MINERAL SPECIMEN and COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end Aug 25, 2016

Ends August 25, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

PACKED WITH MANY new specimens including a number of pieces of HIGH $$$ from old mineral collections!...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 Mineral Species.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Fine gem Morocco ANGLESITE!
2. TOURMALINES - Zimbabwe (RARE), Brazil & Madagascar
3. RARE SPECIES
4. LARGE VIETNAM RUBY RED SPINEL plate
5. Fine Eden Mills GROSSULAR and other old USA classics!
6. Rare old classics from the PATERSON MUSEUM collection dating to the early 1900s
7. OLDE ENGLISH TWINNED CALCITE with 1800's ERA LABEL !
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Rubellite Tourmaline (rare locale) ex Scalisi Coll.
Tsilaizina pegmatite, Sahatany Valley, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
3.2 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Limonite ps. After Pyrite (rare) ex Obodda Coll.
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
5.4 x 5.3 x 3.9 cm
Hemimorphite (rare & rare style PA) Paterson Museum
Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania
4.2 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Indicolite Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Siderite (Paterson Museum) - rare locality
Roznava (Rosenau), Kosice Region, Slovakia
8.1 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm
Primary Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.7 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Berbes, Asturias, Spain
6.8 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Vanadinite on Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
5.9 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm
Pumpellyite-(Al) (rare - Type Locality) Vajdak Coll.
La Fleche quarry, Bertrix, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
4.9 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
RARE bent Pyrite "bar" (Rex Bannister Coll.)
Buick Mine (Amax Buick Mine), Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron Co., Missouri
7.5 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Grossular Garnets (classic locale) ex Bill Larson coll.
Eden Mills Quarries, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont
4.6 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Nandan Iron Meteorite var. Kamacite (1516 fall)
Nandan County., Hechi Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Strontianite & Dolomite (classic locale)
Oberdorf an der Laming, Styria, Austria
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Babingtonite (rare East Coast locale)
Blueberry Mountain Quarry, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
7.9 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm
Polished Variscite slice (excellent quality!)
Utahlite claim, Lucin, Box Elder Co., Utah
11.2 x 8.3 x 0.6 cm
Bi-colored Pyromorphite (classic locale) Belsky Coll.
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
4.3 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Cacoxenite
Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania
7.0 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
Lazulite w/ Quartz
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
8.8 x 8.5 x 2.2 cm
Pentagonite on Stilbite (New Find & style)
Wagholi Quarries, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
3.7 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
Botryoidal Malachite
Kolwezi District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
12.6 x 12.6 x 6.0 cm
Chrysocolla (New Find - RARE Locale)
Huancabamba Province, Piura Department, Peru
11.5 x 8.4 x 4.4 cm
Andradite Garnet var. Demantoid (classic locale) Scalisi Coll.
Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
5.8 x 4.9 x 2.4 cm
Marcasite
Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
4.8 x 4.5 x 2.1 cm
Zaratite on Chromite (Paterson Museum Coll.)
State Line Chromite District, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
7.4 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Pyrite (2 generations) Soregaroli Coll.
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Dept., Peru
12.0 x 9.2 x 2.9 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent)
Xianghualing Mine, Hunan Province, China
10.9 x 7.0 x 6.2 cm
Fluorapatite (classic locale - fluorescent)
Panasqueira, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
4.8 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
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