MINERAL SPECIMEN and COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end July 21, 2016

Ends July 21, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Another exciting week featuring mineral specimens from recently acquired old mineral collections full of classic material from historic defunct localities that are hard even to find at shows! 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


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. 4.36 carat Kimberley Mine DIAMOND octahedron!
2. Rare Nevada GETCHELLITE & MCQUINNESITE specimens
3. European and USA classics
4. TSUMEB AZURITE
5. Lillie Collection ILLINOIS minerals
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Dioptase, Calcite & Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.5 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Spessartine on Quartz ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Cuprian Austinite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.4 x 7.4 x 2.4 cm
Calcite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Berry Materials Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana
5.4 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Rutile in Quartz (2009-10 finds)
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
11.4 x 8.8 x 7.2 cm
Rosasite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.5 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R ., China
4.4 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
8.4 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
Rich Mimetite (2003 finds)
Pingtouling Mine, Lianan Co., Guangdong Prov., China
6.0 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
Phosphosiderite (H. Westenberger Coll.) - large xls, rare locale
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
6.4 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm
Wulfenite & Mimetite (classic locale)
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico
6.8 x 5.9 x 3.4 cm
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) & Thaumasite on Prehnite (old classic - 1953 find)
Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Virginia
9.4 x 9.4 x 5.8 cm
Gemmy Tourmaline (classic locale)
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.5 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Mimetite var. Campylite & Psilomelane on Quartz (old classic)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
10.9 x 9.4 x 5.0 cm
Mcguinnessite (rare carbonate & RARE locale)
Chalk Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada
11.8 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Chloritoid var. Masonite (Type Locality - old - rare)
Prospect Hill, Natick, West Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
8.4 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
2.5 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm
Azurite (Albert Sebela Coll.)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong Prov., China
7.8 x 6.4 x 5.8 cm
Sphalerite w/ Calcite (rare old classic)
Schauinsland district, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
9.7 x 8.0 x 3.8 cm
Spessartine, Smoky Quartz & Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
8.4 x 6.1 x 3.0 cm
Bournonite w/ Siderite (classic old locale)
Georg Mine, Willroth, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
8.8 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Cerussite (rare - excellent for locale!) Soregaroli Coll.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Wulfenite (classic AZ)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
3.8 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Sphalerite & Fluorite w/ Baryte & Chalcopyrite (Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.3 x 7.0 x 4.2 cm
Bizzare, oil-saturated Calcite (Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.5 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm
Azurite (old classic) Whitmore Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.0 x 6.0 x 5.4 cm
Pyrite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca Dist., Huanuco Dept., Peru
9.0 x 6.2 x 5.7 cm
Diamond octahedron (old classic circa 1900 - 4.36 carats)
Kimberley Mine, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
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