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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Wardite
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
6.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Quartz / Amethyst Geode (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Las Choyas, Mun. de Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.6 x 10.0 x 6.1 cm and 10.2 x 10.0 x 5.3 cm
Smithsonite (ex Dorothy Atlee Collection) (rare locale)
Enterprise Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
6.5 x 5.9 x 2.7 cm
Andradite (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
11.8 x 10.8 x 2.0 cm
Calcite on Sphalerite
Black Rock Quarry, Lawrence County Zinc District, Lawrence County, Arkansas
3.7 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Rubellite Tourmaline
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Topaz
Mexico
1.5 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
Almandine
Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
1.4 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
Phosphophyllite (very rare)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Chromian Clinochlore ("Kammererite")
Krop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzerum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
6.3 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Bornite coating Pyrite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
3.8 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Gypsum with Atacamite
Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Department, Peru
3.5 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Bixbyite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.3 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Fluorite with Dolomite (classic material)
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
7.3 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Turgite (Iridescent Hematite and Goethite)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
7.0 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Amazonite (collected by Dave Bergman)
R. A. Kosnar Yucca Hill Claim, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
3.3 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Azurite in Granite ("K2 stone" "Ketonite")
Foothills of K2 Mountain, on the border between Gilgit-Baltistan northern Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China
2.6 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Barite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Hartsel, Park County, Colorado
6.4 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm
Hausmannite with Andradite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.5 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Smoky Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection - collected by Wulff) (doubly-terminated)
Daniels Ranch, near Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
11.2 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
6.3 x 5.2 x 1.8 cm
Amethyst "Flower"
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil
5.6 x 5.2 x 1.2 cm
Hemimorphite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimu, Durango, Mexico
6.5 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Manganite (rare locale)
Lucy Mine (McComber Mine), Negaunee, Marquette County, Michigan
13.8 x 8.2 x 6.6 cm
Adularia (ex Obodda)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
3.5 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
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