SPECIAL TUCSON INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Feb 23, 2012

Ends Feb 23, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
As usual, we load up our auctions in January and February with many good things turned up in our triage and packing for the Tucson Show. This auction features MANY higher-value items such as Gem crystals, Silver and other historic classics from the Hauck, Whitmore and Obodda collections, as well as from other sources..
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Sodalite var. Hackmanite (fluor. & phosph.)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Hemimorphite
Dulong Mine, Wenshan, Hunan Province, China
9.5 x 5.8 x 2.4 cm
Pentagonite on Stilbite
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
7.4 x 6.0 x 3.6 cm
Pyrite (excellent)
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
14.5 x 9.7 x 9.0 cm
Smoky Quartz (self-collected in CA by Bill Moller)
Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California
16.4 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
Stibnite (rare locale)
San Martin Mine, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
9.4 x 5.9 x 4.9 cm
Japan-law twin Quartz xls (Hauck Coll.)
PC Mine, Basin District, Jefferson Co., Montana
8.4 x 8.0 x 6.4 cm
Gem bi-colored Tourmaline
Pech, Konar Province, Afghanistan
7.2 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Sharp Copper xls w/ Calcite
White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan
4.8 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper with Cuprite coating
Itauz Mine, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
6.0 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm
Andalusite xl (excellent)
Itinga, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
DT red Beryl xls in matrix ex. John Barlow coll.
Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mts., Beaver Co., Utah
3.3 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Gem DT Aquamarine (rare locale - excellent)
Lamjung District, Gandaki, Nepal
8.0 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Amethyst
Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico
10.0 x 7.4 x 6.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic locale) excellent
Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
4.9 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Anatase on Quartz
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
6.8 x 4.9 x 3.6 cm
DT floater Ruby crystals
Mysore District, Karnataka, India
1.5 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (largest) (4 Pieces)
Tennantite on Quartz (old Butte) ex Harvard Coll.
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
9.4 x 6.8 x 4.0 cm
Red gem Tourmalines (NEW find!)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazi
4.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Hausmannite (old classic - Type Locality)
Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Tektite var. 'Libyan Desert Glass' ex Obodda
Great Sand Sea, Western Desert, Egypt
4.1 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Shuttleton, Mouramba Co., New South Wales, Australia
16.5 x 10.1 x 4.5 cm
Carlsbad-twin Microcline (excellent) Irv Brown Coll.
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
6.0 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Native Copper xls w/ Cuprite coating (old classic)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
6.9 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Malachite-coated Cuprite (old classic) ex Whitmore
Chessy, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
1.1 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Copper nugget (Sal Avella Coll.)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
10.7 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm
Gemmy Albite xls (rare)
Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
6.1 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Witherite w/ Fluorite (superb) Bill Severance Coll.
Bethel Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
4.1 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm