FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end April 20th, 2017

Ends Thursday, April 20th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with plenty of new discoveries we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. You'll even find a few fossils, carving and gemstones mixed in every now and then. Of course we have plenty of pieces from the famous and historic Willard Wulff collection, along with dealers' inventories and other private collections that we're liquidating. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Classic AMETHYST scepter on white QUARTZ from Hopkinton, Rhode Island
2. A showy specimen of STIBNITE from the Wuling Mine in China
3. Hard to find, large, historic CALCITE and MARCASITE from the Bautsch Mine in Galena, Illinois
4. A cool piece of AMBER with insect inclusions and a SPIDER(!) from the Dominican Republic
5. Wonderful showy cabinet sized BARITE from the Meikle Mine in Nevada
6. Rarely seen old time RHODOCHROSITE from the Moose Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado
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Cobaltoan Calcite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
7.8 x 7.2 x 4.6 cm
Barite and Marcasite (polished)
Lubin Mine, Legnica, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
5.3 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm
Morganite
Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 3.7 x 1.4 cm
Stibnite ("bent" crystal)
Wuling Mine; Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
10.7 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Amethyst (scepter)
Diamond Hill (Ashaway Village), Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island
4.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Serandite with Aegirine, Albite and Polylithionite (ex Ludlum Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Fluorapatite on Albite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
2.6 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Phenakite (gem quality "drillbit" twin)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
0.4 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Spessartine with Quartz and Microcline
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan.
2.3 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
2.3 x 0.2 x 0.1 cm
Barite
Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada
14.1 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm
Almandine (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Sedalia Copper Mine, north of Salida, Chaffee Coounty, Colorado
5.2 x 5.1 x 3.7 cm
Malachite (doubly-terminated pseudomorph after Azurite)
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
4.6 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Gypsum (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Saint David area, Cochise County, Arizona
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite (polished slice)
Hunan Province, China
58 mm x 52 mm x 6 mm, 283.15 carats
Datolite (crystals and casts after Anhydrite) (ex Rich Kosnar collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.6 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Septarian Nodule (pair)
Jrada, Morocco
3.1 x 2.6 x 0.7 cm (both pieces)
Calcite and Marcasite (ex Dufoe and Noll Collections)
Bautsch Mine, Galena, Galena District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
18.1 x 10.3 x 6.2 cm
Fluorite with Sphalerite
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.0 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Cuprite
Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
4.0 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Pyrite (interesting habit)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.4 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (new find)
Smara, Es-Semara Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Topaz
Teixerinha mine, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Imperial Topaz (rare color)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.0 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Smoky Quartz (scepter)
Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
8.8 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
3.3 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm
Copper
Emke Mine, Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
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