CHRISTMAS WEEK FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1 of 2) - ends SATURDAY December 26, 2015

A very diverse set this week featuring a fine mix of beautiful and impressive mineral specimens from 200 years of mining and many countries. Look for old classics such as a Russian gold nugget and a Russian Malachite dated to circa 1800; GEM CRYSTALS, Rare species such as a fine $1000-2000 chevkinite and a priceless matrix nambulite from the great 1970s find; and particularly fine specimens of old Michigan Native Copper and museum sized ADAMITE and SMOKY QUARTZ (China).
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Benitoite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Spessartine on Albite ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Golden Calcite (old rare classic) Wolfe Coll.
Chink Enders Mine, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma
8.3 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Matrix Nambulite (rare! 1970s find!)
Kombat Mine, Grootfontein District, Namibia
0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Spodumene & DT Smoky Quartz (RARE combo) ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
9.4 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Apophyllite w/ Stilbite & Okenite (Dave Bristol Coll.)
Samgamner, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
9.1 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Calcite on Dolomite (uncommon locale)
Tulsa Quapaw Mine, Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State Dist., Cherokee Co., Kansas
6.9 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm
Baryte & Calcite on Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
9.4 x 7.4 x 6.4 cm
Stibnite on Calcite
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Hunan Province, China
4.4 x 3.9 x 2.4 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent!)
Raura District, Lima Department, Peru
7.8 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
Calcite w/ Pyrite (fluorescent) ex Nowakowski Coll.
Long Lake Zinc Mine (Lynx Mine), Ontario, Canada
9.4 x 6.4 x 5.8 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent)
Boulder Hill Mine, Douglas Co., Nevada
9.9 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm
Banded Fluorite slice
Hunan Province, China
15.7 x 7.1 x 1.1 cm
DT Gypsum (self-collected by Paco Gutierrez)
Las Amoladoras quarry, Verdegas, Alicante, Spain
10.9 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Almandine Garnets on Biotite (uncommon locale)
Garnet occurrence, Tiltvika, Hamaroy, Nordland, Norway
11.7 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm
Orpiment & Quartz
Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Hunan Province, China
8.2 x 8.0 x 3.4 cm
DT gem Fluorapatite xls (classic locale)
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
Pyrite w/ Quartz (New Find)
Mundo Nuevo Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
9.0 x 6.5 x 4.4 cm
Spinel-twinned Gold xls
Icabaru, Bolivar, Venezuela
1.1 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm (largest) (3 Pieces)
Color-zoned Fluorite on Sphalerite (Madrid Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.9 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Precious Opal (Vajdak Coll.)
Dubnuk, Presov Region, Slovakia
4.4 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Smithsonite (Charles Noll Coll.)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
8.3 x 5.0 x 1.6 cm
Siderite, Quartz, Dolomite & Pyrrhotite (Madrid Coll.)
Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 8.8 x 5.8 cm
Dravite Tourmaline
Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Australia
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Unusual Quartz (Hauck Coll.)
Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Russia
5.7 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Huge Smoky Quartz w/ Spessartine Garnet plate
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
23.3 x 18.4 x 7.8 cm