MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S COLLECTION AUCTION SET:
featuring OLD CLASSICS - ends Thursday Jan 17, 2019

ends Thursday Jan 17, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This auction features a large group of minerals from the collection of lifelong collector and friend Allen Dillwith, who has culled his first collection to refocus the collection. Look for superb locality fluorites and interesting USA finds. We are also continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections and purchases from 2018, and expect more surprises to come. Lots of rare mineral specimens here that are hard to find at ANY price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Fine large cyclic-twin CERUSSITE from Tsumeb
2. Rare RHODOCHROSITES from Colorado
3. Selection of large specimens
4. Classic gemmy RED BERYL thumbnail
5. Rare large Texas CALCITE
6. Autographed rare SZENICSITE & POWELLITE combination

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very large, gemmy Red Beryl crystal
Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah
1.8 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Fluorapatite w/ Andradite Garnet (Allen Dillworth Coll.)
Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
2.1 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Szenicsite (rare - Type Locality - autographed) w/ Powellite
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chanaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile
8.6 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Chrysocolla ps. Malachite ps. Azurite/Baryte? (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
10.5 x 8.1 x 5.8 cm
Conichalcite, Calcite & Quartz (Haynes & Dillwith Coll.)
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele Co., Utah
10.7 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
Fluorite (uncommon Arizona) Allen Dillwith Coll.
Tombstone District,, Cochise Co., Arizona
9.0 x 7.5 x 4.7 cm
Baryte & Fluorite (Zinn & Dillwith Coll.)
Jaimina Mine, Carrales, Caravia District, Asturias, Spain
6.8 x 6.6 x 5.0 cm
Rhodochrosite twins, Catapleiite & Aegirine (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.9 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Large Fluorite, Baryte, Sphalerite & Dolomite (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
20.1 x 11.5 x 8.3 cm
Large Baryte on Fluorite (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
27.0 x 14.4 x 7.0 cm
Rhodochrosite & Fluorite (RARE Colorado!) Presson & Logan Coll.
Bonanza Mine, Bonanza District (Kerber Creek District), Saguache Co., Colorado
10.5 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy
5.8 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm
Pyromorphite (rare style old classic) David Burgess Coll.
Hofsgrund, Schauinsland Pb-Zn mining district, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
4.8 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm
Rhodochrosite (RARE Colorado!) W.S. Logan Coll.
Idaho Springs District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado
8.0 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin, Peru
7.0 x 6.5 x 4.9 cm
large, fluorescent Wickenburgite (Type Locality), etc. (David Burgess Coll.)
Potter-Cramer Mine, Vulture District, Maricopa Co., Arizona
13.8 x 8.5 x 7.7 cm
Gemmy rare Topaz (fluorescent - 413 grams) David Burgess Coll.
Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.5 x 7.1 x 4.5 cm
Ilmenite (RARE - old) David Burgess Coll.
Miass (Miask), Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
8.0 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm
Neptunite, Benitoite & Natrolite (David Burgess Coll.)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
5.3 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
Wulfenite (old classic) David Burgess Coll.
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.8 x 6.0 x 4.4 cm
Mendipite (David Burgess Coll.)
Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England
4.2 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Gem Ruby Spinel xls including macle-twins
Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.2 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm (Largest of 3)
Gemmy Amethyst xls (classic locale)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
6.7 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Quartz xls w/ Hematite inclusions (Heini Soltau Coll.)
Orange River, Warmbad, Karasburg District, Karas Region, Namibia
5.8 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm (Largest of 3)
Calcite (fluorescent) w/ Pyrite (RARE style & locale)
nr. Chenzhou City, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
6.1 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
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