FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end THURSDAY, Dec. 15th, 2016

Ends Thursday Dec. 15, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This auction set, like all of ours, features mineral specimens from various large collections and lots we have purchased over the years, mixed together and given back to you as a mix of all kinds of minerals for all mineral collectors - surely the largest variety of fine mineral specimens on the internet, for auction. Look for rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction! Featured collections being dispersed include the Strauss collection (Gem classics) , Obodda collection and dealer inventory, Orrelana collection (Spain minerals), Vajdak (rarities), and many others.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. selection of GEM CRYSTALS from the Uwe Strauss Collection.
2. Large and rare Dal'negorsk MANGANOAN CALCITE.
3. Fine Spanish specimens from the Sanabria Collection.
4. Rare old SILVER in CALCITE from Cobalt
5. Classic, rare and old European and USA specimens
6. Excellent LEGRANDITE from the Type Locality Flor de Pena Mine
7. Impressive large Shangbao Mine FLUORITE
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Gem Aquamarine (excellent - uncommon) ex Strauss Coll.
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
4.9 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Wulfenite (rare locale)
Sidzhak, Pskem valley, Ugam Range, Tashkent Viloyati, Uzbekistan
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Rutile (classic California) Lewadny Coll.
Champion Mine, White Mts, Mono Co., California
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite, Calcite & Quartz
Mahodari, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
7.8 x 6.7 x 6.2 cm
Beryl w/ Cleavelandite & Muscovite (rare old-timer) ex Elling Coll.
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.1 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Gem Spodumene
Resplendor, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.5 x 5.0 x 1.7 cm
Stilbite and Scolecite (New Find)
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
13.7 x 11.6 x 6.5 cm
Graphite (rare Italy locale) ex Bonisoli Coll.
Icla Mine, San Germano chisone, Torino Prov., Piedmont, Italy
7.7 x 6.8 x 2.9 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmalines (Strauss Coll.)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.9 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm (Largest of 3)
Botryoidal Azurite (classic Arizona) Noll Coll.
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
11.9 x 7.7 x 4.8 cm
Malachite ps. After Cuprite (old classics) Doughty Coll.
Chessy, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
1.3 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm (Largest of 2)
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Yunnan Province, China
10.6 x 6.1 x 3.4 cm
Calcite (3 generations - rare France) Wolfe Coll.
Sundgau, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
11.5 x 6.3 x 6.1 cm
Native Iron slag (rare Germany)
Stolberg, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
4.0 x 3.0 x 1.4 cm
Pyrargyrite (New Find)
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
4.3 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Xenotime-(Y) (2008 find)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
2.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Herkimer Quartz "diamonds" in matrix (uncommon)
Middleville, Herkimer County, New York
5.0 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
matrix Phosgenite on Galena (classic locale) Fioravanti Coll.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
8.4 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm
Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz & Cleavelandite (Strauss Coll.)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.0 x 11.3 x 8.9 cm
Chrysoberyl var. Alexandrite - Brazilian!
Carnaiba mining district, Pindobacu, Bahia, Brazil
5.5 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Smithsonite (excellent old Tiger locale) Mullane Coll.
Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona
3.8 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Hedenbergite (classic locale)
Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Aegean Islands Dept., Greece
6.6 x 6.5 x 3.9 cm
Hausmannite
Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.8 x 3.7x 2.7 cm
Clinoclase (rare locale)
Sanyati Mine, Kadoma District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
6.9 x 6.5 x 1.2 cm
Acanthite octahedrons (circa 2004 finds)
Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
3.5 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Shangbao Mine, Hunan Province, China
17.0 x 10.8 x 10.5 cm
Large Pyrite Concretion
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefect., Yunnan Prov., China
11.3 x 11.3 x 10.5 cm
large Banded Fluorite slice
Hunan Province, China
26.1 x 14.1 x 1.3 cm
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