FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end March 9th, 2017

Ends Thursday, March 9th, 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. Beautiful pink COBALTOAN CALCITE on matrix from the Congo
2. Classic cabinet sized purple cubic FLUORITE from Weardale, England
3. A very attractive pink and green FLUORITE with a fine quality BAVENO twinned MICROCLINE from Pakistan
4. Unusual pseudomorph / replacement of AGATE after BAMBOO from Indonesia
5. A cool TOURMALINE partially replaced by QUARTZ(!) with Lepidolite from Brazil
6. An attractive "leaf"-shaped COPPER specimen from Corocoro, Bolivia
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Malachite (polished) (ex Willard Wulff collection)
Bwana M'Kubwa Mine (Bwana M'Kubina Mine), Ndola, Ndola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
10.2 x 5.0 x 0.8 cm
Fluorapatite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
5.1 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite (classic material)
Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England, UK
11.0 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Gypsum
Mount Gunson Copper mines (Pernatty Lagoon - Mount Gunson Cu Deposits), Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia
5.2 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm
Fluorapatite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
2.6 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Scorzalite (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Sphalerite ("Ruby Jack") (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri
6.5 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Prehnite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Outcrop in Southern Namibia
10.3 x 7.1 x 5.8 cm
Amethyst "Flower"
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil
10.7 x 7.7 x 2.2 cm
Anatase with Rutile
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Rhodochrosite on Green Quartz
Zanett Tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
2.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Agatized Bamboo (new find)
Mt Merapi, Java, Indonesia
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
Barite and Marcasite (polished)
Lubin Mine, Legnica, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
4.5 x 4.3 x 1.1 cm
Azurite (ex Mikell Collection)
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear") on matrix
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
7.3 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite (good color and quality)
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
3.6 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior, Michigan
10.6 x 7.2 x 4.6 cm
Stibnite (rare locale)
Sulphur Creek District, Lake County, California
9.6 x 7.8 x 5.6 cm
Calcite
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Tieshan District, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
6.0 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
Andradite with Epidote, Diopside and Clinochlore on Calcite
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
6.3 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Malachite (classic material)
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
12.8 x 11.1 x 5.3 cm
Montebrasite (rare)
Fazenda Pomarolli, Linupolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.7 x 4.6 x 1.8 cm
Chamosite ("Thuringite") pseudomorph after Almandine
Michigamme Mine, Michigamme, Marquette iron range, Marquette County, Michigan
8.0 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Jaimina Mine, Carrales, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
10.6 x 7.8 x 4.2 cm
Copper ("leaf") (unique locality specimen)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.9 x 4.3 x 1.1 cm
Pink Fluorite with Microcline on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
8.3 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
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