PRE-DENVER SHOW MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end Aug 31st, 2017

Ends Thursday, August 31st, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with new material 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. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with dealers' inventories. 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. GEMMY bi-color pink and soft blue TOURMALINE from Afghanistan
2. INTENSE blue colored, gemmy cubic FLUORITE from Illinois (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
3. A beautiful CASSITERITE with AQUAMARINE on MUSCOVITE from BRAZIL that looks like it could be Chinese!
4. VERY HARD TO FIND NATIVE SILVER on matrix from Langban, Sweden!!
5. Classic "Rainbow" ANDRADITE GARNET from the Kohse Mine in Japan
6. Rarities include: ROXBYITE, HYDROXYLELLESTADITE, LEMMLEINITE-(Ba), COWLESITE, NENADKEVICHITE and KOSNARITE
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Tourmaline (bicolor)
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
4.2 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Calcite ("flower")
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
6.2 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite (new find)
Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
7.7 x 7.1 x 2.3 cm
Almandine (classic material)
Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
7.2 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Beryl (var: Morganite) (etched)
Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.7 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Cassiterite with Beryl on Muscovite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collectio)
Urucum claim (Currego do Urucum pegmatite), Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.0 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Malachite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
6.7 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm
Stokesite with Microlite on Albite
Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Red Quartz
Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
12.0 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm
Pyrite (octahedral)
Tasna Mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.7 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Amazonite (collected by Dave Bergman)
R. A. Kosnar Yucca Hill Claim, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
3.5 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Gypsum (var: Selenite)
Braen Quarry (Braen's Quarry; Sam Braen Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
8.8 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Wulfenite
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
1.1 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Lazulite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
4.8 x 4.8 x 1.1 cm
Sphalerite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
9.3 x 8.8 x 6.7 cm
Prehnite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Titanite (twin)
Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Hematite with Quartz (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.7 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Aquamarine
Guaratinga (Jaqueto), Bahia, Brazil
3.3 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Siderite on Pyrite pseudomorphs with Stannite
Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
4.5 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna Mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.8 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Rhodochrosite
Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Quartz with Actinolite inclusions
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Marcasite ("Sperkise") (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
6.3 x 5.4 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
11.7 x 7.8 x 6.4 cm
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