Special Mineral Auction: Panczner Thumbnail Collection - ends JAN 7 , 2021

We are honored to present the first of a series of SPECIAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS direct to the internet, to start the new year on a high note for minerals! This auction features worldwide Selections and old classics from the Collection of Bill and Sharon Panczner (the TN suite was assembled mostly in the 1960s through the 1980s). Bill was curator of the Arizona Desert Museum and author of the still-definitive book MINERALS OF MEXICO (1987) and numerous other articles and books. Look for an amazing mix of rare and classic, historic mineral specimens that have literally been locked in boxes since the early 1990s, shown HERE for the first time!  Highlights:

 

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Celestine "spear" - old classic style ! (Panczner Coll.)
Tule Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
11.8 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $196
Wulfenite (old classic "sandwich" style pre-1960s) Panczner Coll.
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.0 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Stibnite (Panczner Coll.) - rare locality
San Martin Mine, San Martin, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
8.6 x 5.9 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Scheelite (RARE Mexico) ex Panczner Coll.
Pilares Mine, Los Pilares de Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Wulfenite (classic USA locale, circa 1900) ex Panczner Coll.
Stevenson-Bennett Mine, Organ Mts., Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, USA
6.2 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,100
Rosasite & Calcite (old classic combo) ex Panczner Coll.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.5 x 6.4 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Iceland spar Calcite (optical grade - old Mexico) ex Panczner Coll.
nr. Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
9.5 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Dravite Tourmaline & Quartz (ex Panczner Coll.)
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
9.7 x 7.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Calcite (Panczner Coll.)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.4 x 7.1 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Celestine on Sulfur (historic locale) ex Panczner Coll.
Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
6.1 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $826
Smoky Quartz w/ Amazonite (Panczner Coll.)
Pikes Peak batholith, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
12.5 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Rhodochrosite (Panczner Coll.)
10th level, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.0 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $222
Stibnite (historic, 1800s classic) ex Panczner Coll.
Ichinokawa mine, Saijo City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
2.5 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (classic Colorado) ex Panczner Coll.
Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
4.8 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $179
old classic , Azurite rose (circa 1900) ex Panczner Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
2.0 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Superb Sulfur w/ Aragonite (classic locale) ex Panczner Coll.
Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
2.5 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $351
Enargite & Pyrite (classic old combo) ex Panczner Coll.
Butte, Butte-Silver Bow, Montana, USA
4.1 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $284
Cassiterite twins (Panczner Coll.)
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Acanthite w/ Quartz (Panczner Coll.)
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $99
rare Wulfenite - Bipyramidal crystals (rare style) ex Panczner Coll.
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.8 x 6.1 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $784
Cuprite on Copper - old classic style (Panczner Coll.)
Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
5.0 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Aurichalcite (Bisbee!) ex Panczner Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
8.4 x 5.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Babingtonite & Calcite (classic locale, 1940s find) ex Panczner Coll.
Lane's Quarry, Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Baryte (old classic) ex Panczner Coll.
Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, Eden, Cumbria, England
7.4 x 6.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Pyrargyrite (Panczner Coll.)
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.5 x 6.1 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $156
Rhodochrosite on Specular Hematite (Panczner Coll.)
10th Level, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.9 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $471
Fluorapophyllite & Stilbite (Panczner Coll.)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
7.7 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Cuprite coated w/ Malachite (classic) ex Panczner Coll.
Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia
2.3 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $211
GEM Fluorapatite (superb - Panczner Coll.)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Durango, Durango, Mexico
3.1 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Watermelon Tourmaline slice (1972 classic Maine) ex Panczner Coll.
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
8.8 x 8.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $4,567