PRE-TUCSON MINERAL SPECIMENS AUCTION - ends Jan 30

Ends January 30, 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 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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Hydroxylherderite & Cleavelandite on Albite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
4.4 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Hematite & Andradite
Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.0 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Polybasite w/ Chalcopyrite & Acanthite (Stoudt Coll.)
Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico
3.9 x 2.9 x 0.9 cm
Robertsite, Leucophosphite & Hureaulite
Tip Top Mine, Custer Co., South Dakota
6.3 x 4.3 x 1.9 cm
Prehnite & Calcite (rare combo) Carmichael Coll.
Summit Quarry, Union Co., New Jersey
5.4 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm
Pectolite (classic locale) Carmichael Coll.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
5.0 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Demantoid) Garnets w/ Repidolite xls (rare combo) Trimingham Coll.
San Benito Peak, New Idria Dist., San Benito Co., California
7.4 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Altaite (rare) Chris Cowan Coll.
Hilltop Mine, Organ Mt., Dona Ana Co., New Mexico
2.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Carlsbad-twin Microcline w/ Amazonite faces
Klein Spitzkopje, Karibib Dist., Erongo Region, Namibia
6.8 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Cobaltoan Dolomite on Mottramite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.5 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Dioptase (2 generations) on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.0 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Sphalerite w/ Dolomite (rare combo)
Rosh Pinah Mine, Karas Region, Namibia
9.3 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm
Zincite (rich old classic)
Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey
8.4 x 8.0 x 2.4 cm
Cylindrite (rare cylindrical crystallization!)
Poopo town, Poopo Province, Oruro Dept., Bolivia
11.2 x 8.8 x 3.9 cm
Copper w/ Cuprite (Fersman Mus. & Trimingham Coll.)
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Prov., Kazakhstan
9.4 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
Cleavelandite (Trimingham Coll.)
Morefield Mine, Winterham, Amelia Co., Virginia
9.5 x 9.2 x 3.8 cm
Hydroxyapophyllite & Prehnite, ex. Trimingham Coll.
Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Fairfax Co., Virginia
10.7 x 8.4 x 6.0 cm
Large Native Copper w/ spinel-twins (old)
Spektakel Mine, Okiep Copper Dist., Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
18.2 x 9.1 x 3.5 cm
Rhodochrosite gem crystal
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Prov., Lima Dept., Peru
1.8 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Digenite & Quartz (classic Butte) Trimingham Coll.
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
11.7 x 7.5 x 5.2 cm
Spessartine Garnet w/ Quartz (rare matrix thumbnail)
Navegadora Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.9 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Oyelite (fluorescent)
Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Aquamarine & Hyalite Opal on Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.4 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
5.7 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
Etched gem Kunzite xls (classic locale)
Urucum mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.4 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm (largest) (3 Pieces)
Betafite on Fluorapatite (rare combo) Trimingham Coll.
Silver Crater Mine, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
4.5 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Shattuckite (Charlie Key collection)
Kaokoveld Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.8 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Bi-colored Topaz & Smoky Quartz (old classic) Trimingham Coll.
Adun-Cholon Range, Nerchinsk, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
7.9 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
DT floater Quartz included w/ Fluorite
Amborompotsy, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
10.5 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm