OLD CLASSIC MINERALS and COLLECTIONS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end February 23rd, 2017

Ends Thursday, February 23, 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. 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. A HUGE SULFUR crystal circa early 1900s embedded with aragonite stalactites
2. 1 carat Russian DIAMOND Octohedron
3. Incredibly rare turn of the 1900s KIMBERLITE from Kimberly
4. Rich phantomed FLUORITE from Illinois
5. Excellent old MOLYBDENITE from Norway
6. GEM CITRINE crystal from Arkansas!
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Molybdenite (240 grams) ex Conklin
Froland, near Arendal, Norway
8.9 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm
Millerite in Hematite (late 1800's) ex Conklin
Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson Co., New York, USA
8.2 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm
Calcite with Siderite coating
Nikolaievskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia
10.9 x 4.9 x 4.1 cm
Thenardite after Mirabilite
Boron, Kern County, California, USA
7.9 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Adamite (fluorescent)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.9 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Lepidolite with Topaz - crystallized, ex Conklin
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.4 x 5.1 x 4.0 cm
Dioptase (type locality)
Altyn Tyube, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Wulfenite (rare locale)
Touissit Mine, Ouijda, Morocco
3.0 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Hubnerite, Fluorite, Quartz
Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Anglesite on Galena (old classic )
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
18.0 x 13.4 x 6.8 cm
Mohawkite
Mohawk-Ameek Area, Ontonagon County, Michigan
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Columbite (large, important 540 gram crystal!)
Eight Mile Park Pegmatite District, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
7.4 x 5.9 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite phantoms on Barite ex Lillie
Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
5.2 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Staurolite (rare sixling cyclic twin)
Keivy Mtns., Kola Peninsula, Russia
3.4 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Muscovite
Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15.9 x 13.0 x 5.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic old locale)
Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
2.4 x 2.4 x 0.9 cm
(natural) Citrine Quartz
McEarl Ridge Mine, near Jessiville, Hot Springs County, Arkansas
9.1 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm
Franklinite on Willemite and Calcite
Franklin Furnace, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
6.4 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Beryl var. Emerald
Muzo Mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia
4.1 x 3.4 x 1.9 cm
Galena
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia
6.8 x 4.4 x 3.9 cm
Malachite
Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
13.4 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm
Calcite
Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri
5.9 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Wulfenite
Old Yuma Mine, Pima County, Arizona
2.8 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm
Fluorapatite
Cerro Mercado, Durango, Mexico
6.0 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
7.4 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Smithsonite on Hemimorphite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Luderitz, Namibia
9.9 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Halite (Dead Sea!)
Dead Sea, Israel
5.8 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Barite with minor Chalcopyrite
Dreislar Mine, Sauerland, Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
8.8 x 6.4 x 2.4 cm
Smithsonite
Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
6.8 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm
Jamesonite with Pyrite, Quartz
Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.1 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
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