Pre-Tucson Fine Mineral Auction - Ends January 16, 2020

This week's Pre-Tucson Show auction features a great mix of minerals.  You'll find beautiful gem crystals, classic species from well-known localities, gorgeous display specimens, contemporary treasures and native elements.  Look for pieces from important collections including fine specimens from the collection of Karl Warning.
 
Highlights this week include:
 
1. Superb Taouz VANADINITE from the Larry Conklin Collection
2. TOURMALINES
3. Unusual large MENDIPITE combination
4. Gemmy TANZANITE
5. Rarities and classics from the Kay Robertson Collection
6. Excellent large FRANKLINITE on CALCITE
7. Older Chinese SPESSARTINE GARNET & SMOKY QUARTZ
8. Specimens from the Karl Warning Collection
9. Bizarre Les Farges PYROMORPHITE
10. Rare large Chinese MALACHITE stalactite
 
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Vanadinite on Goethite (superb - ex Larry Conklin)
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.9 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $602
Mimetite w/ Wulfenite (2013 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.5 x 9.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Fluorite w/ Siderite & Galena (rare combo)
West Pasture Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England
12.7 x 10.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Manganoan Calcite (2017 find - fluorescent!)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
6.4 x 2.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Calcite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.3 x 4.9 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Bi-colored Cobaltoan Calcite
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco
6.7 x 5.9 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Goshenite Beryl & Muscovite
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
7.7 x 6.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Malachite stalactite
Tonglushan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
10.8 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Baryte (rare) on Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru
5.5 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Gemmy Liddicoatite Tourmaline w/ Smoky Quartz
Camp Robin area, Ambohimahasoa, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar
6.3 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Mendipite, Calcite, Mg-oxides, etc (Type Locality area)
Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England
12.1 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Unusual Pyromorphite (self-collected by Paul Zerfass)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
6.3 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Quartz (old - classic locale)
Hot Springs area, Garland Co., Arkansas
7.8 x 7.2 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Cute Hubnerite & Quartz (1984)
Victoria Mine, Mundo Nuevo, La Libertad Dept., Peru
2.8 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Cuprian Adamite (classic locale)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.5 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Aegerine w/ Quartz ex Obodda
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
6.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Rhodochrosite w/ Galena (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.5 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $42
DT Dravite-Schorl w/ Biotite (RARE 2018 Find) 86 grams
Fundao, Espirito Santo State, Brazil
5.0 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Rhodochrsoite & Sphalerite (rare combo)
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
9.0 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $500
Galena cube (classic locale)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
5.0 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Franklinite on Calcite (ex Gerstmann Museum in Franklin)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey
13.0 x 10.8 x 8.7 cm
Winning Bid: $526
Polished Chrysocolla & Malachite nodule (300 grams)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
8.6 x 6.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Hematite ps. After Magnetite (Karl Warning Coll.)
Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza Prov., Argentina
7.4 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Olivenite & Mottramite (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.4 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Eosphorite w/ Greifensteinite, Schorl, etc (rare combo)
Taquaral Seco mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Plumbogummite ps. After Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin, Guangxi, China
4.4 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Gemmy purple-cap Indicolite Tourmaline (33 grams)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazi
5.6 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $371
Staurolite (classic "cross" twin)
Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
4.6 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Rhodochrosite w/ Fluorite, etc (RARE combo) Logan Coll.
Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin, Peru
4.6 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $50
"Copper wood" (rare New Mexico)
Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, Sandoval Co., New Mexico
5.4 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $123