NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end January 11th, 2018

Ends January 11, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix this week to start the New Year with plenty of pieces from classic and contemporary worldwide localities. Look for gem crystals, rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. ANDRADITE GARNETS from the Malenco Valley
2. Old Brazil AQUAMARINE
3. Large Pakistan SPESSARTINE GARNET
4. Rarities and classics from the Kay Robertson Collection
5. OLD New Mexico WULFENITE
6. Classic old and rare MIMETITE var. CAMYLITE combination
7. Large FLUORITE from China
8. Rare style South Africa AMETHYST & CITRINE
9. Classic GROSSULAR GARNET & DIOPSIDE from Eden Mills
10. Large rare AMETHYST scepter from Brazil
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Dolomite (classic locale) ex Nat. Sci. Mus. Of Alava & Sanabria Coll.
Azcarate Quarry, Eugui, Esteribar, Navarre, Spain
17.4 x 10.1 x 9.0 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Baryte (Sanabria Coll.)
Emilio Mine, Lorone, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
15.2 x 9.0 x 6.1 cm
Sphalerite w/ Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Lima Department, Peru
10.7 x 9.3 x 4.2 cm
Gem bi-colored Tourmaline (uncommon locale)
Hyakule, Sankhuwasabha District, Kosi Zone, Nepal
2.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
3.2 x 3.0 x 0.9 cm
Grossular Garnet on Diopside (classic locale)
Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Eden Mills), Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont
4.4 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Quartz on DT Toumaline (rare & rare locale)
Arqueana pegmatite, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Pyromorphite with painting (Bob Byers Coll.)
Cystanog Mine, Vale of Towy, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
3.4 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
Mimetite var. Campylite, Pyromorphite, Baryte, etc. (OLD classic)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
6.4 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet, Quartz & Albite ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltista, Pakistan
7.0 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Large Fluorite (2 generations - rare 2016 find)
nr. Yiwu City, Yiwu Co., Zhejiang Province, China
16.4 x 14.1 x 11.5 cm
DT Kunzite (old - classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Pala Chief Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California
7.0 x 2.8 x 0.8 cm
Prehnite w/ Copper & Calcite (rare - classic locale)
Central Mine, Central, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
5.8 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm
Pyrite "ball" w/ Limonite coating (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Extertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
4.8 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Grossular Garnet w/ Calcite (Mervyn Ford Coll.)
Fushan Mine, Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
superb "river" of Gem Demantoid Garnet on matrix! (excellent old classic)
Sferlun asbestos mine, Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
11.0 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Amethyst w/ Citrine (rare style)
Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
8.8 x 8.4 x 3.5 cm
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