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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Precious Opal (old)
Szklary, Zabkowice, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
8.8 x 8.5 x 7.1 cm
Molybdenite (RARE locale), Lindgrenite, Powellite
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Atacama Region, Chile
5.3 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
Rubellite & Quartz (1978 famous find)
Jonas Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Smoky Quartz, Spessartine, Microcline & Muscovite (excellent old style!)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
11.4 x 10.4 x 5.2 cm
Topaz (old locale) ex. Sir Robert Ferguson (1769-1840)
Horni Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Crystallized Gold "arch" on Granite - rare locale
Nugget Pond Mine, Betts Cove, Newfoundland, Canada
4.5 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.3 x 4.9 x 4.0 cm
Chrysocolla (New Find - RARE Locale)
Huancabamba Province, Piura Department, Peru
5.0 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Rare large Emerald w/ Pyrite ex Conklin Collection
Muzo Mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Large Stibnite (rare Nevada locale) ex Madrid Coll.
Deep Post orebody, Goldstrike Mine, Lynn District, Eureka Co., Nevada
14.6 x 10.7 x 7.4 cm
Amethyst
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
2.7 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent)
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
9.7 x 7.2 x 4.5 cm
Galena w/ Rubyjack Sphalerite ( classic locale)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
6.1 x 6.1 x 4.5 cm
Calcite w/ Fluorite (old - Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.6 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
Smoky Quartz
Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.6 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Andradite Garnet (2 generations)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
5.6 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite cuboctahedrons (fluorescent)
Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan ore field, Jiangxi Province, China
10.5 x 7.8 x 4.5 cm
Kimberlite (rare Russian locality piece) ex Soregaroli
Udachnaya pipe, Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
8.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm
Scheelite (fluorescent), Cleavelandite & Muscovite
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China
9.1 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm
Enargite & Pyrite (rare) Soregaroli Coll.
San Cristobal Mine, San Cristobal Dist., Yauli Prov., Junin Dept., Peru
8.8 x 8.3 x 7.0 cm
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