POST-DENVER SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end October 5th, 2017

Ends Thursday, October 5th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with new material we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. You'll even find a few fossils, carving and gemstones mixed in every now and then. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with dealers' inventories. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Classic gemmy blue INDICOLITE TOURMALINE from Brazil with dark blue-purple-black colored "caps"
2. Beautiful free-standing "spray" of ERYTHRITE on matrix from Morocco
3. Gorgeous, GEM quality, very sharp, highly lustrous, "phantom" cubes of FLUORITE with Barite and Calcite from Spain (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
4. An old classic and historic pseudomorph of blue-lilac CHALCEDONY replacing FLUORITE from Trestia, Romania (Transylvania) (ex Kay Robertson and BRITISH MUSEUM Collections!)
5. Gemmy reddish-pink rhombohedron of RHODOCHROSITE from the Moose Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado
6. RARE gemmy, intensely colored "Trapiche" Habit RUBY crystal from Myanmar (Burma)
7. Wonderful, rare "butterfly"-twinned crystals of PHOSPHOPHYLLITE on matrix from Bolivia!
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Andradite Garnet
Stanley Butte, San Carlos, Pinaleno Mts, Graham Co., Arizona
3.8 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Axinite-(Fe) with Adularia
Khapalu (Khaplu), Ganache District (Ghanche District), Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.2 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy) (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Brochantite (rare locality piece) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.4 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
Amethyst "Flower"
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil
8.1 x 7.2 x 3.1 cm
Smoky Quartz (doubly-terminated) (ex Willard Wulff Collection - collected by Wulff)
Daniels Ranch, near Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
4.6 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Sphalerite pseudomorphs after Wurtzite with Franckeite and Pyrite (great association)
San Jose Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.4 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Aragonite
Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.3 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Smithsonite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
1.7 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite ("Cherry Blossom")
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
0.5 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Almandine (classic material) (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Stikine River, Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
7.2 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Pyrite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cakmakkaya Mine, Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey
3.6 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Anatase with Rutile
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.0 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Smoky Quartz with Orthoclase (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.6 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Vanadinite (2 specimens) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Castle Dome, Yuma County, Arizona
5.1 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm and 4.3 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Pentagonite (rare)
Wagholi, Poona, India
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Copper ("spinel twin")
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
6.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Silver
Porco Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
3.6 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
Kermesite (classic material) (ex Franceco Bedogne Collection)
Mt Kolarsky, Pezinok, Male Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
5.2 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Phosphophyllite ("butterfly" twins)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
Spessartine on Albite
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Fluorapatite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
7.7 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Gypsum ("Desert Rose")
near Oued Souf, ("City of a Thousand Domes"), El Oued Province, Algeria
7.4 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Hematite ("Kidney Ore") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Black Widow Mine, Sheridan Mts, Cimarron District (Salt Well District), Cimarron & Sheridan Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima County, Arizona
3.6 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Amethyst
Jackson Crossroads, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia
5.6 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Scheelite on Muscovite
Huya Village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co. Sichuan Province, China
6.7 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
Indicolite Tourmaline
Cruzeiro mine, Sa£o Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
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