PRE-DENVER FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1 of 2) - Ends Sept 3, 2015

Ends Sept. 3, 2015
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Fine Mineral and Mineral Collection Liquidation Auctions: A great assortment this week featuring pieces from various collections we acquired over the last several years! Look for very rare species and locality pieces as well. Look for GEM CRYSTALS and OLD CLASSICS from the Soregaroli and Nowakowski collections includign a major Australian spesartine garnet crystal, as well as some very rare species and locality pieces. Enjoy!
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DT Topaz w/ Bixbyite
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah
3.3 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
Calcite "flower" (fluorescent)
Bao Shan, Yunnan Province, China
8.4 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm
Diopside w/ Grossular (classic combo) Soregaroli Coll.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
4.1 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Wulfenite (Matioli Coll.)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
11.3 x 9.0 x 2.7 cm
Galena, Anglesite, Baryte & Fluorite (rare old combo) Trimingham Coll.
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
10.2 x 7.4 x 6.0 cm
Calcite & Mottramite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.9 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Aquamarine (Matioli Coll.)
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China
7.8 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm
Large banded Fluorite slice
Hunan Province, China
29.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 cm
Datolite (classic New Jersey)
Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey
2.6 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Calcite (2 generations - RARE locale) Wolfe Coll.
Golden Cross Mine, Waihi, North Island, New Zealand
8.5 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Manganite (Charlie Key)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
8.7 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
Kutnohorite (fluorescent) Charlie Key
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
6.4 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Leifite & Taniolite (both rare - Type Locality) Matioli Coll.
Narsaarsuk pegmatite, Kujalleq, Greenland
7.8 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Fluorapophyllite & Stilbite
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
9.5 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm
Calcite & Marcasite (excellent)
1100' Level, Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
2.4 x 1.9 x 1.9 cm
Molybdenite (uncommon locale)
Crown Point Mine, Railroad Creek, Chelan Co., Washington
2.3 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm
Calaverite on Fluorite (classic Colorado) Mullane Coll.
Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado
7.5 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
Cactus Amethyst
Boekenhoutshoek, Mpumalanga Prov., South Africa
6.5 x 6.4 x 3.5 cm
Grossular Garnet on Quartz (Whitmore Coll.)
Vesper Peak, Sultan, Snohomish Co., Washington
7.7 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Anatase w/ Quartz (Fioravanti Coll.)
Mt. Bregaceto, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
8.0 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
Amethyst w/ Smoky Quartz (Nowakowski Coll.)
Sils, La Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
10.9 x 8.3 x 6.0 cm
Aquamarine & Scheelite on Muscovite
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China
11.0 x 10.0 x 3.5 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
9.9 x 5.9 x 3.4 cm
Pyrite "ball" on Calcite on Chalcocite
Rico District, Dolores Co., Colorado
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite w/ Primary Malachite (fine old combo)
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
11.0 x 8.0 x 3.3 cm
Gem Tanzanite (13.68 carats)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.3 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Amethyst (excellent)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
6.0 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm
Aquamarine (classic locale) Dr. Bruce Jarnot Coll.
Roebling Mine, New Milford, Litchfield Co., Connecticut
11.7 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
"Seahorse" Copper (Seaman Museum Coll.)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
13.4 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm