PRE-DENVER SHOW SPECIAL: FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) - end Sept. 8, 2016

Ends Sept. 8, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We did summer cleaning of a back room and found many old buried treasures from past deals! So, this auction set is PACKED with FINE OLD CLASSIC MINERAL SPECIMENS including a number of pieces of HIGH $$$ from old mineral collections! Look for important rare species and many European classics from the 1800s and early 1900s in this, one of our best sets ever!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Huge, rare California GROSSULAR from the Bill Larson Collection!
2. Rare and unusual Botswana DIAMOND
3. Fine selection of RARE SPECIES including imporant STOLZITE & MONAZITE
4. LARGE MICHIGAN AMETHYST (rare!)
5. old EUROPEAN PYROMORPHITE and others from the 1800s !
6. Excellent CORNETITE, bottle of GEM PERIDOT, and many others!
7. New find: GIBBSITE from China!
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Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
8.2 x 7.5 x 3.4 cm
Carved Tourmaline bird
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
3.1 x 2.8 x 0.8 cm
Gem Indicolite Tourmalines (old) Ed Swoboda Coll
Golconda II Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.4 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm (longest) (2 Pieces)
Gem, doubly terminated Sapphires
Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
1.9 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm (largest) (5 Pieces)
Azurite & Conichalcite (2012 Find)
Christiana Mine, Lavrion, Attiku Prefecture, Greece
12.8 x 7.7 x 6.5 cm
Rhodochrosite (old)
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Libethenite (old classic circa 1800s) ex. Sebela Coll.
Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England
10.5 x 6.4 x 4.7 cm
Prehnite (RARE Virginia locale)
Potluck Quarry, Bath Co., Virginia
6.8 x 3.9 x 3.6 cm
Fluorite & Baryte (Raul Orellana Coll.)
La Cabana, Berbes, Asturias, Spain
11.7 x 9.1 x 7.0 cm
Smithsonite ps. After Calcite (classic locale)
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.4 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Sharp Copper xls (classic AZ)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona
5.0 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
Botryoidal Malachite (old - classic 1800's era locale)
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Middle Urals, Russia
9.4 x 6.7 x 2.4 cm
Petrified Palm Wood (fossil - Oligocene Epoch)
Catahoula Formation, Texas/Louisiana
9.7 x 6.2 x 6.2 cm
Gibbsite w/ Doyleite (polymorphs) - new find!
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite (rare - classic locale) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Catalonia, Spain
2.5 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Acanthite w/ Calcite
Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Tourmaline & Quartz (Raul Orellana Coll.)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.3 x 9.7 x 4.7 cm
Hemimorphite (old Mexico)
Magistral, Durango, Mexico
10.8 x 6.5 x 4.0 cm
Tourmaline collection (classic locale)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
17.6 x 14.7 x 3.8 cm (box)
Strontianite ps. After Celestine (Feist Coll.)
Stoneco quarry, Lime City, Wood Co., Ohio
3.6 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) & Quartz
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
14.9 x 11.0 x 7.0 cm
Large Amethyst (RARE Michigan locale) ex Nowakowski Coll.
Empire Mine, Palmer, Marquette Co., Michigan
15.5 x 11.5 x 5.8 cm
Baryte w/ Stibnite (classic locale) ex. Hesse Coll.
Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramure? Co., Romania
8.8 x 6.9 x 4.7 cm
Dioptase (excellent thumbnail!)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
1.6 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Spessartine on Albite (Bill Larson Coll.)
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Cornetite (Type Locality) on Chrysocolla (1990s find)
Star of Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
8.0 x 6.1 x 4.1 cm
Pyrite & Galena (Soregaroli Coll.)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
4.3 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm
Huge Grossular Garnet xl (RARE CA locale) ex Bill Larson Coll.
Mountain Spring Grade, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California
6.2 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
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