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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Jagueite (RARE - FRL), etc ex Salzburg Univ. & Matioli Coll.
El Chire prospect, La Rioja Province, Argentina
4.3 x 3.5 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $351
large Faden Quartz
Wana, South Waziristan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
14.3 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Plumbogummite on Quartz
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
5.8 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Anglesite on Galena (classic locale)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
7.5 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Copper (classic locale)
Morenci Mine, Copper Mountain Mining District, Greenlee Co., Arizona
8.1 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $164
Sharp Chalcocite xls (fine old classic circa mid-1800s)
Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England
5.8 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $476
Senarmontite xls (antique find - Type Locality)
Djebel Haminate Mine, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria
1.4 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm (largest of 7)
Winning Bid: $270
Gem Indicolite Tourmaline (9 grams)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.1 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $900