PRE-TUCSON SPECIAL SET OF FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end January 12th, 2017

Ends Thursday Jan 12, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This special set for the new year features a large number of irreplaceable old classics from the USA and Germany in particular, plus gem crystals culled out of old collections we are dispersing. Look for rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction! Featured collections being dispersed include the Strauss collection (Gem classics) , a large Midwest collection, Orrelana collection (Spain minerals), GEM CRYSTALS, and many others.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. selection of GEM CRYSTALS from the Strauss Collection.
2. Rare Swiss FLUORITE from the Herb Obodda Collection
3. old European specimens of MANGANITE, GOLD, PHOSGENITE & NAGYAGITE
4. Large gemmy TSAVORITE GARNET
5. Striking Colorado QUARTZ cast after ANHYDRITE
6. Rare, old and classic USA and European specimens
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Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (Strauss Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
2.4 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Axinite-(Fe) w/ Chlorite ex Obodda
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.0 cm
Baryte (Sanabria Coll.) - unusual locale
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huanuco Department, Peru
8.2 x 6.4 x 4.0 cm
Opal (RARE locale)
Ripov-Trebic, Vysocina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
11.7 x 7.7 x 4.4 cm
Chalcedony ps. After Aragonite (RARE Texas!)
Needle Peak, Brewster Co., Texas
6.8 x 6.1 x 3.4 cm
dramatic Rutile spray included in Quartz
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.6 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm
Quartz epimorph after Anhydrite (rare Colorado) Murray Coll.
OS Pocket, Ouray, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado
12.8 x 10.4 x 4.7 cm
Calcite (rare style - self-collected by E.S. Treseder)
Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England
9.5 x 6.9 x 2.7 cm
Calcite (rare - excellent) Wolfe Coll.
Walker vein, Caldwell Stone Company Quarry, Danville, Boyle Co., Kentucky
6.0 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
DT bi-colored Tourmaline & Cleavelandite (Strauss Coll.)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.5 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite w/ Smoky Quartz (RARE & RARE Swiss locale) ex Obodda Coll.
Bachli Valley, Grimsel area, Bern, Switzerland
3.3 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm
Topaz ex Obodda
Mina Veronica, El Copetillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
2.6 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Gemmy Tsavorite Garnet in matrix
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.0 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Rosasite & Calcite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.2 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm
Alstonite & Witherite (fluorescent)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.9 x 5.7 x 4.4 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent - Soregaroli Coll.)
Madoc area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
8.9 x 7.1 x 5.0 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (Strauss Coll.)
Pech, Chapa Dara Dist., Konar Province, Afghanistan
6.0 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Baryte w/ Pyrolusite (Sanabria Coll.)
Los Palomos Mine, Campos de Golf area, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
10.8 x 9.3 x 7.8 cm
Leaf Gold & Quartz (old - classic locale)
Rosia Montana (Verespatak), Alba Co., Romania
3.5 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Euclase (classic blue stripe style!)
Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
2.0 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Olmiite w/ Calcite (NEW FIND)
Chocolate Pocket, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
3.7 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Smithsonite w/ Calcite (uncommon - classic locale)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.0 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Matrix Herkimer Quartz "diamond" (rare - excellent)
Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
3.9 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich (New Find)
Wei Nan, Yunnan Province, China
11.8 x 5.6 x 2.5 cm
Aquamarine & Muscovite on Albite (Strauss Coll.)
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.8 x 7.8 x 7.8 cm
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