MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S COLLECTION AUCTION SET:
featuring OLD CLASSICS - ends Thursday Jan 24, 2019

ends Thursday Jan 24, 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. Crystallized GOLDS from Venezuela and Newfoundland
2. Unusual gem AQUAMARINE
3. Superb LEGRANDITE
4. RHODOCHROSITE from the W.S.Logan Coll.
5. Rare large old stalactitic WAVELLITE from Pennsylvania
6 . Superb and rare ARSENOPYRITE, and a HUGE SMITHSONITE from MEXICO
7. Classic OLD ENGLISH CALCITE and FLUORITES
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Cyanotrichite w/ Malachite & Azurite (David Burgess Coll.)
Peacock Mine, Leadore District, Lemhi Co., Idaho
8.0 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Barrerite (rare Zeolite) David Burgess Coll.
Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska
8.4 x 6.2 x 4.8 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Arsenopyrite w/ Muscovite & Quartz (RARE combo) Jason New Coll.
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.5 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Electric fibrous Sugilite (rare)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Pyromorphite "curtains" (Sanabria Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
4.0 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite, Calcite & Mimetite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
11.2 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Large Calcite (rare - illustrated) Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Blue Circle Cement Quarry, Eastgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England
14.1 x 9.1 x 6.2 cm
Chalcedony ps. After fossil sponges (2016 find)
Bu Craa, Laayoune Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
5.9 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm (Largest of 3)
Fluorite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Spor Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
8.1 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Large Fluorapophyllite on Stilbite
Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
22.7 x 21.8 x 8.2 cm
Superb Epididymite xl (rare silicate - Type Locality)
Narsaarsuk pegmatite, Igaliku, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland, Denmark
1.6 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Azurite & Cerussite (classic locale)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Pyromorphite (rare old classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
Barbara vein, Hofsgrund, Schauinsland Pb-Zn mining district, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
10.5 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm
Datolite & Rhodochrosite (rare - old find)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.9 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Gold in Granite (rare)
Nugget Pond Mine, Betts Cove, Newfoundland, Canada
3.1 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite (uncommon - 2018 find) Allen Dillwith Coll.
Poggio Balate, Termini Imerese, Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy
5.2 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Galena w/ Siderite (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
3.8 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
Salammoniac (NEW FIND - rare locale)
Cuajone Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua Department, Peru
8.2 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Brazilianite (Type Locality - circa 1940s) Calvert & Burgess Coll.
Corrego Frio mine, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.9 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Hureaulite & Correianevesite (RARE - Type Locality) Kay Robertson Coll.
Jocao pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazi
3.2 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Gem Fluorite twins (illustrated) Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Joseph Brown's Crosscut, Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, Co. Durham
10.5 x 8.5 x 3.6 cm
Legrandite (superb terminated xls from TYPE LOCALITY ) Kay Robertson Coll.
Flor de Pena Mine, Lampazos de Naranjo Nuevo Leon, Mexicoi
5.5 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Gemmy Rhodochrosite xls w/ Fluorite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Potosi Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.5 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Baryte (RARE New Mexico) Tom Hales Coll.
Palm Park Mine, Palm Park, Rincon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico
9.0 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Gem Aquamarine (40 grams)
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.8 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) & Baryte (New Find)
Volcano Vein, San Diego Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.1 x 7.6 x 4.1 cm
Large Todorokite (uncommon locale) David Burgess Coll.
Smartt Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
12.7 x 5.1 x 4.8 cm
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