FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end SATURDAY, Nov 26th, 2016

Ends SATURDAY (DUE TO THE HOLIDAY WEEK) on November 26th, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We work hard to buy multiple collections and new finds, all year round, to flow together into the most diverse set of fine mineral specimens for our customers online. Look for rares, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Fine Colorado LEAF GOLD thumbnail
2. Beautiful and rare red gem Tourmaline
3. Old, rare and classic USA and European specimens
4. Rare and excellent SHATTUCKITE combo from Africa
5, 9-piece IMPERIAL TOPAZ crystal set
6. Gemmy 1940s BRAZILIANITE and an AFGHANI TOURMALINE
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Bi-colored Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
9.9 x 6.8 x 3.8 cm
Large Calcite (classic locale) Wolfe Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
13.7 x 8.2 x 7.8 cm
Pyrargyrite (New Find)
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.2 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Herkimer Quartz "diamonds"
Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
2.7 x 2.7 x1.8 cm
Cushion-cut gem Fluorite (16.14 carats)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
1.4 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite (old - rare)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.4 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Xenotime-(Y) w/ Rutile (2008 find)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
2.9 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Bornite on Pyrite (rare - 2015 find)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
2.6 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Emerald in Phlogopite Schist (rare, Spain) Orellana Coll.
A Franqueira, A Caniza, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
6.8 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Orpiment
El'brusskiy Arsenic mine, Elbrus Mt, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
3.6 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
Celestine (classic locale) ex Orellana Coll.
Arneva, Orihuela, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
6.6 x 6.3 x 3.4 cm
Olmiite w/ Calcite (NEW FIND)
Chocolate Pocket, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.6 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Prehnite (classic locale) Orellana Coll.
Oficarsa Quarry, Carchelejo, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain
8.1 x 6.4 x 2.2 cm
Cyclically-twinned Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.1 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
Pyromorphite w/ Cerussite (rare combo - classic locale)
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.2 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Hematite-included Calcite (rare style) ex Tom Wolfe Coll.
Mine No. 884, Leiping, Chenzhou Pref., Hunan Prov., China
10.9 x 7.5 x 5.6 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
10.7 x 8.6 x 4.4 cm
Annabergite (classic locale)
Km-3 Mine, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
5.7 x 5.5 x 2.6 cm
Quartz w/ Fluorapatite & Muscovite (Orellana Coll.)
Barroca Grande Mine, Panasqueira, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
12.7 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Stilbite bowtie (excellent)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
11.6 x 9.0 x 7.1 cm
"Imperial" Topaz xls (group lot - 28 grams)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm (largest of 9)
Large Calcite w/ Baryte (Orellana Coll.)
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
22.8 x 18.7 x 10.1 cm
Vanadinite (Orellana Coll.)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
10.6 x 6.8 x 5.7 cm
Lavendulan (Orellana Coll.)
La Reconquistada claim, Pastrana, Mazarron, Murcia, Spain
6.9 x 6.4 x 3.4 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent), Quartz, Boulangerite & Chalcopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
10.8 x 10.8 x 6.1 cm
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite (fluorecent) & Quartz
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
10.0 x 6.6 x 3.8 cm
Bi-colored gem Tourmaline (68.07 carats)
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
3.2 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite w/ Mimetite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.6 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
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