MINERAL SPECIMEN and COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end Aug 11 , 2016

Ends August 11, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Stay tuned for more variety than ever as we clean out our back rooms over the summer - and find lots of old minerals I have had for years. Each Auction set features mineral specimens from old mineral collections full of classic old mineral specimens from historic localities ! As always, this auction is filled with interesting mineral specimens both classic and contemporary - not just the standard "20 species," but an eclectic assortment of exciting pieces that appeal to a wide range of collectors, including superb Rare Species.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Old SAN DIEGO TOURMALINES !
2. HUGE and Valuable old CALCITE WITH PYRITE from Brushy Creek, Missouri
3. Excellent Broken Hill GAHNITE and old TYPE LOCALITY EUCHROITE
4. Large Bolivia AMETHYST
5. Significant Graves Mountain Georgia LAZURITE CRYSTAL
6. Uncommon locale Brazilian AQUAMARINE
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Large Amethyst (rare unetched crystal!)
Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
16.2 x 11.3 x 9.0 cm
Electric-blue Azurite & Malachite
Tongshan Mine, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
13.9 x 11.4 x 7.9 cm
Devilline & "electric-blue" Azurite (self-collected by Bob Hauck)
Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Graham Co., Arizona
5.0 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
6.4 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Turquoise (Barlow Coll.)
Kingman area, Mohave Co., Arizona
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
Botryoidal Malachite (classic locale)
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
9.8 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm
Floater DT Quartz scepter (rare - excellent) Charlie Key
Orange River, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Pectolite, Pyrite, Prehnite & Apophyllite
Millington Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey
8.1 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
pair of Gemmy Sulfur xls (classic locale)
Agrigento Province (Girgenti Province), Sicily, Italy
3.8 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Galena cubes (classic locale)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
5.9 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Large sheet Copper (self-collected by Art Soregaroli)
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
37.3 x 27.0 x 0.3 cm
Wavellite
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
9.2 x 8.5 x 2.8 cm
Large botryoidal Hematite
Irhoud Mine, Safi Prov., Doukkala-Abda Region, Morocco
16.6 x 8.1 x 7.0 cm
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
5.1 x 4.5 x 1.6 cm
Gem Fluorite cuboctahedrons (fluorescent) Soregaroli Coll.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
4.6 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Fish-tail twinned Gypsum floater (fluorescent)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
5.8 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
Native Copper (thick and rare)
Blue Ridge Summit, Adams Co., Pennsylvania
10.1 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
6.4 x 5.6 x 1.9 cm
Hauyne var. Lazurite (Type Locality) ex Obodda
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
8.2 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
Floater Almandine Garnet (Soregaroli Coll.)
River Valley, Ontario, Canada
6.5 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm
Aegirine ex Obodda
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
7.2 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Hematite coating Calcite
Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington Co., Missouri
6.6 x 5.9 x 3.6 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
7.0 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm
Andradite Garnet
Serifos Island, Aegean Islands Department, Greece
5.9 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm
large Kyanite (classic old locale)
Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Ticino, Switzerland
10.4 x 10.3 x 7.5 cm
Schoenfliesite, etc on Magnetite (Vajdak Coll.)
Zlaty Kopec, Jachymov District, Krusne Hory Mts, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.9 x 5.0 x 1.8 cm
Orpiment
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
7.5 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Dioptase (unusual color) Soregaroli Coll.
Zero Stope, 32 Level, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.6 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Rhodonite & Franklinite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey
9.5 x 9.2 x 8.1 cm
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