POST-TUCSON FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Ends Thursday March 5, 2020

This week's special auction set features great selection of minerals including classic species / localities along with gem crystals, contemporary beauties and rare minerals from around the world.   Look for pieces from important collections that include things seldom seen for sale on a  retail market! We dove back into the classics collections we have purchased over the years for some fresh choices for you !

Highlights this week include:

1. Large gem INDICOLITE TOURMALINE from the Pederneira Mine

 

2. Mt Malosa specimens including a rare large pseudomorph combination

 

3, Rare golden Okorusu FLUORITE from the Shields Flynn Collection

 

4. Bizarre TETKTITE from China

 

5.Classic, old-time ex Obodda, MANGANOAN CALCITE from St Andreasberg

 

6. Fine large color-zoned FLUORITE from a NEW Chinese find

 

7. Killer large old-time WAVELLITE from Avant

 

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Fluorite (rare color - illustrated) Shields Flynn Coll.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Namibia
11.9 x 11.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $330
Spessartine Garnet & Smoky Quartz ex Obodda
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian, China
3.8 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Aegerine & Quartz
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
6.2 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Cassiterite (RARE Malaysia) Kay Robertson Coll.
Malaysia
5.1 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $457
Color-zoned Fluorite (New Find)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
15.2 x 10.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Smithsonite var. Cadmium-rich (New Find)
Yunnan Province, China
9.0 x 7.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Arfvedsonite - fine crystal
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
5.3 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Pectolite (rare pink) w/ Prehnite (classic New Jersey)
Millington Quarry, Basking Ridge, Somerset Co., New Jersey
7.5 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Tektite (meteor-related glass)
Maoming, Guangdong Province, China
9.4 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Anglesite on Galena (classic locale)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
6.6 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Large Wavellite (killer old USA classic!)
Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas
16.5 x 14.4 x 13.7 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Fluorite w/ Calcite (both fluorescent)
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
9.8 x 8.7 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Arfvedsonite ps Aegerine with Smoky Quartz & Feldspar
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
14.0 x 11.8 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
5.3 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $303
Hemimorphite (rich color - 2 generations)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
11.2 x 7.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Baryte "roses" (Oklahoma State Rock)
nr. Noble, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma
10.1 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Color-zoned Fluorite, Quartz & Siderite (classic locale)
Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, County Durham, England
17.3 x 8.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent) w/ Sphalerite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
5.3 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Smithsonite & Hemimorphite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Luderitz District, Karas Region, Namibia
8.5 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Phosgenite (classic locale)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
4.6 x 4.4 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Mohawkite (polished) with matrix
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
6.6 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Arfvedsonite, Feldspar & Quartz
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
8.3 x 7.9 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Calcite w/ Quartz (older classic) Dixon and Wolfe Coll.
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
13.2 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Columbite-Tantalite ps Fluornatromicrolite (RARE!) ex Obodda
Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
8.1 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Large Fluorapophyllite & Stilbite (superb & rare quality)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
15.8 x 15.3 x 14.0 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Large Microcline w/ Cleavelandite ex Obodda
Raikot, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
15.8 x 12.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $201
Manganoan Calcite (rare fine old classic) Herb Obodda Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
9.6 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Gem Indicolite Tourmaline (13 grams)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazi
10.8 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $237
Galena & Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.3 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $184
Calcite & Pyrite on Fluorite (rare combo - classic locale)
Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcon, Guerrero, Mexico
14.0 x 10.3 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $465