FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end June 29th, 2017
Ends Thursday, June 29th, 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. One of the NEW and EXCITING PURPLE QUARTZ / CHALCEDONY / AGATE specimens from Indonesia
2. A showy and aesthetic matrix specimen of gemmy golden BARITE from the Meikle Mine in Nevada
3. Rare and unusual BIG specimen of STILBITE on MICA SCHIST from the Thomaston Dam railroad cut in Connecticut
4. Classic old specimen of beautiful blue-green CHALCOPHYLLITE on matrix from Cornwall, England
5. A superb quality matrix display specimen of AZURITE from Tsumeb
6. Wonderful "cogwheel"-shaped groups of metallic BOURNONITE on matrix from Bolivia
7. An interesting and unusual pseudomorph / replacement of QUARTZ after TOURMALINE from Brazil
8. A rarely seen FLUORESCENT BERYL specimen on matrix from Pingwu, China
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. One of the NEW and EXCITING PURPLE QUARTZ / CHALCEDONY / AGATE specimens from Indonesia
2. A showy and aesthetic matrix specimen of gemmy golden BARITE from the Meikle Mine in Nevada
3. Rare and unusual BIG specimen of STILBITE on MICA SCHIST from the Thomaston Dam railroad cut in Connecticut
4. Classic old specimen of beautiful blue-green CHALCOPHYLLITE on matrix from Cornwall, England
5. A superb quality matrix display specimen of AZURITE from Tsumeb
6. Wonderful "cogwheel"-shaped groups of metallic BOURNONITE on matrix from Bolivia
7. An interesting and unusual pseudomorph / replacement of QUARTZ after TOURMALINE from Brazil
8. A rarely seen FLUORESCENT BERYL specimen on matrix from Pingwu, China