PRE-TUCSON FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Ends Thursday Jan 23, 2019

This week's pre-TUCSON Show auction features great selection of minerals including classic species / localities along with gem crystals, contemporary beauties and rare minerals from around the world.   Look for pieces from important collections that include things seldom seen for sale on a  retail market! We dove back into the classics collections we have purchased over the years for some fresh choices for you !

Highlights this week include:

1. Superb NEW VANADINITE from Mexico

 

2. Ross Lillie Collection specimens

 

3. Unique GALENA combination from the Viburnum Trend

 

4. Large rare Charcas QUARTZ on a CALCITE rhomb

 

5. Superb Alaska EPIDOTE with QUARTZ

 

6. Rare Congo pseudomorphs and a large MALACHITE stalactite

 

7. Large BRUCITE from a recent find

 

8. Huge Chinese CALCITE stalactite

 

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Large Quartz over Calcite (RARE style)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
11.0 x 10.7 x 8.2 cm c
Winning Bid: $245
Epidote & Quartz floater (superb - classic locale)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Isl., Ketchikan Mining Dist., Alaska
6.8 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $399
Color-zoned Fluorite (Ireland!) Jim Boteler Coll.
Granite Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Bi-colored Fluorite (fluorescent) Jim Boteler Coll.
Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
10.9 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Siderite & Galena on Pyrrhotite (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania
9.2 x 8.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Acanthite on Silver (RARE style) ex Beaty Coll.
Batopilas,Chihuahua, Mexico
3.1 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Gemmy Fluorapatite - superb TN size crystal!
Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.7 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Cobaltoan Calcite
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco
7.4 x 5.9 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $68
Hematite ps. Marcasite (Whitmore Coll.)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt
5.2 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Anglesite & Galena (classic locale)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
5.3 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Chrysoprase (New Find)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
4.5 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Marcasite (classic locale)
Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $54
Cuprite-coated Copper
Onganja Mine (Emke Mine), Seeis, Khomas Region, Namibia
2.9 x 1.9 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Fossil Belemnite replaced by Agate (Cretaceous period)
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Delaware
5.8 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Bournonite & Siderite (rare combo - 2010 find)
Machacamarca Mine, Potosi, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Large Malachite stalactite
Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
14.0 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Gem Aquamarine xl (16.30 carats)
Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Malachite after Baryte (RARE 2002 find) Ken Roberts Coll.
Shangulowe Mine, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congo
2.8 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Baryte on Fluorite (RARE style) Ross Lillie Coll.
Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
6.0 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Bournonite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.0 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Etched gem Topaz (uncommon - 55 grams)
Teixerinha mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $238
Calcite on Calcite (RARE style - Ross Lillie Coll.)
Hardin County, Illinois
6.2 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $123
Botryoidal "grape" Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
2.8 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Chrysocolla balls on Chrysocolla (rare style)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
8.3 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Galena (2 generations) on Dolomite & Marcasite (Feist Coll.)
West Fork Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
12.8 x 9.0 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Malachite on Chrysocolla ps. Malachite ps. Gypsum (RARE)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
4.4 x 2.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Large Brucite (great color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
11.2 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $327
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent)
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.4 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Calcite on Fluorite (Ross Lilllie Coll.)
Poe Pod, Sub-Rosiclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
11.3 x 7.0 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Shattuckite (2014 find)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Dist., Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.4 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $380