CHRISTMAS WEEK MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 2 of 2) - Ends SATURDAY December 26, 2015

Ends SATURDAY December 26, 2015
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)
This auction is set to close after Christmas in the U.S. in order to give everybody an extra day to get their bids in time. We have a great mix this week featuring two pages of fine quality worldwide specimens from various collections and our own inventory. Some of the highlights include a nice cabinet "ruby jack" Sphalerite from Joplin, Missouri along with a cool GEM crystal of Ametrine of Bolivia plus an attractive Aquamarine / Topaz combo from Pakistan and a very striking Ilvaite from Dal'negorsk, Russia! Various assorted oddities, classic minerals and rarities round the mix this week - check them out!
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Hydroxylherderite
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Stilbite with Smoky Quartz
Strzegom (Striegau), Swidnica District, Strzegom-Sobotka Massif, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Aquamarine
Guaratinga (Jaqueto), Bahia, Brazil
3.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Prehnite ("casts" after Anhydrite)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
9.5 x 5.2 x 1.8 cm
Chalcedony ("Blue Holly Agate") (rare material)
Ngabu village, Chiwawy-Nsanje District, Malawi
6.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Scorzalite (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.1 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Carnelian ("donut") (24 grams)
Libombos, Maputo Province, Mozambique
48 mm x 48 mm x 4 mm
Anatase on Quartz (classic material)
Matskorhu (Matskorhae), Odda, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
3.3 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Barite
Silius, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
7.5 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Ilvaite
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kary, Russia
5.2 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
Dioptase
Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Calcite
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Peridot (ex Obodda)
Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Calcite (Manganese-bearing)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
13.7 x 11.4 x 9.2 cm
Cassiterite (ex Obodda and Borland)
Wheal Kitty, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Epidote (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
3.6 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Amazonite (ex Soregaroli Collection)
Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
6.0 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Hematite with Andradite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.9 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Aquamarine with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.9 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite with Sphalerite
Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 6.2 x 5.1 cm
Acanthite with Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Malachite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
12.3 x 10.3 x 5.8 cm
Zircon (170 carats)
Rweko, Nkasi District, Rukwa Region, Tanzania
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm