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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Smoky Quartz (1988 find - Robert Whitmore Coll.)
North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll Co., New Hampshire
11.3 x 8.8 x 3.0 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.4 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
Lorenzenite (rare) w/ Aegirine (Matioli Coll.)
Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Northern Region, Russia
7.1 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Lithiophilite (rare CA) Trimingham Coll.
Stewart Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
6.1 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Large Spinel & Chondrodite on Quartz
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
11.2 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Xonotlite & Bultfonteinite (rare combo & style)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
7.7 x 6.3 x 3.9 cm
Andradite var. Melanite on Clinochlore (Bill Larson Coll.)
New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California
5.8 x 5.4 x 1.8 cm (largest) (3 Pieces)
Large Cerussite (important old classic!) ex. Paterson Museum
Flux Mine, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
16.8 x 11.2 x 8.8 cm
Moolooite &, Whewellite on Copper (rare) Vajdak Coll.
Ahmeek Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
10.5 x 5.4 x 1.6 cm
Rare Manganoan Calcite twin & Pyrite and Quartz (Soregaroli Coll)
Pachapaqui District, Ancash Department, Peru
8.8 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Quartz & Fluorite (classic locale)
Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Ancash Department, Peru
7.3 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Vanadinite on Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
7.3 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Arsenopyrite w/ Calcite & Rhodochrosite (Belsky Coll.)
Stan Trg Mine, Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
8.1 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
Nandan Iron Meteorite var. Kamacite (1516 fall)
Nandan County., Hechi Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
4.1 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Vivianite on Ice Age Mammoth tusk (RARE!) Soregaroli Coll.
Bell Mine, Granisle, British Columbia, Canada
20.8 x 6.8 x 0.9 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
4.3 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Large, fine Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
17.4 x 9.3 x 4.1 cm
Manganoan Calcite (old classic & fluorescent!) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
7.9 x 7.1 x 3.2 cm
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