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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Malachite (RARE - OLD!) ex Sir Robert Ferguson (1769-1840)
Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
8.0 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Dioptase (Type Locality)
Altyn Tyube, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
5.8 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
Gemmy DT twinned Calcite (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
13.4 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm
Zektzerite (rare - Type Locality - fluorescent)
Washington Pass, Okanogan Co., Washington
1.5 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (Madrid Coll.)
Touissit, Oriental Region, Morocco
5.9 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Silver w/ Acanthite (old classic)
Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Fluorapophyllite w/ Heulandite (famous locale) Ford Coll.
Pashan quarries, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
6.0 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Large Fluorapophyllite & Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
21.9 x 16.8 x 11.1 cm
Chevkinite-(Ce) (rare REE silicate) ex Obodda
Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.3 x 6.2 x 4.8 cm
Rhodochrosite (1976/77 find)
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
7.5 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Gem Diaspore (Czarite) 97.72 carats
Selcuk, Mugla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
5.7 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
Fluorite (classic locale) Ford Coll.
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Pyrite on Dolomite
West Fork Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
6.4 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Stephanite (old classic) Carl Davis Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
2.3 x 1.9 x 1.0 cm
Calcite (Mervyn Ford Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Minverva No. 1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
6.1 x 5.4 x 3.7 cm
Rose Quartz (Ford Coll.)
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.9 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Crystallized Gold nugget (rare old Russian locale)
Berezovskoe Au Deposit, Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia
3.0 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
Calcite w/ Pyrite (fluorescent)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
11.9 x 11.4 x 5.8 cm
Baryte (Madrid Coll.)
Meikle Mine, Elko Co., Nevada
8.2 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm
Monazite-(Ce) (ex. Jean Behier Coll.) - superb old crystal
Rostadheia, Molland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
4.7 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm
Topaz (fluorescent)
Zapot pegmatite, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada
7.3 x 6.2 x 6.0 cm
Cerussite w/ Malachite (Ford Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.7 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Gem Indicolite Tourmaline
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Prov., Afghanistan
4.0 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm
Teallite (rare!), 315 grams, self-collected by Art Soregaroli
Aliada Mine, Colquechaca, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.4 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm