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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Gem Toumaline (RARE for locale) Scalisi Coll.
St Anns Mine, Mwami, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
3.2 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Actinolite (old & rich) Paterson Museum
Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont
9.8 x 9.0 x 3.0 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) on Baryte
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
5.9 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Feldspar var. Adularia w/ Chlorite ex Obodda
Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.7 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm
Tantalite-(Mn) (Matioli Coll.)
Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
5.1 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Polished Rhodochrosite stalactite slice
Capillitas Mine, Catamarca, Argentina
8.7 x 4.3 x 0.3 cm
Calcite on Quartz (uncommon combo) Payne Coll.
Pohla, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
10.2 x 8.0 x 4.3 cm
Gem Anglesite on Galena (Madrid Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
6.3 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Large Fluorapophyllite & Stilbite
Nashik District, Maharashtra State, India
16.1 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm
Schorl (classic locale) Paterson Museum
Rice Quarry, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire
9.8 x 9.0 x 7.7 cm
Calcite (rare style) Wolfe Coll.
Madoc Area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
8.8 x 7.5 x 6.3 cm
Calcite w/ Quartz (excellent)
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.5 x 7.0 x 5.8 cm
Gem Tanzanite Crystal (40 carats)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.0 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Spinel crystals (fluorescent) on Marble
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
15.7 x 6.9 x 3.8 cm
Large Smoky Quartz xl, ex. Whitmore Coll.
Table Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll Co., New Hampshire
17.2 x 8.8 x 7.0 cm
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