Select Specimens from the Collection of Dr. Vasco Trancoso

This set features a carefully selected, hand-picked group of specimens from the collection of Vasco Trancoso, which we recently purchased.  Trancoso is a medical doctor and prominent mineral collector from near Lisbon, Portugal (https://www.mindat.org/user-11954.html).    He assembled his mineral collection over the course of 60 years, and built a fine worldwide display collection.  

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Calcite (Cobalt-bearing)
Bou Azzer Dist., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,560
Quartz (''Herkimer Diamond'')
Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso; Bill Metropolis
5.3 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $422
Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.1 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Görgeyite (rare and fine)
Inder B Deposit and Salt Dome, Inder, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.3 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Kinoite (rare and fine)
Christmas Open Pit, Christmas Mine, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso; Harold Urish
5.8 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Kutnohorite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.7 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $802
Fluorapatite (2007 find)
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
7.8 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Natrolite (GEM quality)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.3 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Tyrolite (rare)
Vojtechova osada, Novoveská Huta, Spišská Nová Ves Dist., Košice Region, Slovakia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Eudialyte (fine crystal)
Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso; Ernie Schlichter
3.7 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Azurite (uncommon locality)
Miguel Vacas Mine, Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.7 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $74
Analcime (partially hollow crystals)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.6 x 4.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Botallackite (rare classic material)
Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.9 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $505
Harmotome (classic material)
Strontian, Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland, Scotland, UK
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.0 x 6.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Fluorapatite (beautiful bi-colored crystal)
Golconda Pegmatite Field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Wulfenite (excellent classic material - Mined by Ed Over)
Red Cloud Mine, Silver Dist., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso; Laura and Stevia Thompson
3.6 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluor-uvite - Uvite Series (Tourmaline) (large crystal)
Pomba Pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Senegalite (incredibly rare)
Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Kédougou Region, Senegal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.6 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $196
Quartz (doubly-terminated) on Siderite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.0 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Cobaltaustinite (rare) with Calcite
Aghbar, Tansifite Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Chrysoberyl var: Alexandrite
Novello Mine, Masvingo District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $540
Calcite (Manganese-bearing)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
3.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Rhodonite
Morro da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
4.2 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Zircon (doubly-terminated)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
2.1 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Gmelinite-Na (fine color and quality)
Flinders Area, Victoria, Australia
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
9.7 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $583
Natrolite/Scolecite
Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai Suburban district, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.0 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $454
Xenotime-(Y) on Quartz (RARE matrix specimen!)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
5.4 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $465
Ferberite (superb) with Calcite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
11.1 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Opal var: Fire Opal
Boi Morto Mine, Pedro II, Piauí, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm, 5.8 grams
Winning Bid: $110
Thomsonite Subgroup with Inesite and Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
6.3 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $410