CHRISTMAS WEEK FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2016

Ends Thursday Dec. 22, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We are proud to offer at auction mineral specimens from various large collections and lots we have purchased over the years - surely the largest variety of fine mineral specimens on the internet, for auction. Look for rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction! Featured collections being dispersed include the Strauss collection (Gem classics) , Obodda collection and dealer inventory, Orrelana collection (Spain minerals), Vajdak (rarities), and many others.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. selection of GEM CRYSTALS from the Uwe Strauss Collection.
2. Large SPANISH FLUORITE & CALCITE from the Sanabria Collection valued over $2000
3. Impressive, Large Chinese SCHEELITE matrix specimen valued over $2000
4. Old botryoidal RHODOCHROSITE from South Africa valued over $2000
5. Fine "invisible" FLUORITE combination
6. Rare, old and classic USA and European specimens
7. Large and rare Russian SMOKY QUARTZ
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Heterogenite w/ Chrysocolla
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
12.5 x 9.4 x 3.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (old classic circa 1960s or 1970s)
Hotazel Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
5.5 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Hematite-included Calcite (Payne Coll.)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.9 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Botryoidal Orpiment (uncommon style)
Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Hunan Prov., China
11.7 x 7.3 x 6.9 cm
Shattuckite & Quartz
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
10.6 x 6.1 x 3.9 cm
Indicolite Tourmaline w/ Cleavelandite (Strauss Coll.)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Smithsonite & Hemimorphite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Karas Region, Namibia
7.8 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm
Thomsonite (classic locale) Schneider Coll.
Moonen Bay, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland
8.9 x 6.6 x 5.8 cm
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich (New Find)
Wei Nan, Yunnan Province, China
5.2 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Quartz & Hematite
Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Guangdong Province, China
10.7 x 7.1 x 5.7 cm
Spinel-twinned Gold XL (old classic!) ex. F John Barlow Coll.
Lena River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
2.0 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
important fine Scheelite (fluorescent) on Muscovite
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Prov., China
9.3 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Ulexite (Schneider Coll.)
Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California
8.6 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm
"Invisible" Fluorite, Quartz & Pyrrhotite ex Obodda
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
10.8 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
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