NEW YEAR'S MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - featuring specimens from the newly acquired DAVID BURGESS COLLECTION - end Thursday January 3rd, 2019

Ends Thursday, January 3rd, 2019
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)


This set will run for two weeks so as not to interfere with the Christmas and New Year's holidays. We have a great selection of material that we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for new goodies from recent shows / discoveries along with new collection acquisitions to appear in the coming weeks. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. We'll still have selections from various collections we've obtained including pieces from the newly acquired DAVID BURGESS COLLECTION along with Willard Wulff, Paolo Matioli, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key, Geary Murdock etc., plus various dealers' inventories. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!

Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Wonderful, very sharp, highly lustrous, AZURITE crystals with MALACHITE from Milpillas, Mexico
2. Beautiful BI-COLORED (PINK and PURPLE) SAPPHIRE crystal from Winza, Tanzania
3. Fantastic multi-colored "phantom" FLUORITE crystal group from the Denton Mine, Illinois
4. Classic, unique "TRAPICHE" EMERALD from Muzo, Colombia
5. Fine old time pseudomorph of blue-green CHRYSOCOLLA from the Ray Mine, Arizona
6. Fantastic WATER CLEAR AQUAMARINE crystals on Albite from Pakistan
7. Large, blocky, thick, very well-formed "BAVENO"-TWINNED MICROCLINE from Pakistan
8. Rarities include GRANDIDIERITE, FRESNOITE, ZEKTZERITE, & TINAKSITE with CHAROITE
Filter By

Azurite (superb quality) with Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
4.0 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Fresnoite (very rare)
Junnila Mine, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
1.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Emerald ("Trapiche" habit)
Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopu Mining District, Boyaca Department, Colombia
0.4 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Smoky Quartz (with "phantoms") (good quality)
Tanapaca Mine (Mocoya Mine), Mocoya, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
8.0 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Goethite (very good quality)
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Rhodochrosite (good color) on Quartz (classic material) (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado
5.3 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Azurite or Gypsum
Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona
4.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Spinel on Pyroxene (old specimen)
Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York
2.1 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Babingtonite with Stilbite and Calcite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
7.8 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
Adamite (Cuprian)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.3 x 5.9 x 5.7 cm
Rose Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.6 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Ferberite on matrix
Tasna Mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.8 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Prehnite
Oficarsa Quarry (Cerro de las Culebras), Carchelejo, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain
7.7 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Aquamarine (GEM QUALITY crystals) on Albite
Byansapi, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
Spessartine (2 piece set) (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado
3.0 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm and 2.0 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Tourmaline (inside out pseudomorph / replacement) with Quartz and Lepidolite
Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Grandidierite (very rare) on Feldspar
Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Tulear Province (Toliara), Madagascar
4.6 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Smoky Quartz (ex David Burgess Collection)
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
5.6 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Tinaksite on Charoite (rare association) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (Type Locality for both species)
6.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Microcline (large Baveno twin)
Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
11.8 x 7.8 x 6.0 cm
Corundum (var: Sapphire) (bi-color crystal) (ex John Arnaud Collection)
Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite (multicolor "phantom" crystals) (ex Ross Lillie Collection)
Denton Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
10.3 x 6.3 x 6.2 cm
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