FINE MINERALS and MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end THURSDAY APRIL 6th, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, APRIL 6th, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We are sorting out more old inventory and new collection purchases to stock plenty of exciting auctions in the coming weeks! 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 , mostly from old stashes and old dealer inventories that you cannot even access easily at shows anymore!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Weird large "Angle-plated QUARTZ"
2. Rare old WAKABAYASHILITE (ex. Cureton)
3. fine SPANISH specimens including an illustrated piece
4. Rare OREGON GOLD
5. Superb Morocco BARITE
6. Classic, old and rare US and European specimens including LEAD minerals
7. Fine MEXICO specimens
8. Excellent Chinese FLUORITE combination
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Hematite ps. After Magnetite (1990s finds)
Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza, Argentina
7.6 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite & Calcite (both fluorescent)
Weishan Mine, Weishan Co., Shandong Prov., China
9.4 x 9.0 x 4.0 cm
Iridescent Marcasite on Baryte stalactites (new find)
Lubin Mine, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
5.5 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Wakabayashilite (rare - circa 1900) ex Matioli Coll.
White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Nye Co., Nevada
5.2 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Fluorapophyllite on drusy Quartz
Nashik District, Maharashtra State, India
9.8 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Marcasite & Dolomite (classic locale) ex Sanabria Coll.
Reocin Mine, Reocin, Cantabria, Spain
10.9 x 9.1 x 7.6 cm
Large DT calcite twin (Sanabria Coll.)
Corona shaft, La Collada mining area, Asturias, Spain
12.4 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Gem Tourmaline ex Obodda
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
3.0 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Siderite var. Sphaerosiderite (rare style)
Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington
8.2 x 6.5 x 3.4 cm
Ludwigite (old - rare - Type Locality)
Ocna de Fier (Vasko-Moravita), Ocna de Fier-Dognecea Dist., Caras-Severin Co., Romania
5.5 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
superb Nandan Iron Meteorite var. Kamacite (1516 fall)
Nandan County., Hechi Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
4.6 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm
Baryte (RARE) ex Sanabria Coll.
Troya Mine, Mutiloa, Guipuzcoa, Basque Country, Spain
7.8 x 6.6 x 5.1 cm
Pyromorphite w/ Cerussite (old classic)
Bad Ems District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
6.4 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Hubnerite & Quartz
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
6.5 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Calcite "bishop's cap" twin (old classic) Hanson Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
10.2 x 7.4 x 5.3 cm
Primary Malachite xls (rare locale)
Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
6.2 x 4.9 x 4.0 cm
DT Calcite on Galena (classic locale) Feist Coll.
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma
9.6 x 7.8 x 5.5 cm
Tennantite epitaxial on Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite on Quartz ex. Barlow
Cobre Mine, Aranzazu, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
7.8 x 7.4 x 4.9 cm
Hematite "feather" (RARE Michigan style)
Hiawatha Group, Stambaugh, Menominee iron range, Iron Co., Michigan
7.0 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Fluorite, Baryte & Celestine (Ross Lillie Coll.)
St. Louis Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.3 x 6.3 x 3.4 cm
Olmiite & Calcite (2016 find)
Chocolate Pocket, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
5.9 x 4.9 x 2.8 cm
Orange Creedite
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 5.9 x 2.7 cm
Fluorapatite & Quartz (uncommon locale)
Megiliggar Rocks, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England
5.3 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Calcite (RARE Mexico locale)
Torres mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
7.9 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm
"Electric-blue" Azurite on Malachite after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
5.6 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent)
El Hammam Mine, Meknes, Fes-Meknes Region, Morocco
9.7 x 9.3 x 6.1 cm
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