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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Calcite on Dolomite (1995-96 finds)
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
6.9 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Unusual Chalcedony "ball" & Quartz on Amethyst
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6.8 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Copper ps. After Aragonite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Prov., La Paz Dept., Bolivia
4.0 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Smithsonite & Hemimorphite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Karas Region, Namibia
7.0 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Pyrite, Wolframite & Calcite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
6.4 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm
Wulfenite
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.7 x 8.0 x 6.9 cm
Alabandite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Prov., Lima Dept., Peru
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Tourmaline var. Rubellite
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Prov., Afghanistan
6.4 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
very large Lazulite xl (Ed David Coll.)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia
4.0 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
Calcite & Chalcopyrite (Dr. Gary Hansen)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
7.8 x 7.2 x 5.4 cm
Doubly terminated Fluorapatite
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia
5.8 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Azurite
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
5.4 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Gem Fluorapatite xls (classic locale)
Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico
3.6 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Forsterite (rare) on Calcite
Katukubura Hills, Kolonne, Sabaragamuwa Prov., Sri Lanka
4.0 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Gem DT Aquamarine w/ clay inclusions (excellent)
Marambaia, Carai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Millerite on Quartz geode (large and fine)
Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky
8.8 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Bizarre hematite-included Calcite
Kangjiawan deposit, Shuikoushan ore field, Hunan Province, China
7.2 x 5.4 x 5.0 cm
Arsenopyrite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
5.6 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Euchroite (OLD! Type Locality)
Svatodusna deposit, Lubietova, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
9.0 x 4.8 x 2.0 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz (rare)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.2 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm
Gahnite (rare - excellent) & Quartz (Trimingham Coll.)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
3.5 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
Large Fluorite (RARE - New Find 2015)
Shijiangshan mine, Chifeng Pref., Inner Mongolia, China
12.4 x 10.5 x 9.8 cm
Foitite (Charlie Key)
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Large Calcite w/ Chalcopyrite & Marcasite (excellent) Consie Prince Coll.
Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
27.0 x 22.5 x 12.4 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Quartz
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Pyrite Concretion (unusual form)
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
9.5 x 9.4 x 9.1 cm
Bi-colored DT Tourmaline
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Fluorapatite on orange Calcite
Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada
12.1 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
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