FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end April 6th, 2017

Ends Thursday, April 6th, 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. Rare "butterfly"-twinned PHOSPHOPHYLLITE from the Huayllani Mine, Bolivia
2. Large sharp lustrous prismatic crystals of AEGIRINE from Mount Malosa, Malawi
3. An old time GEM quality blue AQUAMARINE crystal from Medina, Brazil
4. Wonderful rich emerald green octahedral FLUORITE on QUARTZ from Riemvasmaak, South Africa
5. Beautiful and rarely seen AMETHYST "FLOWER" from Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil
6. Rarely seen MANGANITE specimen from the Lucy Mine / McComber Mine, Marquette County, Michigan
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Aegirine (big crystals)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
12.2 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm
Vesuvianite (Chromian)
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Richmond Co., Quebec, Canada
1.9 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Cerussite with Barite (ex Mikell Collection)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.1 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Rhodochrosite on Albite
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
1.7 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Aquamarine (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Medina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.0 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
Calcite (Manganoan) (new find)
Krushev Dol deposit, Krushev Dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
6.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Fluorapatite (hollow)
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite on Quartz
Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences, Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
9.0 x 7.0 x 3.5 cm
Calcite (twin)
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.0 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Almandine (ex Willard Wulff Collection) (12 crystals) (43.85 carats)
Leiper's Lower Avondale, Woodlyn (Avondale), Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm to 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Copper ("Spinel Twin")
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
6.1 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
5.2 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Moonstone / Adularia
Morchnerkar, Morchner area, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Clinohumite (rich color)
Ladjuar Medam (Lajur Madan) Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
1.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Franklinite with Calcite
Franklin mine, Sussex County, New Jersey
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Cavansite
Wagholi, Poona, India
6.3 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Gypsum (hard to find material)
Salar de Uyuni, Nor Lipez Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.5 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
12.3 x 7.2 x 4.6 cm
Apophyllite on Gyrolite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Bombay Quarry, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
4.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
9.0 x 7.8 x 4.0 cm
Augelite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
6.2 x 3.7 x 1.1 cm
Epidote (faden)
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Aragonite ("floater")
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Prehnite on Epidote
Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Thomsonite on Heulandite
Cape Blomidon, Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
4.6 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Sapphire (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Helena area, Spring Hill District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana
0.5 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
12.5 x 11.8 x 7.9 cm
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