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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Vivianite
Kerch peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
5.1 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Prehnite cast after Calcite (uncommon old locale)
Zoetwater, Calvinia, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
12.8 x 8.8 x 3.4 cm
Titanite twin (rare locale) Nowakowski Coll.
Tory Hill area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
3.2 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Wulfenite (self-collected by Paco Gutierrez)
El Centenillo Mine, Albunuelas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
7.5 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm
Sphalerite w/ Galena & Baryte (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
7.4 x 6.8 x 3.8 cm
Large Mimetite xl (superb)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.0 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Doubly terminated Sapphire
Mogok, Mandalay, Burma
5.3 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
Variscite, Crandallite, Wardite, Montgomeryite (early 1900s)
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah
10.1 x 7.8 x 2.6 cm
Gem Celestine (Texas!)
Bull Creek, Austin, Travis Co., Texas
2.8 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Sharp Willemite xl (fluorescent) Hauck Coll.
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
4.8 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Realgar (classic US locale)
Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
5.3 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Calcite (fluorescent)
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7.4 x 5.9 x 4.0 cm
Sharp cubic Copper xls (Belsky Coll.)
Onganja Mine, Seeis, Khomas Region, Namibia
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Unusual Quartz w/ Prehnite (Hauck Coll.)
Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Russia
10.4 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Zincite xls & Willemite
Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey
7.3 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Turquoise (rare Bisbee classic)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.7 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
Calcite incl. w/ Boulangerite "ball" (Miller Coll.)
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Brochantite (excellent Bisbee old classic)
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
10.3 x 6.8 x 5.5 cm
large Bournonite xls (old classic) Bill Pinch Coll.
Herodsfoot Mine, Liskeard Dist., Cornwall, England
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite, Galena & Quartz
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, Durham, England
13.8 x 8.4 x 4.0 cm
Gem Fluorite cube (fluorescent) Carl Davis Coll.
Madoc area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
2.0 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Quartz scepter (rare style)
Aracuai, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazi
11.8 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Gem bi-colored Tourmalines ex Obodda
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
2.6 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm (largest) (5 Pieces)
Pentagonite on Stilbite (New Find & style)
Wagholi Quarries, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
5.0 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm
Tourmaline & Quartz (classic locale)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.8 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
Gem Fluorapatite xl
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
2.6 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Blomstrandine (Aeschynite-(Y))
Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
2.9 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Unusual Aquamarine spray & Quartz on Albite
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
6.9 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
3.3 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
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