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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very rich Nagyagite (Type Locality - old)
Sacarimb (Nagyag), Hunedoara Co., Romania
4.8 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Fluorapatite
Sapo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Plumbogummite ps. After Pyromorphite on Quartz
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
12.3 x 10.6 x 5.5 cm
Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
13.4 x 12.8 x 6.8 cm
Fluorite, Pyrite (rare) & Quartz (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Frazer's Hush Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
10.4 x 6.9 x 5.9 cm
Juangodoyite (ultra rare - Type Locality) Carmichael Coll.
Santa Rosa Mine, Iquique Province, Tarapaca Region, Chile
3.8 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm
Wulfenite (classic locale)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Mimetite w/ Hemimorphite & Willemite (RARE combo)
M'fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo
10.8 x 8.8 x 5.8 cm
Fluorite (classic Colorado locale - fluorescent)
Nancy Hanks Mine, Unaweep Canyon, Mesa Co., Colorado
10.7 x 4.6 x 1.0 cm
Orange Creedite
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
7.9 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
Guanacoite (rare - Type Locality) Carmichael Coll.
El Guanaco Mine, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Region, Chile
3.6 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
8.4 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Large Semseyite & Galena w/ Siderite (classic locale)
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
17.1 x 14.1 x 5.3 cm
Nandan Iron Meteorite var. Kamacite (1516 fall)
Nandan County., Hechi Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
5.6 x 5.1 x 4.8 cm
Red-tipped Tourmalines
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm (largest of 2)
Large Bismuthinite & Bismuth (Soregaroli Coll.)
Tazna Mine, Cerro Tazna, Potosi Department, Bolivia
12.4 x 10.5 x 6.2 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 5.2 x 2.1 cm
important old Wardite (Type Locality) & Crandallite
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Utah Co., Utah
11.5 x 8.6 x 3.4 cm
Manganite (superb, old classic - circa 1880s)
Ilfeld, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
10.4 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm
"Raspberry" Grossular Garnets
Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico
6.5 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
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