PRE-THANKGSGIVING MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1 of 2) - Ends Nov 19, 2015

Ends November 19, 2015
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
A very diverse set this week featuring a fine mix of beautiful and impressive mineral specimens from 200 years of mining and 20 countries. Look for old classics ($2000 1800's Manganite and a sharp Albite crystal from the Sir Robert Ferguson collection circa 1800 head up that suite), rare species almost never seen for sale, and major gem crystals (such as a classic floating tourmaline from the Himalaya Mine!). Also look for a HUGE and imporessive Amazonite specimen from the USA.
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Large Aragonite (RARE Virginia) fluorescent
Roberts Cave, Smyth Co., Virginia
21.9 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm
Gem Chrysoberyl (8.62 carats)
Santa Teresa, Espurito Santo, Brazil
1.9 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm
Fibrous Sugilite (rare)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Schlossmacherite & Ceruleite (RARE - Type Locality for both) Vajdak Coll.
Emma Luisa Mine, Guanaco, Antofagasta Region, Chile
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite octahedron (classic locale) Mervyn Ford Coll.
Goscheneralp, Goschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Cumengeite (old -Type Locality) Columbia Univ. & Hauck Coll.
Santa Rosalia, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
Rutile var. Struverite (rare) Carmichael Coll.
Ampangabe pegmatite, Faratsiho Dist., Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Botryoidal lavender Quartz (rare)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
3.9 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Thomsonite on Stilbite (uncommon locale)
Shendurni, Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
6.7 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm
Povondraite (rare tourmaline species - Type Locality)
Alto Chapare District, Cochabamba Dept., Bolivia
4.2 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Plattnerite (RARE Idaho) Soregaroli Coll.
Star-Morning Mine (You Like Vein), Coeur d'Alene Dist., Shoshone Co., Idaho
4.8 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
Copper (old classic)
Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
5.7 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Hematite kidney ore (classic locale) Paterson Museum
Plaka Mines, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
7.4 x 5.8 x 4.5 cm
Gormanite (rare - Type Locality)
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
4.3 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Acanthite (circa 2004 finds)
Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
4.2 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Cassiterite (Charles Noll Coll.)
Elsmore Tin Mine, Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia
8.2 x 7.2 x 5.5 cm
Pyrite xl (rare size and habit)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
8.0 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Magnetite (rare form - classic locale)
Balmat Mine, Fowler, St. Lawrence Co., New York
2.1 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm
Manganoan Calcite (rare Honduras - fluorescent)
El Mochito Mine, Santa Barbara Department, Honduras
13.4 x 10.4 x 7.2 cm
Vesuvianite
Hachupa Epidote Locality, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan
3.9 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
Carved Jasper picture stone
Liuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A. R., China
18.8 x 18.3 x 6.9 cm
Pyrite on Baryte on Fluorite (rare combo)
Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
9.4 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Adamite (fluorescent) Zigras Collection
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango
10.4 x 8.4 x 4.0 cm
Large Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
15.0 x 8.4 x 8.4 cm
Ilvaite pseudomorph (old - classic locale) ex Harvard
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.3 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
Mimetite (classic 1968 find)
Congreso-Leon Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.6 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
Psuedocubic Wulfenite
San Judas Shaft, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.2 x 4.5.78 x 2.4 cm
Azurite (old classic - Type Locality)
Chessy, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
6.1 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm