post-Tucson MINERALS and COLLECTIONS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end March 9, 2017

Ends Thursday, MARCH 9, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

With the Tucson Show coming to a close, we've loaded up another great auction with plenty of interesting, unique and attractive specimens we left at home to be prepared for internet sales from the massive old collections stash I am liquidating. This auction set, as do all, features classic and rare minerals from contemporary and historic worldwide localities along with gem crystals, native elements and more. A number of old 1800s and early-1900's-era minerals are included !


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Rare and excellent Michigan CUBIC COPPER and APOPHYLLITE on ANALCIME specimens
2. Fine selection of specimens from a LEAD minerals collection.
3. Rare large Nevada SMOKY QUARTZ
4. Large KROHNKITE
5. Old rare 1961 Mexican WULFENITE from the John Sinkankas Collection
6. Rare large Texas GYPSUM
7. Superb Elmwood FLUORITE.
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Large Smoky Quartz (RARE Nevada locale)
nr. Hawthorne, Mineral Co., Nevada
12.5 x 8.2 x 7.8 cm
Gem Tourmaline ex Obodda
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
2.4 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.5 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm
Spinel and Chondrodite
Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Spinel on Marble (old New York classic)
Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York
8.3 x 7.2 x 6.7 cm
Gem Tourmaline & Quartz (classic locale)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Sphalerite (2005 find)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.9 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) & Prehnite (classic 1967 find)
Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Virginia
10.7 x 9.1 x 4.5 cm
Turquoise crystals! (rare)
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia
5.0 x 3.9 x 2.5 cm
Legrandite (classic locale)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.3 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Bournonite & Siderite on Quartz (classic locale)
Georg Mine, Willroth, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.3 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Calcite on Fluorite (Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
9.4 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
Minyulite (rare phosphate) - very rich for species
St John's Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
4.7 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Matrix Herkimer Quartz "diamond"
Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
6.1 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona
3.6 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm
Brookite (classic locale)
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas
1.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Pyromorphite (rich old classic)
Gute Hoffnung Mine, Bleibuir, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
15.2 x 10.3 x 3.1 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite (rare - 1961) ex John Sinkankas Coll.
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.6 x 6.3 x 2.8 cm
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite & Galena (uncommon combo)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
7.3 x 7.2 x 5.8 cm
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich (New Find)
Wei Nan, Yunnan Province, China
10.4 x 7.6 x 3.5 cm
Gemmy orange Creedite ball
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
4.3 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Hauerite (rare Mn-sulfide) ex Obodda
Jeziorko Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
1.1 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Galena, Tetrahedrite & Quartz
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
5.2 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite, Calcite & Mimetite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.0 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Primary Malachite in Shattuckite pocket (Charlie Key)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
7.1 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Morocco
5.8 x 5.6 x 3.9 cm
Manganoan Calcite & Calcite (both fluorescent)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Hubei Province, China
13.7 x 12.4 x 7.9 cm
Allargentum (uncommon) ex Barlow Coll.
Glen Lake Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
8.7 x 6.0 x 1.4 cm
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