NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end January 5th, 2017

Ends Thursday Jan 5, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This special set for the new year features a large number of irreplaceable old classics from the USA and Germany in particular, plus gem crystals culled out of old collections we are dispersing. Look for rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction! Featured collections being dispersed include the Strauss collection (Gem classics) , a large Midwest collection, Orrelana collection (Spain minerals), Vajdak (rarities), and many others.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. selection of GEM CRYSTALS from the Uwe Strauss Collection.
2. Large HEMATITE from Michigan's old iron mines
3. Dramatic "Angle plated" QUARTZ and Herkimer Quartzes from the USA
4. Excellent Los Lamentos WULFENITE, and an old BRAZIL AQUA
5. Striking Brazil SMOKY QUARTZ from new finds
6. Rare, old and classic USA and European specimens
7. A large, dramatic, ILLUSTRATED ROGERLEY GREEN FLUORITE
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Bi-colored Tourmaline (Strauss Coll.)
Stewart Mine, San Diego Co., California
3.7 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Phantom Calcite & Galena (Wolfe Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
11.3 x 8.8 x 7.7 cm
Volborthite (rare locale) Vajdak Coll.
Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.3 x 6.5 x 4.2 cm
Arsenopyrite & Zinkenite (rich) Vajdak Coll.
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Oruro Department, Bolivia
9.3 x 7.1 x 3.3 cm
Azurite rosette (large - 2000s finds)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
10.9 x 7.7 x 3.6 cm
Clinozoisite & Quartz Sanabria Coll.
Los Serranos Quarry, Albatera, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
11.4 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
DT Calcite (uncommon locale) Wolfe Coll.
Fletcher Mine, Centerville, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
7.3 x 6.4 x 3.6 cm
Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.3 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
Prehnite, Epidote & Smoky Quartz (from Madrid!) ex Sanabria Coll.
Los Taberneros Quarry, El Berrueco, Madrid, Spain
6.9 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.0 x 6.0 x 4.1 cm
Cave Calcite (classic Bisbee - moderate fluorescence)
Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
5.1 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Calcite (2 generations - RARE locale - fluorescent) Soregaroli Coll.
Calcite occurrence, Huancayo Province, Junin Department, Peru
13.1 x 8.5 x 7.0 cm
Ruby & Zoisite carving
Mundarara Mine, Arusha Region, Tanzania
6.6 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
superb, gemmy Fluorite xls on Sphalerite (classic locale)
Marienschacht Mine, Wolsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
12.0 x 8.2 x 5.0 cm
Vanadinite on Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
4.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Curved Pyromorphite xls
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
6.3 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm
Cavansite on Stilbite
Wagholi Quarries, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
5.1 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Wulfenite (2006-2007 finds)
Jianshan Mine, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
5.4 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
"Star" Agate nodule (rare old classic locale)
St Egidien, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany
8.3 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Azurite (classic locale)
Bou Bekker, Touissit, Oriental Region, Morocco
4.9 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Prehnite & Epidote
Kayes Region, Mali
3.5 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Rutilated DT Smoky Quartz xls
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
5.5 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
Uvarovite Garnet (2 generations - Type Locality)
Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast, Middle Urals, Russia
6.4 x 6.0 x 1.0 cm
Calcite (old classic) ex Obodda
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
11.0 x 9.1 x 7.5 cm
Mimetite w/ Wulfenite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
13.4 x 7.9 x 4.2 cm
Cave Aragonite (fluorescent)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.1 x 10.0 x 8.6 cm
Aquamarine & Smoky Quartz (Strauss Coll.)
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
14.2 x 8.0 x 7.3 cm
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