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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Fluorite octahedron (classic locale) David Burgess Coll.
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
4.1 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Aquamarine (David Burgess Coll.)
Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
5.4 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Sharp Eosphorite xl (David Burgess Coll.)
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
Julgoldite-(Fe2+) (rare) & Calcite (David Burgess Coll.)
O & G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut
8.1 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm
Bromargyrite on Bismutite (RARE & RARE LOCALE) David Burgess Coll.
Las Tapias Mine, Cerro Achala, Las Tapias, San Javier Dept., Cordoba, Argentina
4.0 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Champion Mine, Cinnamon Pass, Park District, Hinsdale Co., Colorado
6.3 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm
Danburite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.8 x 3.9 x 2.4 cm
Superb Columbite xls (David Burgess Coll.)
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Hematite-tinted Calcite (old classic circa 1800s)
Bigrigg Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
7.0 x 6.2 x 3.9 cm
Eudialyte, Agrellite (rare - Type Locality - fluorescent), ex Burgess Coll.
Kipawa alkaline complex, Temiscamingue RCM, Quebec, Canada
8.0 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm
Stalactitic Wavellite (rare old PA classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
General Trimble's Mine, East Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
13.7 x 6.4 x 6.2 cm
Azurite & Primary Malachite (classic locale) David Burgess Coll
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Burra, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
6.5 x 6.5 x 5.7 cm
14-piece Garnet suite (S. Schwarzinger Coll.)
Various Countries
4.4 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm (Largest of 14)
Rich Cinnabar ore (1932 - Kay Robertson Coll.)
40m Level, Schmittenzug mine, Lemberg, Niederhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
8.5 x 6.1 x 2.3 cm
Gem Fluorite twins (classic locale) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
14.3 x 9.7 x 5.3 cm
Fluorite octahedron (old classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
2.1 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) & Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
12.5 x 8.1 x 7.5 cm
Crystallized Gold "dinosaur"
Icabaru, Bolivar, Venezuela
2.0 x 1.8 x 0.5 cm
very large Smithsonite, variety Cadmian
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
18.8 x 12.5 x 6.6 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Fluorite xls (illustrated - fluorescent) Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Joseph Brown's Crosscut, Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, Co. Durham
9.8 x 8.1 x 5.1 cm
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