NEW YEAR'S FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1 of 2) - ends Jan. 7th, 2016

Ends THURSDAY Jan. 7, 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 a very diverse set this week featuring a fine mix of mineral specimens from 200 years of mining and many countries.
Highlights include:
1. fine Tsumeb calcite & malachite
2. Rare fancy yellow diamond octahedron from South Africa
3. Rare Halite rhomb from Balmat, NY
4. Fine old blue Russian topaz
5. Sculptural large malachite stalactite
6. RARE Langban native lead w/ allactite
7. Rare Langban Jacobsite
8. Rare Brazil crystallized gold nugget
9. Outstanding large Pakistan aqua and quartz combo
10. Superb old Schneeberg pyrargyrite
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Fluorite (fluorescent)
Sunshine no. 1 Adit, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
7.5 x 6.8 x 5.8 cm
Rutile (rare style crystal)
Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.9 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm
Cuprian Adamite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.8 x 7.8 x 5.3 cm
Sphalerite (rare for Ohio) Nowakowski Coll.
Martin Marietta Chemicals quarry, Woodville, Sandusky Co., Ohio
4.4 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Hauerite (rare) Matioli Coll.
Jeziorko Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
2.6 x 2.0 x 0.7 cm
Calcite scepter (old classic)
Shullsburg, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin
7.9 x 5.9 x 4.3 cm
Epidote (classic locale)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
2.6 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Baryte (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
8.0 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm
Stibnite
Wuling Mine, Jiujiang Prefect., Jiangxi Prov., China
7.8 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm
Yellow Diamond octahedron (RARE - 0.97 carats)
Orange Free State (Free State Province), South Africa
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Stilbite (uncommon Russian locale) Trimingham Coll.
Amudikha River, Evenkia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
11.0 x 10.8 x 6.5 cm
DT twinned Calcite (excellent old classic) Feist Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
12.3 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Topaz (Ford Coll.)
Tepetate, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4.4 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Spessartine Garnet
Navegadora claim, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Vanadinite (classic Arizona)
Apache Mine, Globe-Miami Dist., Gila Co., Arizona
4.4 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Molybdenite (classic locale)
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Queensland, Australia
5.8 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Halite (RARE New York locale)
Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York
4.1 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Emerald
Adams Mine, Alexander Co., North Carolina
1.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Topaz (old classic)
Murzinka Mine, Middle Urals, Russia
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Hemimorphite (Trimingham Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.7 x 8.4 x 7.4 cm
Reticulated Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.2 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
Kidwellite (rare) J. Michael Howard Coll.
Buckeye Mountain, Polk Co., Arkansas
8.9 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Inesite
Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
6.5 x 6.5 x 2.9 cm
Calcite (2 generations)
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.2 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Pyrite & Quartz (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
Spruce Claim, King County, Washington
6.8 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Crocoite (Trimingham Coll.)
Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
8.3 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm