Fine Mineral Auctions from old mineral collections and new finds ! - ends July 23, 2020

The unexpected bonus to being stuck in Dallas through the hot summer and able to go to work all day – we cannot go outside in this heat - is more time to go looking for old classics and treasures in the back warehouse....we are happy to present another diverse lot of beautiful and important mineral specimens. Enjoy many older classic specimens from older mineral Collections we have not cleaned and sorted in some time - things not seen in ten years or more!

HIGHLIGHTS:

1. Rare EMERALD WITH SCHEELITE and a TAIWAN GARNET from China

2. Superb large HORNBLENDE crystals from Canada

3. Arizona specimens from the Gary Weaver Collection - including rarities

4. Classic old Cornwall CHALCOCITE (circa 1800s) with exceptional sharp crystals

5. Large gem INDICOLITE TOURMALINE

6. BOLEITE xls on matrix from the 1973 find

7. Rare Tsumeb MALACHITE after COPPER and CERUSSITE ex Charlie Key Collection

8. Large POLLUCITE xl from Herb Obodda's old dealer stock

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Emerald & Scheelite (RARE COMBINATION)
Dayakou emerald mine, Malipo County, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
6.7 x 6.1 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Wulfenite (uncommon AZ locale) Gary Weaver Coll.
Mystery Mine, Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona
11.5 x 8.9 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Chrysocolla, Malachite & Aurichalcite ex Gary Weaver Coll.
Unnamed prospect No. 1, Courtland, Cochise County, Arizona
12.6 x 7.9 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Superb Hornblende on Microcline w/ Apatite (dated 1952!)
Tory Hill area, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
11.5 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $385
Large bizarre crystallized Copper (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona
13.8 x 11.0 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Turquoise nodule (classic for Arizona)
Copper Cities Mine (Sleeping Beauty Mine), Miami, Globe-Miami Dist., Gila Co., Arizona
4.0 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Scheelite (rare - fine old quality) w/ Muscovite
Pingwu beryl mine, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan, China
4.2 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Mimetite (2 generations - classic locale)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.2 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Cobaltoan Calcite (2018 find)
NanSan town, LinSang, ZhenKang co., Yunnan Prov., China
4.1 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Cacoxenite (rare - rich) ex H. de Linde Coll.
Union Carbide Christy Vanadium Mine, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas
4.8 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Large gem Moldavite (33.98 carats)
South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
2.4 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $457
Boleite (1970s finds - classic locale)
Amelia Mine, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico
5.8 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Grossular Garnet xls (RARE locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Fengtien nephrite belt, Hualien County, Taiwan, China
4.0 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Gold nugget (old material)
Yuba River Placers area, Nevada Co., California
1.4 x 0.9 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Analcime xls w/ Aegerine (classic locale)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.7 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm (Largest of 9)
Winning Bid: $45
"Electric-blue" Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
4.2 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Rubyjack Sphalerite twin
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $52
DT Wiluite (rare - Co-Type Locality)
Vilyui River Basin, Mirninsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia
2.4 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Malachite ps. After Copper & Cerussite (RARE combo) Charlie Key
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
10.0 x 7.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $356
Galena w/ Calcite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
7.2 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Smithsonite stalactite slices (old - classic locale)
Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
5.5 x 3.6 x 0.5 cm (largest of 2)
Winning Bid: $276
Libethenite (Gary Weaver Coll.)
Tyrone Mine, Grant Co., New Mexico
8.8 x 5.0 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Analcime
Mt Oladri Quarries, Monastir, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
4.4 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Hyalite Opal (RARE old Brazil gem material) Ron Romanella Coll.
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm (largest of 4)
Winning Bid: $45
Muscovite ps. After Staurolite (RARE) Wouter van Tichelen Coll.
Kamituga-Mobale mine, Mwenga, Sud-Kivu ,DR Congo
2.4 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $23
Colemanite (rare - 2005 find)
Kestelek Mine, Mustafakemalpasa District, Bursa Province, Turkey
9.7 x 5.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $100
large Pollucite xl (ex Obodda)
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.7 x 9.5 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $196
Calcite incl. w/ Hematite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Vieja Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.2 x 7.8 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Native Iron in Basalt slab (rare!) Kay Robertson Coll.
Khungtukun Massif, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
4.0 x 3.4 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $360
large Malachite (RARE Colombia) Raul Sanabria Coll.
El Penon, Mun. de Pamplona, Norte de Santander Dept., Colombia
15.5 x 10.0 x 9.8 cm
Winning Bid: $297