FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end May 25th, 2017

Ends Thursday, May 25th, 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 rich electric blue AZURITE crystals from Morocco from the collection of Dr. Miguel Romero
2. Fine quality, translucent, greenish-brown SIDERITE with clay inclusions from Machacamarca, Bolivia
3. Superb WATER CLEAR FLUORITE crystals on matrix from the Llamas Quarry, Spain
4. Wonderful, sharp, isolated, aesthetic cubic PYRITE on matrix from the Shangbao Mine in China
5. A cool fossil of BELEMNITE replaced by FLINT sitting on a ball of PYRITE from Russia
6. Rarities include PSEUDOBOLEITE, BRIANYOUNGITE, LUDWIGITE, CARPATHITE, KOSNARITE, BOKITE, ATELESTITE and DENNINGITE
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Grossular (classic material)
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Richmond Co., Quebec, Canada
2.3 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas
2.8 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Siderite with clay "stripe" inclusions
Machacamarca, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
9.2 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Kyanite
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.2 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm
Calcite on Quartz
Shangbao mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
5.6 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite (GEM quality)
Llamas Quarry, Duyos, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
2.1 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Pyrite on Quartz (fine quality)
Shangbao mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
7.2 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm
Azurite (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
3.8 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
Schorl
Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.1 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Topaz
Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Spinel on Calcite
Lievre River, near Notre Dame du Laus, Quebec, Canada
2.0 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Beryl (var: Morganite)
Urucum Mine, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.1 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
Belemnite Fossil (replaced by Flint) with Pyrite
Dzheganas River, North Caucasus Region, Russia
5.2 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Hemimorphite (rare blue color)
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.1 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
14.3 x 7.7 x 3.7 cm
Ruby
Ampanihy District, Southwestern Region, Tulear Province (Toliara), Madagascar
3.2 x 2.9 x 0.9 cm
Gypsum (GEM crystal) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.1 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
Arsenopyrite (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.6 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm
Sphalerite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Woodchuck Mine, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
8.6 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Perovskite (3 piece set)
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.4 up to 0.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Diopside
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.7 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Aquamarine with Microcline
Huya Village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China
8.3 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Barite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado
2.9 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Zinkenite with Stannite (rare association) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Prehnite with Diopside
Oficarsa Quarry (Cerro de las Culebras), Carchelejo, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Cerussite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
2.6 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear") on matrix
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
4.1 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
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