite (Sanabria Coll.)
La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada mining area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
13.5 x 10.0 x 9.5 cm
Fluorite w/ Quartz (classic locale) Zerfass Coll.,
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negork, Russia
6.7 x 5.5 x 4.6 cm
Tadzhikite-(Ce) (rare)
Tre Croci, Vetralla, Vico volcanic complex, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy
4.9 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Cassiterite var. "Wood Tin" (uncommon locale) Robertson Coll.
Santa Maria del Oro, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
3.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
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