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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Chlorargyrite w/ Coronadite (classic locale)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Large Beryl (1985 find - Whitmore Coll.)
Bumpus Quarry, Albany, Oxford Co., Maine
16.3 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
Bi-colored gemmy Tourmaline
Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
"Star" Agate nodule (classic locale)
St Egidien, Glauchau, Saxony, Germany
7.4 x 5.6 x 3.3 cm
Brazilianite (circa 1940s - Type Locality)
Corrego Frio mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.9 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.0 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Wulfenite (classic locale) Orellana Coll.
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
Superb heart-twin Calcite xl (classic Indiana) Joe Kielbaso Coll.
Irving Materials Quarry, Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana
2.8 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Bi-colored DT Tourmaline (Steve Smale Coll.)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.9 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.8 x 10.0 x 7.4 cm
Schorl & Cleavelandite
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.6 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
Hematite-included Quartz (1990s find)
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
7.2 x 7.1 x 4.5 cm
Large Albite var. Oligoclase xl (RARE - old) Paterson Museum
Hawk Mine, Hawk-Bakersville, Spruce Pine Dist., Mitchell Co., North Carolina
10.3 x 8.7 x 7.2 cm
Chrysocolla ps. After Malachite & Calcite (RARE)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
17.3 x 9.8 x 3.4 cm
Purple Creedite (Dr. Ed David Coll.)
Level 8, San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.0 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Chrysocolla - 2 colors
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
7.0 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Large Epidote & Quartz
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Sichuan Province, China
17.8 x 14.1 x 7.4 cm
Paratacamite on Quartz incl. w/ Chrysocolla
Lily Mine, Ica Department, Peru
9.7 x 8.0 x 5.3 cm
Gem fluorite w/ Baryte (illustrated) Orellana Coll.
La Cabana, Berbes, Asturias, Spain
5.2 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Gaspeite (rare Ni-carbonate)
132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia
13.4 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm
Carletonite (Type Locality - excellent)
Poudrette Quarry, Mt Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Large matrix DT Calcite twin (Whitmore Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
20.2 x 10.3 x 6.0 cm
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