POST-TUCSON MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING RARE SPECIMENS FROM OLD COLLECTIONS !- end Thursday March 22, 2018

ends Thursday Mar. 22, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We obtained an old East Coast collection just before the Tucson show and left it all at home, to offer on the internet first! Lots of old classics here! See gem crystals, rare species, old USA and German classics, and many good specimens that are hard to find at any price, let alone at auction! Plus, we included a number of holdbacks from other old mineral collections we have liquidated, for a great variety here of speicmens including things worth $1000s of dollars, satrting at only $10


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Exotic, colorful COBALTOAN CALCITE from China
2. Large CITRINE and unusual QUARTZ crystal, fine AMETHYST
3. Adorable French FLUORITE & SMOKY QUARTZ
4. Rare, New Mexico SILVER slab
5. Large CAVANSITE
6. FLUORITE & DOLOMITE from a 1-time Chinese find
7. Classic and outstanding old SULFUR, DOLOMITE & BARITES from Europe
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Cobaltoan Calcite helectites on matrix
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
7.5 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Prehnite (classic locale)
Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
7.2 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Large doubly-terminated Citrine crystal
Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
16.7 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
Amazonite & Smoky Quartz (old Colorado classic!)
Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado
7.3 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm
Dendritic Silver ore slab (old, rare and rich from New Mexico)
Alhambra Mine, Black Hawk District, Grant Co., New Mexico
10.2 x 7.6 x 0.5 cm
Large Celestine geode (Zerfass coll.)
Sakoany deposit, Boeny Region, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
12.3 x 12.1 x 11.8 cm
Unusual Calcite (old classic - fluorescent)
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
5.1 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
Amazonite with intense color (uncommon Russia locality!)
Ploskaya Mt, Keivy Mountains, Murmanskaya Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
5.1 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Rhodochrosite - superb thumbnail cluster
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
1.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Galena (classic locale)
Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Dolomite on Sphalerite (RARE old combo)
Horni Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.0 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Andorite & Zinkenite on Pyrite (Bedogne Coll.)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Oruro Department, Bolivia
9.5 x 7.5 x 3.4 cm
Uvarovite - rare USA locality (Bedogne Coll.)
Jacksonville District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California
6.1 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Baryte ex Obodda
Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania
9.7 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm
Fluorite & DT Smoky Quartz (classic locale) Fioravanti Coll.
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Atacamite & Halloysite (Bedogne Coll.)
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
7.5 x 7.1 x 1.7 cm
Hellyerite (rare - Type Locality) Frank Patania Coll.
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Tasmania, Australia
5.0 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Siderite & Dolomite (classic locale) Bedogne Coll.
Morro Velho mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.5 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Malayaite (RARE locale) Pagano Coll.
Toroku mine, Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Scolecite (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Teigarhorn, Berufjordur, Eastern Region, Iceland
7.4 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
Gem Sphalerite on Dolomite (classic locale) Bedogne Coll.
Las Manforas Mine (Aliva Mine), Camaleno, Cantabria, Spain
6.2 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
Hutchinsonite & Orpiment on Pyrite (Bedogne Coll.)
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
6.8 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Rhodochrosite (RARE Colorado loc.) Logan Coll.
Oulay Mine (Ute-Ulay Mine), Lake City District, Hinsdale Co., Colorado
6.6 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
Sharp Carrollite on matrix (New Find)
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Prehnite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
10.7 x 8.0 x 7.4 cm
Wolframite (old classic) ex Lafayette College Coll.
Horni Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
8.4 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite on gorgeous pink Dolomite (one-time find!)
Green Fluorite Mine, Manaoshan Mtn., Chenzhou Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
10.7 x 10.3 x 8.6 cm
Calcite twins (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.0 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Dolomite w/ Chalcopyrite (classic locale)
Gosenbach, Siegen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
7.7 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm
Clinozoisite (Robertson Coll.)
Tepustete Ranch, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico
8.7 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm
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