PRE-TUCSON MINERAL SPECIMENS AUCTION #2 - end Feb 6

Ends Feb 6, 2014
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
We have pulled through the last several collections, some of which we planned to sell at Tucson, and pulled EVEN MORE for the next few auction offerings! See here some unique pieces, classic specimens, interesting localities, rare minerals and hard to find material from recently acquired mineral collections such as Trimingham, and Obodda!
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Bi-colored gem Elbaite (classic locale) ex Smithsonian
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine
3.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Azurite rosette (rare locale) ex Wein Coll.
Boomerang Mine (Mount Maggie Mine), Queensland, Australia
4.2 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Columbite-(Mn) (old - RARE) Belsky Coll.
Wodgina Mine, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.3 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Tourmaline & Quartz - rare locale
Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.5 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Rutile twin w/ Turgite (Neal Pfaff Coll.)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Datolite w/ Calcite (Trimingham Coll.)
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
12.9 x 7.8 x 3.4 cm
Quartz ps. Barite & Fluorite on Fluorite (Trimingham Coll.)
Genoa Claim, Animas District, San Juan Co., Colorado
14.2 x 11.1 x 4.0 cm
Calcite "pineapple" (classic locale)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.4 x 8.8 x 5.4 cm
Benitoite & Neptunite on Natrolite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
2.9 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Spinel and Diopside (uncommon locale)
MacDonald Island, Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada
4.8 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm
Tourmaline & Quartz (New Find)
Goncalo, Guarda, Guarda Dist., Portugal
5.6 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Galena & Rhodochosite (2 pieces set)
Burgin Mine, East Tintic District, Utah Co., Utah
3.6 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm (largest)
Art-cut Olmiite gem (rare - 0.95 carats) ex Obodda
Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
0.8 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Sulfur & Aragonite (fluorescent)
Giumentaro Mine, Caltanissetta Prov., Sicily, Italy
12.7 x 9.3 x 7.0 cm
Brookite & Quartz ex Obodda
Taftan, Chagai Dist., Balochistan, Pakistan
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite (New Find) fluorescent
Weishan REE Mine, Weishan Co., Shandong Prov., China
7.1 x 5.0 x 2.9 cm
Silver on Gold ore (Robert Hauck Coll.)
Comeback Mine, Pioneerville District, Boise Co., Idaho
4.3 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Bournonite & Sphalerite (Trimingham Coll.)
Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
8.0 x 5.9 x 5.0 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent)
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
8.0 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Lemanskiite (rare - Type Locality) w/ Lammerite
El Guanaco Mine, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Region, Chile
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Pyrophyllite (old - rare - Type Locality) Hauck Coll.
Berezovskoe Au Deposi, Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia
7.0 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm
Englishite (rare), Wavellite & Variscite
Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
6.2 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Rutile & Siderite on Apatite (Trimingham Coll.)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
4.4 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm
Arsenopyrite in Talc (rare) ex Sir Robert Ferguson (1769-1840)
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Gem Grossular Garnet on Clinochlore
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
1.6 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Beryllonite gem xl (rare) ex Obodda
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
3.9 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Calcite (fluorescent)
Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
5.0 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm
DT Red Beryl
Harris Mine, Wah Wah Mts, Beaver Co., Utah
1.5 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Calcite (RARE Utah) Trimingham Coll.
Long Trail Gulch, Ophir Dist., Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah
9.4 x 6.4 x 4.8 cm