SPECIAL *POST-TUCSON* FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end March 19, 2015

Ends March 19, 2015
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

Now that the Tucson Show is over, we have another great offering of TWO FULL PAGES of attractive, unique, classic and rare minerals from contemporary and classic worldwide localities. A great mix featuring specimens from our overstocked inventory, liquidations of the many collections we've purchased, and assorted pieces from new finds and classic localities !!
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Apatite on Albite
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.5 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Moganite / Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fossil Snail
Dakhla, Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Western Sahara, Morocco
2.0 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Dioptase
Altyn-Tyube, Kirghiz (Asiatic) Steppes, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan (Type Locality)
5.8 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite ("Cherry Blossom")
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Smithsonite (var: "Cadmian")
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.3 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm
Graphite (ex Van Tichelen and Hageman Collections)
Buckingham, Gatineau TE, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
6.6 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite (classic)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
4.2 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Rhodochrosite cast after Quartz
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal)
Valec (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.1 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.2 cm
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
11.3 x 7.6 x 6.3 cm
Conichalcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.9 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Hubeite with Inesite (ex Matioli Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China (Type Locality for Hubeite)
3.4 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Electrum (ex Matioli, et al.)
Berezovskoe Au Deposit (Berezovsk Mines), Berezovskii (Berezovskii Zavod), Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia
3.0 x 2.9 x 0.8 cm
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
6.8 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Wurtzite with Sphalerite (ex Matioli Collection)
Pcheloyad Mine, Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Oblast, Bulgaria
8.8 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Getchellite with Realgar and Orpiment (ex Matioli Collection)
Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada (Type Locality for Getchellite)
4.6 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm
Chrysoberyl (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
2.0 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm
Quartz after Anhydrite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Vampire Pocket, Uncompahgre Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado
5.8 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Chalcedony ("Blue Holly Agate") (rare material)
Ngabu village, Chiwawy-Nsanje District, Malawi
6.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Labradorite (Anorthite)
Tulear Province (Toliara), Madagascar
2.8 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
Grossular (classic material)
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Richmond Co., Quebec, Canada
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Flint (rare locale)
Mt Herzl, Jerusalem, Israel
10.1 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm
Kunzite
Oceanview Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego County, California
8.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 cm
Cuprite with Chrysocolla
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
3.3 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Corundum
Yogo Gulch, Judith Basin County, Montana
2.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Stilbite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
9.1 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm
Rose Quartz on Quartz
Pitorra claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
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