MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1 of 2) - Ends Aug 27, 2015

Ends Aug 27, 2015
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Fine Mineral and Mineral Collection Liquidation Auctions: A delightful assortment this week featuring pieces from various collections we acquired over the last several years! Several rarities from the Matioli and Vajdak collections, along with GEM CRYSTALS, plus classics from Tsumeb, specialized pieces and even a Sweet Home Rhodochrosite.
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Epidote
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
5.2 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz and Muscovite
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
6.0 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Schorl with Quartz (ex Obodda)
Bulochi, Astor valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
7.5 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Malachite (ex Bruce Carter Collection)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
9.2 x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Fluorapatite
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Prepolar Ural, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
2.4 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm
Smithsonite (ex Larry Krause)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Enargite (ex Matioli)
Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
4.3 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Sugilite
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.9 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Almandine
Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
2.4 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (fluorescent)
Blue Mesa Reservoir, Gunnison County, Colorado
4.5 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Smithsonite with Malachite
Sounion Mine No. 6 ("Exi Mine"), Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines), Sounion Area, Lavrion, Attiku Prefecture, Greece
8.1 x 5.8 x 4.9 cm
Leadhillite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Apatite with Pyrite and Quartz (mined by Rich Kosnar)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
2.7 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Koninckite (rare)
Kociha, Rimavska Sobota Co., Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Gasparite-(Ce) (ex Matioli)
Cervandone, Alp Devero, Baceno, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy (Type Locality)
6.1 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Monohydrocalcite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Vrancice, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.2 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Niobophyllite (very rare)
Mann 2 (Ten Mile Lake), Seal Lake alkaline complex (Letitia Lake), Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
2.3 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm
Quartz with Fuchsite (ex Matioli)
Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Holfertite (ex Matioli)
Holfertite pit, Starvation Canyon (Searles Canyon), Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah (Type Locality)
4.9 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Chalcomenite (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Tuminico Mine, Sierra de Cacho, Villa Castelli, General Lamadrid department, La Rioja, Argentina
3.6 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Prehnite with Epidote (ex Obodda)
Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
2.1 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Cavansite
Wagholi, Poona, India
5.0 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Calcite (phantom)
Sweetwater mine, Reynolds County, Ellington, Missouri
5.2 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Cerussite (twin) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.8 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Tourmaline
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
6.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Morganite
Laghman Province (Nuristan), Afghanistan
5.3 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm
Kunzite with Tourmaline (473 grams) (ex Obodda)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
14.3 x 11.2 x 2.0 cm