FINAL POST-DENVER SHOW SPECIAL AUCTION SET: FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) - end Oct 13th, 2016

Ends Oct 13th, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix this week after the Denver Show with plenty of "spikers" in the form of OLD CLASSICS and GEM CRYSTALS that we saved back! These are pulled from several Fine Mineral Collections that we've picked up over the summer! Stay tuned for more auction sets as we combine many old collections including those from the Paterson Museum, Obodda, and an old European collection!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Unusual old Michigan COPPER "skull"
2. JONAS POCKET (1978) Brazil TOURMALINE & QUARTZ combo!
3. Fine Chinese SCHEELITE and CASSITERITES from Sichuan !
4. Impressive large MUZO MINE EMERALD w/ PYRITE !
5. Rare large gemmy yellow Merelani YELLOW TANZANITE with Multiple natural colors!
6. Sculptural Newfoundland matrix GOLD
7. Significant large & rare Nevada STIBNITE
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Gem Diamond octahedron
Areinha claims, Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
0.6 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver "fish"
Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.9 x 2.3 x 1.0 cm
Lepidolite ps. Tourmaline & Tourmaline (rare)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
Cassiterite ex Obodda
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co. Sichuan Province, China
5.9 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm
Quartz encl. Rutile & Hematite (Obodda Coll.)
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.3 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
Large phantom Calcite (classic) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
13.1 x 7.6 x 6.9 cm
Pyrite on Calcite (fluorescent)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
11.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Covellite (classic locale)
Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
7.4 x 6.0 x 3.1 cm
Wulfenite (Cilen Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
8.3 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
Datolite w/ Quartz & Apophyllite (rare combo)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
6.2 x 6.0 x 3.4 cm
Celestine (classic locale) ex Feist Coll.
Maybee Quarry, Monroe County, Michigan
6.2 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
4.6 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
DT Calcite twin on Calcite (Orellana Coll.)
La Cuerre Mine, La Florida mining area, Cantabria, Spain
9.2 x 9.0 x 5.5 cm
Baryte (classic locale)
Baia Sprie, Maramure? Co., Romania
14.6 x 9.3 x 5.3 cm
Galena (classic locale)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma
8.9 x 5.6 x 5.4 cm
Grossular Garnet var. Hessonite & Clinochlore
Ala Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.0 x 4.7 x 3.0 cm
Gem Baryte xls (classic Colorado)
Sherman Mine, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado
8.4 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Gem Indicolite Tourmalines (old) Ed Swoboda Coll
Golconda II Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.1 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm (largest) (3 Pieces)
Baryte on Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Crystal Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.1 x 7.5 x 7.0 cm
Copper (sharp crystals - rare for Tsumeb!)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.9 x 5.9 x 3.1 cm
Stibnite (rare locale)
Raura District, Cajatambo Prov., Lima Department, Peru
3.0 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
Gem Quartz xls (excellent)
Collier Creek Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
9.3 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm
Tennantite-Tetrahedrite epitaxial on Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite on Quartz
El Cobre Mine, Aranzazu, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
10.6 x 6.9 x 3.1 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite w/ Pyrite (Rare locale)
Morococha District, Junin Department, Peru
15.3 x 12.2 x 7.6 cm
Caledonite w/ Linarite (Matioli Coll.)
Dos Adriana Mine, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
3.5 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Wiserite (rare borate - Type Locality)
Gonzen Mine, Sargans, Alvier Group, St Gallen, Switzerland
8.3 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
Brookite & Quartz
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Epistilbite (old - Type Locality) Paterson Museum Coll.
Berufjordur, Suour-Mulasysla, Eastern Region, Iceland
6.0 x 5.1 x 3.0 cm
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