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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Malachite (Oklahoma, USA!) ex Joe Lobell Coll.
Paoli deposit, Paoli, Red Bed District, Garvin Co., Oklahoma
6.5 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Large color-zoned Fluorite & Quartz (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Portales adit (Glory Hole) area, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
21.0 x 8.7 x 8.0 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite w/ Kolwezite (rare)
Kolwezi District, Lualaba, DR Congo
6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Galena (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
8.5 x 6.8 x 6.3 cm
Shattuckite (NEW FIND)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
6.0 x 5.0 x 1.5 cm
Shattuckite and Malachite (David Burgess Coll.)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
12.5 x 9.6 x 4.7 cm
Siderite on Drusy Quartz (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Eisenzecher Zug Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
11.3 x 8.3 x 4.0 cm
Cinnabar & Dolomite (David Burgess Coll.)
Fenghuang County, Xiangxi, Hunan, China
6.0 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
1.8 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite, Galena & Sphalerite (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Hill-Ledford Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
13.5 x 12.0 x 8.8 cm
Calcite after Ikaite ("Glendonite") David Burgess Coll.
Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.7 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Sharp Augite xl (RARE ) ex David Burgess Coll.
Northern slopes of Mount Kenya, Kenya
3.8 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Dyscrasite and Calcite
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.5 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm
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