SPECIAL AFTER-TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end March 3, 2016

Ends March 3rd
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

An extra large 90-piece auction set of attractive, unique, classic and rare minerals from contemporary and classic worldwide localities:

Some of the highlights include:
1. A specimen of Rare lab-grown Ruby on Platinum crystals
2. TOURMALINES and other gem crystals!
3. Several fine Southern ILLINOIS specimens
4. Rare old CHRYSOBERYL sixling and PHENAKITE gem crystals!
5. An impressive large Michigan COPPER
6. An excellent Pasto Bueno RHODOCHROSITE thumbnail from the best old find
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Gemmy Zircon crystal
Harchoo, Astor valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.8 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Artinite (Matioli Coll.)
Rio del Bastardo, Taro Valley, Parma Prov., Emilia-Romagna, Italy
6.8 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Acanthite (circa 2004 finds)
Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
7.9 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Hydroxylherderite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.8 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Krutovite (rare Ni-arsenide) Vajdak Coll.
Svornost Mine, Jachymov District, Bohemia, Czech Republic
4.9 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Ferro-actinolite, Hematite & Biotite (RARE and RARE locale) Matioli Coll.
Adamellite outcrop, Nkambe, North-West Region, Cameroon
8.5 x 8.3 x 7.4 cm
Chrysocolla in Quartz
Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Department, Peru
7.7 x 5.4 x 4.2 cm
Carlsbad-twinned Sanidine (rare) Vajdak Coll.
Kopriva, Kyustendi, Kyustendil Oblast, Bulgaria
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.2 x 4.2 x 1.4 cm
Rhodonite
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey
6.3 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Gem Topaz xl ex Obodda
Gem Topaz xl ex Obodda
6.8 x 6.4 x 5.9 cm
Gemmy color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) Soregaroli Coll.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Dravite (Matioli Coll)
Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
8.8 x 5.9 x 4.0 cm
Pyrite on Baryte (old, rare combo) Lillie Coll.
Bethel Level, Mahoning Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
12.4 x 7.4 x 4.8 cm
Azurite
Lost Lake claim, Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, Sandoval Co., New Mexico
9.7 x 5.4 x 2.4 cm
Hydroxyapophyllite-K (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
8.0 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
Hilarion Mine, Lavrion, Attiki Prefect., Greece
8.5 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Sharp Andalusite xl (rare locale!) Vajdak Coll.
Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
3.5 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Red Beryl (doubly-terminated)
Wah Wah Mts., Beaver Co., Utah
7.3 x 7.0 x 5.2 cm
Santarosaite (ultra rare - Type Locality) Matioli Coll.
Santa Rosa Mine, Iquique Prov., Tarapaci Region, Chile
9.3 x 8.2 x 5.0 cm
Mimetite (2003 finds)
Pingtouling Mine, Lianan Co., Guangdong Prov., China
6.9 x 5.9 x 3.1 cm
Erythrite (Matioli Coll.)
Mount Cobalt Mine, Queensland, Australia
10.4 x 8.0 x 3.4 cm
Clinoenstatite (rare) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
4.9 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Bi-colored gem Tourmaline (old classic) Smale Coll.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.4 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
very large Crystallized Copper ex. Spence Collection
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
28.8 x 15.5 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite (classic locale) fluorescent
Frohnau, Annaberg Dist., Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
11.4 x 5.9 x 3.8 cm
Rhodonite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Chiurucu Mine, Dos de Mayo Prov., Huanuco Dept.,, Peru
4.8 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Superb Rhodochrosite ps. After fossilized Mollusc
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
3.2 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Chrysoberyl sixling (old classic - 1940s finds)
Itaguacu, Espirito Santo, Brazil
4.6 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
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