SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION - THE COLLECTION of PAUL ZERFASS - ends Thursday July 20th, 2017

Ends Thursday, July 20th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

Continuing with our special themed auctions through the summer we are thrilled to announce the acquisition of the worldwide collection of well-known and beloved French field collector and mineral enthusiast, Paul Zerfass.

Mr. Zerfass' mineral collection is one of great love, effort and joy dating back nearly 50 years to when we has 17 years old (but we was picking up rocks from the age of five). He amassed a fine worldwide suite of minerals, many of which came directly from his efforts as a field collector. He has been featured on the cover of the May / June 2017 issue of the French mineral magazine, Le Règne Minéral, which showed a detailed spread of his collection and a wonderful biography of his life. We have a .pdf file with the article for anybody who wants to read it (though it's mostly in French), so just drop us a line and we'll send it along.

You will see many attractive historic, classic and contemporary specimens from Paul's collection featured here, and we've taken this opportunity to familiarize everybody with this introductory 30 piece auction. Look for more of his specimens mixed into the auctions for the next several months.

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Arsenopyrite ("Mispickel") (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
8.1 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite (twin) (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
3.7 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Wulfenite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Erupciun Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Hematite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Nador, Nador Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
7.2 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Sulfur with Celestine (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
10.8 x 9.3 x 7.8 cm
Enargite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junun Department, Peru
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
10.3 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm
Barite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
8.3 x 6.7 x 5.1 cm
Quartz / Amethyst / Smoky Quartz (scepter)
Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg area, Uis District, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.8 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Wulfenite on Mimetite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.8 x 4.9 x 2.3 cm
Epidote with Quartz (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.3 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite (GEM quality) (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
9.8 x 7.3 x 6.7 cm
Fluorite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
5.8 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm
Crocoite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
7.5 x 5.2 x 4.0 cm
Siderite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Morro Velho, Nova Lima, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.8 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Marcasite ("Sperkise") (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
3.5 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Cerussite with Barite and Quartz (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Limousin, France
8.3 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm
Apatite with Quartz (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
8.2 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
Aquamarine (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.8 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Galena (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
10.2 x 9.3 x 3.8 cm
Topaz (877 grams) (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.2 x 9.3 x 4.2 cm
Tourmaline ("Rubellite") (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Ouro Preto, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Apatite with Cassiterite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
7.2 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
Calcite (bicolor "phantom") with Fluorite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
10.2 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Barite on Sulfur (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
7.7 x 7.4 x 5.8 cm
Dioptase (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
8.3 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
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