SPECIAL post-TUCSON EDITION FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - ends March 26th, 2015

SEPCIAL post-TUCSON AUCTION Ends March 26, 2015
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Here is a great mix of common and rare, old and new specimens featuring older classics from many collections we've purchased, and assorted pieces from new finds and classic localities such as Tsumeb. Of note in this auction set are superb old classic mineral specimens of Kongsberg Silver, German Fluorite, and several superb thumbnail specimens of the rare species Weloganite and Epididymite
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Quartz on Quartz (2 generations)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.3 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm
Andradite var. Melanite on Titanite (Trimingham Coll.)
MT Jeanne's pit No. 2, Clear Creek area, San Benito Co., California
0.8 x 0.3 x 0.4 cm
Phlogopite (uncommon locale) Trimingham Coll.
Betroka District, Anosy Region, Tulear Prov., Madagascar
3.7 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Uvarovite Garnet (Type Locality) Trimingham Coll.
Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast, Middle Urals, Russia
8.8 x 4.9 x 2.2 cm
Epidote on Quartz (Trimingham Coll.)
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Sichuan Prov., China
11.2 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm
Quartz (classic locale) ex Obodda
Val d'Isere, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
5.4 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
Barite w/ Valentinite on Stibiconite (Trimingham Coll.)
Xikuangshan MIne., Loudi Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
9.0 x 8.8 x 4.4 cm
Manganoan Calcite (classic Colorado) Trimingham Coll.
Idarado mine, nr. Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado
9.7 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Orpiment (uncommon Iran locale) Gustav Beck Coll.
Takab, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
8.4 x 7.2 x 6.4 cm
Spessartine Garnet
Navegadora Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Northern Areas, Pakistan
6.9 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.1 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm
Pyrite (strange form) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Bargers Quarry, Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia
3.7 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Fluorite on Calcite on Quartz
Mahodari, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
15.9 x 14.3 x 12.5 cm
Lazurite on Marble (fluorescent) Trimingham Coll.
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Prov., Afghanistan
6.1 x 5.0 x 4.4 cm
DT Calcite w/ clay inclusions (Cynthia Payne Coll.)
Malad Quarry, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
3.8 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Heliodor-tipped Beryl, Schorl & Smoky Quartz (Soltau Coll.)
Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Erongo Region, Namibia
18.4 x 11.0 x 10.4 cm
Goethite (Trimingham Coll.)
Montreal Mine, Gogebic Range, Iron Co., Wisconsin
8.4 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Faceted Quartz w/ Lizardite (RARE)
Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
1.2 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Crystallized Gold leaf
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada
1.0 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) & Calcite on Prehnite ex. Cynthia Payne Coll.
Chantilly Quarry, Chantilly, Loudoun Co., Virginia
7.5 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Gem Chrysoberyl (16.93 carats)
Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo, Brazil
2.3 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent) Trimingham Coll.
Xianghualing Mine, Hunan Province, China
6.5 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Pyromorphite (classic locale)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Calcite (rare California locale) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Hilton deposit, Borrego Springs, San Diego Co., California
4.4 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Carlsbad-twin Microcline (excellent) Trimingham Coll.
St. Peters Dome area, El Paso Co., Colorado
9.5 x 8.2 x 7.4 cm
Fluorite w/ Calcite (both fluorescent) Trimingham Coll.
Frazer's Hush Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
12.4 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Large Microcline xl (RARE Utah locale) Trimingham Coll.
Mineral Mountains, Beaver County, Utah
13.4 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
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