FINE MINERALS and MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end March 23, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, MARCH 23, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

With Tucson behind us, we're looking forward to plenty of exciting auctions in the coming weeks loaded with plenty of interesting, unique and attractive specimens we left at home to be prepared for internet sales from the massive old collections stash I am liquidating. This auction set, as do all, features classic and rare minerals from contemporary and historic worldwide localities along with gem crystals, native elements and more!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Dramatic large Brazilian SMOKY QUARTZ
2. Rare LEAD MINERALS specimens.
3. Fine old Michigan COPPER in CALCITE.
4. RARE old TOPAZ combination from the Xanda Mine.
5. Large AMETHYST and QUARTZ specimens.
6. Superb BARITE from Poland.
7. Gemmy 38.89 carat TANZANITE xl.
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Large Smoky Quartz on Quartz
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
20.0 x 10.7 x 9.5 cm
Anglesite and Gypsum (RARE locale combo) Hauck Coll.
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.3 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Galena (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.8 x 6.0 x 5.3 cm
Gem Dioptase xls on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.0 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Agate (RARE locale)
Pavlov, Kladno District, Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic
13.6 x 7.8 x 3.0 cm
Amethyst (Charlie Key Coll.)
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.0 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Large Calcite xls w/ phantoms (Wolfe Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
15.5 x 9.6 x 7.8 cm
Large gemmy Diopside w/ Graphite
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.6 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Ottrelite (rare silicate - Type Locality) ex. Van Wals collections
Ottre, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
8.2 x 7.4 x 1.4 cm
Stokesite (rare silicate) Charlie Key coll.
Urucum claim, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.6 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm (largest of 2)
Aurichalcite & Hemimorphite (uncommon combo) Sanabria Coll.
Arcentales, Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain
11.2 x 9.4 x 6.4 cm
Dumortierite (old) ex Smithsonian
Dumortierite occurrences, Ogilby, Imperial Co., California
9.1 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm
Topaz, Columbite-Tantalite & Muscovite on Microcline (RARE old combo)
Xanda mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.7 x 6.5 x 5.0 cm
Mimetite on Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
9.7 x 7.4 x 5.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet (uncommon for Utah)
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
6.5 x 5.9 x 4.2 cm
Primary Malachite and Calcite (Trimingham Coll.)
Buffalo Ridge Extension, Old Dominion Mine, Globe, Gila Co., Arizona
7.3 x 6.9 x 4.1 cm
Brucite (2015 find)
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.1 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm
Matrix Herkimer Quartz "diamonds"
Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
"Turkey fat" Smithsonite (classic Arkansas)
Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas
5.9 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Rhodochrosite on Goethite
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.7 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Datolite nodule included by Copper (rare - fine!)
Lake Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan
7.8 x 6.3 x 2.3 cm
Gemmy Tanzanite xl (38.89 carats)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
6.9 x 4.1 x 1.4 cm
Celestine (classic locale) ex Obodda
nr Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
9.4 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Orthoserpierite (rare sulfate & locale)
Mi Fiel Rosita Mine, Sierra Bolsico area, Atacama Region, Chile
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Prehnite on Quartz (uncommon locale)
Djebel Melh, Bou Arfa, L'oriental Region, Morocco
6.9 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
Wulfenite (classic locale)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.9 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm
Esperite, etc (4 color fluorescence) Trimingham Coll.
Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey
9.4 x 7.5 x 5.9 cm
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