NEW YEAR'S FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1 of 2) - ends Jan. 14, 2016

Ends THURSDAY Jan. 14, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Before the Holiday, we pulled a number of good pieces from our planned Tucson show stock for old classics, and we offer another very diverse set this week featuring a fine mix of mineral specimens from 200 years of mining and many countries.
Highlights include:
1.Classic large fishtail-twinned Calcite
2. Matrix Carrollite
3. Fine Sperrylite xl from a major Competition TN collection
4. Excellent suite of Tsumeb minerals
5. Old Zschopau Pyromorphite (type locale)
6. Excellent old "Little Three" Spessartine
7. Large and rare old Mozambique Lepidolite ball from the 1950's
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Carrollite on Calcite
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove Dist., Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
6.3 x 6.1 x 4.7 cm
Olivenite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
1.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Wulfenite & Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.8 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
Cuprite w/ Cuprian Dolomite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.2 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm
superb Malachite stalactite slice
Kolwezi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
6.3 x 5.8 x 0.6 cm
large Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent!) w/ Quartz
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
13.9 x 10.9 x 9.4 cm
Emerald (classic locale)
Adams Mine, Alexander Co., North Carolina
1.2 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm
Dioptase (Type Locality) on Calcite
Altyn-Tyube, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
6.1 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
Ruby xls (fluorescent)
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
6.8 x 5.8 x 2.9 cm
Large Smoky Quartz w/ Tourmaline plate (Madrid Coll.)
Zapot pegmatite, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada
16.4 x 12.0 x 6.3 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz
Casapalca Mine, Lima Department, Peru
8.2 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm
Copper xls (old - uncommon form)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
11.3 x 7.8 x 4.4 cm
Amethyst (uncommon Virginia)
Rice, Prince Edward Co., Virginia
6.5 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Gypsum floater (Wouter van Tichelen Coll.)
Mnagueur, Ouargla Province, Algeria
12.9 x 7.8 x 1.8 cm
Quartz var. Ametrine with rare "C face" termination
Anahi Mine, Sandoval Prov., Santa Cruz Dept., Bolivia
16.4 x 8.2 x 7.7 cm
Large Agate (RARE locale) Nowakowski Coll.
Semey, Eastern Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan
21.9 x 8.4 x 6.9 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.8 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Gem Topaz (15.25 carats)
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
1.8 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Dioptase on Calcite (Trimingham Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.4 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Calcite on Fluorite (Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.0 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
DT Scapolite (fluorescent) w/ Diopside
Miskwabi Lake Roadcut, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
8.9 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm
Rutile twins (classic California)
Champion Mine, White Mts, Mono Co., California
1.9 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
Heterogenite on Chrysocolla
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
15.3 x 8.8 x 4.8 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (old classic) Trimingham Coll.
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Hematite-tinted Calcite (old classic) Trimingham Coll.
Stank Mine, Barrow, Cumbria, England
6.8 x 6.7 x 5.0 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver (classic) Ford Coll.
Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.3 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm
Pyrite (old) Trimingham Coll.
Halvosso Quarry (Kessel Downs Quarry), Mabe, Cornwall, England
5.4 x 2.9 x 2.9 cm
Fluorite w/ Celestine (rare Ohio) Mullane Coll.
Kelly Island Stone Co. Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio
5.9 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
DT floater Zircon (fluorescent) Nowakowski Coll.
Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
2.3 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm