MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - ends May 5, 2016

Ends may 5th
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A very diverse set this week featuring a fine mix of beautiful and impressive mineral specimens from 200 years of mining and many countries. Look for old classics from numerous collections we are pulling in for LIQUIDATION at auction:

Some of the highlights include:
1. Fine bi-colored DT Himalaya TOURMALINE
2. Rare old European classics
3. Large TSUMEB MIMETITE xl
4. Large and Unusual Les Farges PYROMOPHITE !
5. Large Mogok SAPPIRE
6. Old Utah VARISCITE
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Bi-colored, doubly-terminated Tourmaline (fine)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
7.3 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Baryte
Dee Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko Co., Nevada
6.8 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm
Cute Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.4 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Dipyramidal Quartz on Hematite (Ford Coll.)
Beckermet Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
4.9 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm
Bixbyite & Topaz (excellent thumbnail)
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Polished Malachite w/ "eyes"
Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
11.2 x 7.8 x 2.3 cm
Pyromorphite (New Find)
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
1.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
"Electric-blue" Azurite on Malachite
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
8.1 x 7.4 x 2.8 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Denton Mine, Harris Creek, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.4 x 5.3 x 3.9 cm
Mimetite & Quartz (old classic)
Wheal Alfred, Hayle, Cornwall, England
4.4 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Wulfenite (old, Arizona)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
2.3 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
Schorl, Albite & Quartz ex Obodda
Bulochi, Astor valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.9 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Large Gypsum (famous 1960s finds)
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
16.9 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Benitoite (fluorescent) & Neptunite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
5.1 x 4.4 x 1.9 cm
Wavellite (classic older material)
Mauldin Mt., Montgomery County, Arkansas
16.9 x 11.1 x 3.4 cm
Cuprian Austinite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.8 x 6.7 x 2.1 cm
Calcite (rare habit) on Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.0 x 4.4 x 4.5 cm
Unusual "green ice" Fluorite (fluorescent)
Xianghuapu Mine, Chenzhou Prefect., Hunan Province, China
11.7 x 10.4 x 5.4 cm
Axinite-(Fe) & Adularia cica 1900 - ex. Bement Coll.
Piz Vallatscha, Medel Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
9.2 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Pyromorphite on Limonite - rare, large classic
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
11.0 x 7.8 x 5.5 cm
Calcite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.4 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Sepon Mine, Vilabouly Dist., Savannakhet Prov., Laos
5.4 x 4.7 x 3.0 cm
Baryte (Bill Severance Coll.)
Leeson Pocket, Sterling Mine, Stoneham, Weld Co., Colorado
9.0 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Calcite ps. After Glauberite
Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona
4.0 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Turquoise
Fox Mine, Cortez District, Lander Co., Nevada
5.9 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Large Stibnite wand (Soregaroli Coll.)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Hunan Province, China
19.4 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Almandine Garnet (superb - rare) ex Obodda
Mullah Yusef, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2.4 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
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