FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1 of 2) - Ends Nov 12, 2015

Ends November 12, 2015
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
A diverse mixed group of fine mineral specimens from many mineral collections , is up for auction this week. Look for a mix of classic and rare, including some old European specimens from the 1800's and some USA specimens from seldom-seen localities. There are a few major rare species, and also two gem tourmalines from old collections we obtained recently. Enjoy!
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Tourmaline var. Liddicoatite
Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
4.2 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
8.6 x 8.3 x 4.7 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) & Dolomite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
11.8 x 8.8 x 5.37 cm
Grossular Garnet var. Hessonite (classic old locale)
Mussa Alp, Ala Valley, Torino Prov., Piedmont, Italy
7.8 x 4.9 x 2.7 cm
Cerussite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
7.3 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Schorl, Quartz & Albite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.5 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Bi-colored red gem Tourmaline (old classic)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Aquamarine, Spessartine & Quartz on Albite
Raikot, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
14.0 x 10.3 x 5.8 cm
Gyrolite ps. After Calcite
Lonavala Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
7.4 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
6.9 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm
Pyrite (New Find)
Mundo Nuevo Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
7.1 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Calcite twin (old classic) ex Feist Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
4.5 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Spessatine on Albite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.3 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Vanadinite on Baryte (classic combo)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
5.9 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
3.9 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Hematite (uncommon Virginia)
Peters Mountain, Alleghany Co., Virginia
7.9 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm
Large Calcite (old classic) Wolfe Coll.
Mid-Continent Mine, Treece, Tri-State Dist., Cherokee Co., Kansas
15.4 x 14.9 x 5.4 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz (Mervyn Ford Coll.)
Xianghualing Mine, Hunan Province, China
7.3 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Ilvaite circa mid-1800's (Karabacek & Philadelphia Academy Coll.)
Serifos Island, Aegean Islands Dept., Greece
8.8 x 6.4 x 5.8 cm
Sphalerite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
4.9 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
Carrollite (ex Michael Shannon Coll.)
Kamoto Principal Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Copper w/ Quartz (classic locale)
Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
5.4 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
Lazurite ex Obodda
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Prov., Afghanistan
5.0 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite (fluorescent)
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.1 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm
Calcite twin ex Larry Krause
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Prov., Kazakhstan
6.9 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm
Chalcedony casts after Calcite (RARE Texas!) Wolfe Coll.
Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas
9.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Native Gold on Quartz (RARE Brazil locale) Matioli Coll.
Erico Cardoso, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
8.5 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm