FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end May 4th, 2017

Ends Thursday, May 4th, 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. Great association specimen of DIOPTASE with PLANCHEITE, SHATTUCKITE and WILLEMITE from Republic of Congo
2. A RARELY seen specimen of SYNTHETIC QUARTZ grown in Bell Laboratories over 50 years ago!
3. A cool specimen of TOURMALINE (partially replaced by QUARTZ) with LEPIDOLITE from Brazil
4. Wonderful cabinet sized display specimen of classic golden BARITE from the Meikle Mine in Nevada
5. A showy and aesthetic matrix TOURMALINE specimen with ALBITE and QUARTZ from the personal collection of Herb Obodda
6. Big cabinet display specimen of green FLUORITE on PYRITE from Huanzala, Peru
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Cassiterite (old classic)
Cornwall, England, UK
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Strontianite with Calcite
Faylor-Middle Creek Quarry, Winfield, Union County, Pennsylvania
8.3 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Turgite (Iridescent Hematite and Goethite)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Creedite
Qinglong Co., Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
9.7 x 8.1 x 2.8 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite with Malachite and Cuprite
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Pyromorphite (ex Mikell Collection)
Burgam Mine (Burgham Mine), Stiperstones, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK
4.5 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Anatase with Rutile
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Quartz (ex Obodda)
near Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.7 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite on Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
11.7 x 9.3 x 6.3 cm
Quartz (polished) with Rutile inclusions
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Sphalerite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Kokomo Area, Summit County, Colorado
6.8 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Corundum (var: Ruby)
Macon County, North Carolina
4.3 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Smithsonite with Hemimorphite on Goethite
Sounion Mine No. 6 ("Exi Mine"), Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines), Sounion Area, Lavrion, Attiku Prefecture, Greece
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Chabazite
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
3.7 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
11.3 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite Carving, Frog
Hunan Province, China
48 mm x 47 mm x 28 mm, 280.95 carats (56 grams)
Smoky Quartz (doubly-terminated) with Aegirine
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
12.7 x 4.6 x 1.8 cm
Spessartine on Smoky Quartz
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
9.6 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
6.2 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Pyrrhotite "core" (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Chibougamau, Nord-du-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
5.1 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Rosasite (ex Soregaroli Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimu, Mun. de Mapimu, Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm
Amethyst (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
13.2 x 4.4 x 1.2 cm
Hematite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Thomsonite (rare) on Stilbite
Aurangabad forest, near Nasik, Maharahstra State, India
10.6 x 5.6 x 1.3 cm
Pyrite Concretion
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
7.0 x 5.8 x 4.9 cm
Barite (ex Madrid Collection)
Hellhole Pocket, Rotten Wall Side, 1075 Level, Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada
12.7 x 9.3 x 7.8 cm
Titanite
Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.1 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
3.6 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Copper ("Spinel Twin")
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
3.3 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
Silver
Elura Mine (Endeavor Mine), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.0 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
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