MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - ends Thursday May 16, 2019

ends Thursday May 16, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Featuring new specimens culled from the purchase of the David Burgess, Shields Flynn (TSUMEB! & ERONGO!) and Bill Logan (RHODOCHROSITE) collections! We have pieces set aside specifically for the auctions that didn't make it to the Tucson shows, along with new finds and old collections we've purchased. Look for a great mix of old classics and specimens you'd expect to see at retail prices at shows!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:


1. Rare GREENLAND FLUORESCENTS from the David Burgess Collection
2. Exotic TOURMALINE ON QUARTZ from Namibia.
3. Rare and excellent RHODOCHROSITES from the Logan Collection
4. Unique TSUMEBS including a large SMITHSONITE, CERUSSITE & GALENA
5. Large old FRANKLINITE from the Irenee du Pont Collection
6. Large and rare COPPER, CUPRITE and QUARTZ from Namibia
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Quartz w/ Rhodochrosite (rare combo - USA classic) Robertson Coll.
1000' Level, Emma Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
9.5 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm
Conichalcite w/ Calcite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Level 4, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.5 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Tapiolite-(Fe) on Muscovite & Quartz
Quixaba pegmatite, Quixaba, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, Brazil
8.0 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Crystallized Copper "lacework" w/ Calcite (rare - classic locale)
900 Stope, 4 Level, Knowlton Lode, Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan
6.2 x 2.9 x 0.4 cm
Calcite twins (classic Arizona - fluorescent) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Bruce Shaft, Cypress Mine, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona
6.0 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Calcite, Fluorite & Pyrite (rare combo)
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.5 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) w/ Galena
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
6.8 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare Colorado) W.S. Logan Coll.
Henderson Mine, Dailey District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Sodalite, Analcime & Aegerine (rare combo) Burgess Coll.
Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Greenland, Denmark
14.1 x 13.0 x 5.8 cm
Beryllite, Ussingite, etc (RARE - Burgess Coll.)
Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Greenland, Denmark
10.8 x 9.0 x 5.7 cn
Willemite, Hardystonite, etc (4-color fluorescence) Burgess Coll.
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey
17.3 x 11.5 x 9.4 cm
Prehnite (classic locale)
Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
7.2 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Gem Diaspore xl (classic) Carlton Davis Coll.
Selcuk, Mugla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
3.9 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (classic but rare locale)
Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
10.0 x 8.2 x 4.3 cm
Large banded Fluorite slice
Hunan Province, China
25.7 x 9.3 x 1.3 cm
Pyrite (classic locale) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Huaron mines, Huayllay district, Pasco department, Peru
8.5 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite (Jason New Coll.)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
5.5 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
4.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 cm
Large Wardite xl
Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Pyrite (classic locale)
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.9 x 5.6 x 2.9 cm
Apophyllite (RARE - old) Robertson Coll.
Nolsoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
9.7 x 7.0 x 3.6 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
10.6 x 8.2 x 5.0 cm
Calcite twin (rare style - 2009 find)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Huangshi, Hubei, China
4.7 x 4.1 x 4.1 cm
Blue Baryte (classic Colorado) Bartels Coll.
Hartsel District, Park Co., Colorado
9.2 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
Gem Baryte xls (uncommon Missouri) Bartels Coll.
Lamb mine, Morgan Co., Missouri
11.7 x 7.7 x 4.7 cm
DT Tourmaline on DT Quartz scepter (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Otjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.4 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
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