Super Sized post-Tucson OLD CLASSIC MINERALS and COLLECTIONS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end March 2, 2017

THREE PAGES: Ends Thursday, MARCH 2, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

With the Tucson Show coming to a close, we've loaded up another great auction with plenty of interesting, unique and attractive specimens we left at home to be prepared for internet sales from the massive old collections stash I am liquidating. This auction set, as do all, features classic and rare minerals from contemporary and historic worldwide localities along with gem crystals, native elements and more. A number of old 1800s and early-1900's-era minerals from the Larry Conklin collection, valued at $1000-2000, are included !


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Beautiful 2.47 carat heart-shaped TANZANITE gemstone
2. Selection of MIDWEST minerals from the Sandy Ludlum Collection.
3. Large rare Pakistan POLLUCITE.
4. Excellent Brazil TOUMALINES& Gem Pakistan TOPAZ
5. Striking large Michigan COPPER
6. Superb Tsumeb CALCITE!
7. RARE Georgia RHODOCHROSITE.
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Fine, Doubly-terminated Bournonite xl
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
5.2 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Mimetite (classic locale - 2009 find)
Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
7.1 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Rutilated Quartz
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.4 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Calcite w/ phantom (classic locale)
Meshberger Quarry, Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
4.0 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
Variscite, Crandallite and Wardite nodule pair (old classic)
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah
6.2 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm (Largest of 2)
Fairfieldite (rare, old USA classic!)
Foote Mine, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina
9.2 x 6.9 x 2.7 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite w/ large Chalcopyrite xls (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.0 x 7.2 x 3.6 cm
Rhodochrosite
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Quartz & Hematite
Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Guangdong Province, China
15.9 x 14.8 x 10.6 cm
Boracite (rare borate) ex Whitmore Collection
Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England
7.0 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm
Very large, rich Linarite (classic USA locale!)
Blanchard claims, Bingham, New Mexico
9.8 x 8.2 x 4.0 cm
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich (New Find)
Wei Nan, Yunnan Province, China
11.1 x 8.0 x 2.2 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Vesuvianite (classic locale)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent!)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
13.6 x 8.3 x 7.2 cm
Gemmy DT watermelon Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.4 x 4.2 x 2.0 cm
Heart-shaped gem Tanzanite (2.47 carats)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.0 x 0.9 x 1.6 cm
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