PRE-DENVER MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end September 14th, 2017

Ends Thursday, September 14th, 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. A gemmy, very sharp, well-formed, purple 206 gram KUNZITE crystal group from Afghanistan
2. Excellent, GEMMY, purple and blue cubic phantom FLUORITE specimen from Illinois (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
3. Rare purplish colored gemmy DIASPORE crystal from Myanmar (Burma)
4. An historic and beautiful specimen of CHRYSOCOLLA from Globe, Arizona that was sold by Arthur Montgomery!!
5. A BIG modified crystal of HIGHLY LUSTROUS PYRITE (weighing over 1,700 grams) from Merelani, Tanzania
6. Rarities include: "CASWELLITE", FERGUSONITE, FERRIERITE-(Mg), LORENZENITE, and a FINE quality specimen of the rare lead antimony sulfosalt SEMSEYITE!
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Spodumene (var: Kunzite) (206 grams)
Dara-i-Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
8.3 x 5.5 x 2.0 cm
Hauerite (classic material) (ex Carmichael Collection)
Destricella mine, Raddusa, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.0 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Titanite
Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
1.7 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Stilbite (ex Kay Robertson Collection) (Collected by Dr. W. Schmidt)
Marie-Valerie Hutte, Buckstein, Gastein valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
5.6 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Realgar (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Shimen Mine, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Meteorite (17 grams) (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
La Lande, De Baca County, New Mexico
4.2 x 2.0 x 0.8 cm
Azurite (old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
6.5 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm
Augite (ex Renaud Vochten Collection)
Firmerich, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.5 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Calcite on Celestine
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Pyrite pseudomorphs after Siderite with Stannite
Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Brookite on Quartz
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
3.3 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite (new find)
Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
10.8 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Aquamarine on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.5 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Chabazite (great color) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
2.8 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Anatase (ex Obodda)
Taftan, near Dalbandi, Baluchistan, Pakistan
1.6 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Chromian Clinochlore ("Kammererite")
Krop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzerum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
3.5 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Halite on Trona
Owens Lake, Inyo County, California
7.5 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Kyanite on Quartz
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.0 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Diaspore (rare color)
Mong Hsu (Monghsu; Maing Hsu), Loilem District (Loilen District), Shan State, Burma (Myanmar)
1.3 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Quartz
Goscheneralp, Uri, Switzerland
5.6 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
Wulfenite with Mimetite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa County, Arizona
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Pyrite (big crystal) (1,720 grams)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
11.7 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
3.7 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Grossular (classic material)
Greenfire Mine, Wah Wah Mts., Beaver County, Utah
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Ruby Spinel
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Laguna Agate
Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.5 x 3.8 x 0.4 cm
Scapolite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Marble occurrence, Morogoro, Uluguru Mts, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
1.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
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