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

Ends Sept. 1, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We did summer cleaning of a back room and found many old buried treasures from past deals! So, this auction set is PACKED with FINE OLD CLASSIC MINERAL SPECIMENS including a number of pieces of HIGH $$$ from old mineral collections! Look for important rare species, material from 2010 production at Milpillas, and fine irreplaceable old classics from the Paterson (NJ) Museum and other East Coast collections we acquired years ago.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Fine , old, early 1900s COPPER crystals and old USA CLASSICS!
2. MAINE ROSE QUARTZ - very rarely seen for sale!
3. Fine selection of RARE SPECIES
4. LARGE VIETNAM SPINEL with CHONDRODITE from finds ten years ago
5. Ross Lillie ILLINOIS specimens other old USA classics!
6. Rare old classics from the PATERSON MUSEUM collection dating to the early 1900s
7. RARE "BLUE EARTH" kimberlite from Tanzania!
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Rose Quartz on Albite (RARE OLD LOCALE)
Rose Quartz crystal locality, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine
6.0 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite (RARE - New Find 2015)
Shijiangshan mine, Chifeng Pref., Inner Mongolia, China
12.4 x 9.8 x 5.7 cm
Large Quartz (2 generations)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
19.8 x 14.8 x 10.5 cm
Copper (old classic) Belsky Coll.
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan
6.8 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Fluorapatite (Type Locality) & Quartz (Lee & Belsky Coll.)
Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
7.3 x 5.8 x 1.8 cm
Augite (significant crystal) w/ Calcite ex George Loud Coll.
Diamond Lake, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
12.8 x 12.5 x 9.2 cm
Sulfur (uncommon European locale)
La Serrata, Lorca, Murcia, Spain
5.7 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm
Fluorite & Sphalerite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.6 x 5.0 x 4.4 cm
Gemmy Baryte xls (Madrid Coll.)
Meikle Mine, Elko Co., Nevada
10.4 x 7.7 x 7.4 cm
Baryte (old classic) Belsky Coll.
Frizington, Cumbria, England
4.1 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm
Dioptase on Calcite (classic combo)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
9.5 x 6.4 x 4.6 cm
Albite (rare Spain) ex Basil Orellana Coll.
El Berrocal Mine, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
13.3 x 9.2 x 4.3 cm
Fluorite & Sphalerite (hollow interior!) ex. Lillie Coll.
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
13.0 x 9.6 x 7.0 cm
Siderite & Pyrite on Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
7.2 x 3.9 x 1.9 cm
Megalodon Shark Tooth (Cenozoic Era)
Beaufort County, South Carolina
8.5 x 6.7 x 2.2 cm
Galena w/ Chalcopyrite (rare classic locale) Belsky Coll.
Netta Mine, Picher Field, Tri-State Dist., Ottawa Co., Oklahoma
4.4 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
"Blue Earth" Kimberlite (diamondiferous -RARE)
Mwadui Mine (Williamson Mine), Shinyanga Region, Tanzania
7.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm
Goyazite
Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
3.1 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Paratacamite on Quartz incl. w/ Chrysocolla
Lily Mine, Ica Department, Peru
9.4 x 7.4 x 6.4 cm
Amazonite & Smoky Quartz
Crystal Park Area, El Paso Co., Colorado
8.5 x 8.4 x 6.0 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Gemmy color-zoned Fluorite xls (Soregaroli Coll.)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
9.4 x 7.6 x 5.5 cm
Witherite (2 generations - fluorescent) ex Ross Lillie Coll.
Bethel Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
4.5 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
Calcite & Fluorite (both fluorescent)
Frazer's Hush Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
14.8 x 9.7 x 9.1 cm
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