MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - ends June 2, 2016


Ends June 2, 2016
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

We work very hard to have multiple collections and liquidation lots add up here for the most diverse mix of beautiful and impressive mineral specimens at auction! These come from 200 years of mining and many countries. Look for old classic mineral specimens from numerous mineral collections we are pulling in for LIQUIDATION at auction:

Some of the highlights include:

1. Rare & excellent bi-colored Madagascar TOURMALINE
2. Nice selection of worldwide RARE MINERAL SPECIES from the Vajdak Collection
3. Fine old classics from Mexico, Europe & the USA
4. Excellent ILLINOIS CLASSICS from the Ross Lillie Collection
5. A rare CHATHAM LAB-GROWN EMERALD CLUSTER

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Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (Pala Intl. Coll.)
Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Ibity area), Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
6.7 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Strontianite (fluorescent) on Baryte (old) Ross Lillie Coll.
Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.3 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm
Gonnardite (uncommon Zeolite) Vajdak Coll.
Cerro Moreno Volcano, Almagro, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm
Vivianite, Ludlamite & Siderite (uncommon locale) Matioli Coll.
Cabeca do Cachorro claim, Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
8.5 x 6.8 x 3.8 cm
Hematite ps. After Magnetite
Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza, Argentina
8.2 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Stringhamite (rare silicate - Type Locality) Vajdak Coll.
Bawana Mine, Rocky District, Beaver Co., Utah
6.5 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Scheelite (fluorescent) Vajdak Coll.
Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Prov., China
5.9 x 5.4 x 5.0 cm
"Star" Muscovite
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.8 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Malachite w/ Azurite (2 generations)
Bou Bekker, Touissit, Jerada Province, Morocco
7.8 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
9.9 x 9.8 x 6.3 cm
Manganoan Calcite
Pachapaqui District, Ancash Department, Peru
8.2 x 6.4 x 4.5 cm
Stibnite
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Loudi Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
8.8 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
11.3 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Aquamarine & Manganoan Calcite (RARE combo) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 6.1 x 5.3 cm
Galena w/ Calcite & Dolomite
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
10.5 x 8.8 x 5.4 cm
Wulfenite (classic locale)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.3 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
Calcite & Marcasite (RARE locale)
Carrillo Ranch, Chihuahua, Mexico
14.4 x 10.4 x 7.4 cm
Herkimer Quartz "diamonds"
Herkimer County, New York
3.0 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm (largest) (63 Pieces)
Smithsonite (classic locale)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
5.2 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm
Gold nugget (old CA finds) George Elling Coll.
Mother Lode District, Sierra Nevada Mts., California
2.1 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm
Hilairite (rare Zr-silicate - Type Locality) Vajdak Coll.
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.0 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Beryllonite w/ Tourmaline & Lepidolite ex Obodda
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
4.6 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Schorl w/Cleavelandite
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.4 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Uvite Tourmaline on Magnesite
Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Willemite var. Troostite (fluorescent) Hauck Coll.
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
Azurite w/ Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.9 x 5.0 x 2.4 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
8.2 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite, Sphalerite & Calcite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.5 x 7.0 x 3.5 cm
Parasymplesite & Scorodite on Lollingite (RARE combo & rare locale) Matioli Coll.
Almerindo mine, Linopolis, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.2 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Primary Malachite
Kolwezi District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
5.4 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
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