SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION - MINIATURES AND THUMBNAILS FROM THE COLLECTION of IRV BROWN - ends April 9, 2019

Ends Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
at 7:00 PM (Central Time Zone)

Continuing with our special themed auctions we are thrilled for our next installment featuring miniature and thumbnail specimens from the worldwide collection of Irv Brown.

Irv has assembled one of the great collections in the United States, which typically has featured cabinet sized display specimens, but over the years he assembled an attractive suite of thumbnails and miniatures. We recently acquired several flats of these specimens and are thrilled to offer them in installments in the auctions over the next few months.

Lastly, this auction closes on a TUESDAY night, not our normal Thursday schedule, and we'll send out a reminder / announcement before it closes to you don't miss out.

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Tourmaline (4.69 grams) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
2.1 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Calcite (GEM twins) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Basalt Quarry, Ambariomiambana, Ambohimalaza Commune, Sambava District, Sava, Madagascar
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Grossular Garnet (var: Tsavorite) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Cerussite (GEM quality) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Yellow Zoisite (rare color) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Benitoite with Neptunite (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Dallas Gem Mine, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Uvite Tourmaline with Magnesite (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Serra das Eguas, Brumado (Bom Jesus dos Meiras), Bahia, Brazil
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Manganite (classic material) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany (Type Locality)
1.8 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Rose Quartz on Smoky Quartz (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Malachite after Azurite (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Eosphorite on Rose Quartz (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Taquaral Seco Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Fluorapatite (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Darrah-i-Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
1.4 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Tourmaline (multi-color crystal) with Albite (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.8 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Anglesite (GEM quality) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Ojikoto Region, Namibia
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Spinel (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Riverside County, California
3.3 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Diopside (very gemmy) ](ex Irv Brown Collection)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.6 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm
Smithsonite (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
2.7 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Epidote ("Faden") (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Hashupa Epidote Locality, Hashupa, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
2.6 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Chalcocite (good quality crystals) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite (GEM twin) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Scapolite (WATER CLEAR) (38.41 carats) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Marble Occurrence, Morogoro, Uluguru Mts, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Hausmannite (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.7 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm
Spessartine Garnet (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California
1.7 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Chondrodite (rich red color) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Azurite (rare locality specimen) (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Calumet and Arizona Mine (Junction Mine), Calumet and Arizona Group of Claims, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Wulfenite (GEM "window pane") (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona
1.4 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm
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