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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Fluorite (classic locale - fluorescent)
Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
11.5 x 8.4 x 7.2 cm
Gemmy Fluorite xls (fluorescent)
Vignola Mine, Valsugana, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
7.3 x 6.1 x 3.5 cm
Vesuvianite (rare style) ex Alfred Stevenson Coll.
Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico
11.0 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Large Calcite plate (uncommon locale) ex Obodda
Pend Oreille Mine, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington
14.2 x 13.2 x 7.3 cm
Sphalerite & Galena ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
9.7 x 6.5 x 4.4 cm
Copper in Calcite (fine, old classic)
Quincy Mine, Houghton County, Michigan
7.3 x 7.3 x 3.5 cm
Cuprite ps. After Delafossite (rare) Marcella Watson Coll.
Czar Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
6.1 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Quartz on Jasper (Sanabria Coll.)
Chella, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
10.8 x 9.2 x 5.0 cm
Wulfenite on Dolomite vug (Dr. Eugene Sensel Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
8.5 x 7.5 x 4.4 cm
Galena on Quartz (classic locale) ex Paul Jung Coll.
Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
6.2 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
Pyromorphite (rare old classic circa 1850)
Brookdale Mine, Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
4.9 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Wolframite w/ Calcite & Apatite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco District., Portugal
5.3 x 4.9 x 2.0 cm
Pyrite & Baryte (rare combo & locale) Allen Penick Coll.
Bargers Quarry, Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia
9.3 x 9.0 x 5.4 cm
Kimberlite (rare Colorado loc.) James Howard Coll.
Sloan 1 diatreme, State Line Kimberlite District, Larimer Co., Colorado
8.3 x 5.9 x 3.2 cm
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