Fine Mineral Specimens from the depths of our Warehouse ! - Auctions end July 16, 2020

Not much else to do now in Dallas through the hot summer , so we have more time to go looking for old classics and treasures in the back rooms....here is yet another set featuring a mix of beautiful and important classics from our storage areas of old collections. Enjoy!

HIGHLIGHTS:

1. old 1990s CHINESE REALGAR from the CURRIER COLLECTION

2. classic old ELMWOOD FLUORITES  

3. TALC AFTER QUARTZ FROM GERMANY

4. intense green CUPRIAN SMITHSONITE FROM ARIZONA

5. antique, intensely colored orange PYROMORPHITE from IDAHO

6. BISBEE ROSE AZURITE !

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Dioptase With Cerussite
Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld, Namibia
4.5 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $480
superb Augelite crystals, with Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
6.7 x 6.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Quartz With Galena ex Dick Heck coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.7 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Bornite - superb sharp xls on Calcite
Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Prov., Kazakhstan
5.3 x 4.9 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $251
Talc ps. after Quartz (old German Classic!) ex Robertson
Gopfersgrun, Wunsiedel, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany
5.8 x 5.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Fluorite - rare "gem corner" ex Lewadny Coll.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
9.2 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $775
superb Cubanite crystal (Twinned)
Henderson No. 2 mine, Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada
2.0 x 1.8 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Calcite on Fluorite ex Ross Lillie Coll
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Ozark-Mahoning, Harris Creek Dist., Illinois, USA
8.5 x 8.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,250
Baryte on Dolomite with Hematite ex Soregaroli
Frizington, Cumberland, Cumbria, England
6.4 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Fluorite with rare gem corners, & Sphalerite ex Soregaroli
Elmwood mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
8.5 x 8.0 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $648
Gold in Quartz
16 to 1 mine, Alleghany, Sierra Co., California, USA
2.3 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $297
Azurite on limonite (classic style, circa 1900!)
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA
5.3 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $317
Wulfenite ex Gary Weaver coll.
Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.0 x 7.9 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Realgar (circa 1990s ex. Rock Currier coll.)
Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen Deposit, Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China
10.2 x 6.0 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,005
Ettringite on Oyelite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Fields, South Africa
4.1 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Calcite and Aurichalcite ex Dick Heck coll.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
12.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $409
Pyrite ps. after Pyrrhotite (Dick Heck collection)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.9 x 4.9 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Unusual Aquamarine with Schorl (ex. Paul Zerfass)
Zibussi, Erongo Region, Namibia
11.1 x 7.1 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Pyromorphite var. Arsenian (ex. Jack Halpern)
9th level, Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, USA
4.5 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Topaz (gem crystal)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.6 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Pyromorphite (old classic find!)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Limousin, France
4.2 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Smithsonite Var. Cuprian - intense color!
79 Mine, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
6.8 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $700
Azurite circa 1900 - classic "Bisbee Rose" !
Czar Shaft, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA
3.8 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Adamite "floater" - fluorescent
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.8 x 3.1 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $425