POST-DENVER SHOW SPECIAL: FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) - end Sept. 29, 2016

Ends Sept. 29, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix this week after the Denver Show with plenty of "spikers" in the form of OLD CLASSICS and GEM CRYSTALS that we saved back! These are pulled from several Fine Mineral Collections that we've picked up over the summer! Plenty of interesting pieces from contemporary treats to rarities and classics from around the world from collections such as Smale, Soregaroli, Matioli, Lillie and Nowakowski!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Cruzeiro Mine bi-colored TOURMALINE from the Steve Smale Collection
2. Rare pink lithium-rich HAMBERGITE from the Little Three Mine
3. Large and rare Colorado CALCITE and PYRITE specimens
4. Rare and big Tsumeb LUDLOCKITE
5. Old rare Cornwall OLIVENITE and FLUORITE
6.Illustrated Berbes FLUORITE from the Orellana Collection
7. Rare and excellent CARLETONITE
8. Large and rare Maine BERYL
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Tantalite-(Mn) & Quartz (RARE & rare locale) Matioli Coll.
Abu Dabbab Ta-Sn deposit, Marsa Alam, Eastern Desert, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
3.5 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Hematite-included Calcite w/ phantom
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Hubei Province, China
11.0 x 7.2 x 6.5 cm
Purple Li-rich Hambergite (RARE California)
Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego Co., California,
2.0 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm
Galena, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite & Calcite (uncommon locale)
Angel Yanakiev Mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria
8.5 x 7.4 x 3.3 cm
Siegenite & Dolomite (Dr. Gary Hansen)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
9.4 x 7.0 x 4.8 cm
Cubic Pyrite xls (Soregaroli Coll.)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
4.6 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Calcite on Calcite stalactites (cute!)
Level 16, El Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Coronadite (uncommon locale)
Rosh Pinah Mine, Karas Region, Namibia
4.5 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent)
Berbes, Asturias, Spain
10.4 x 7.4 x 6.5 cm
Epidote pocket w/ Quartz
Dashkesan Co-Fe deposit, Daskasan District, Azerbaijan
9.8 x 9.8 x 8.7 cm
Large Ludlockite on Germanite ore (1980s)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Emerald on Calcite (Orellana Coll.)
Coscuez Mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia
7.7 x 7.0 x 7.0 cm
Copper
Mountain City District, Elko Co., Nevada
6.0 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm
RARE old Olivenite on Fluorite (fluorescent)
Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England
5.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Striking Calcite w/ manganese coating (Colorado)
Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray Dist., San Miguel Co., Colorado
13.1 x 8.2 x 6.5 cm
Unusual large etched Fluorite (fluorescent)
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
15.2 x 8.0 x 6.2 cm
Large Siderite (RARE - classic locale)
Salchendorf, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
12.6 x 9.8 x 4.4 cm
Large Arsenopyrite w/ Fluorapatite
Panasqueira, Castelo-Branco District, Portugal
15.3 x 10.5 x 3.3 cm
floater Fluoro-richterite xls (Nowakowski Coll.)
Wilberforce area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
6.7 x 5.5 x 2.6 cm
Gem Topaz xl (Orellana Coll.)
San Nicolas Mine, Valle de la Serena, Extremadura, Spain
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Opal var. Wood Opal (uncommon - circa 1939)
Ponicka Huta, Poniky, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
8.1 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Pyromorphite (classic Mexico)
San Luis Mine, San Jose, Guazapares, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.4 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Baryte & Calcite (superb - classic locale)
Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade Co., South Dakota
1.6 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Orpiment
El'brusskiy Arsenic mine, Elbrus Mt, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.0 cm
Amethyst w/ Calcite (Charlie Key)
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.4 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Andradite
Sinerechenskoe skarn occurrence, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
7.7 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
Bi-colored Baryte (uncommon Colorado)
Muddy Creek, Rio Grande Co., Colorado
6.0 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Large Pyrite xl plate (excellent)
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
20.7 x 17.8 x 7.5 cm
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