SPECIAL TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end February 9th, 2017

Ends Thursday, February 9th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

With Tucson in full swing, we're bringing you another exciting mineral auctions loaded with a great mix of your favorites like worldwide classics, collector display specimens, gem crystals, contemporary discoveries, rarities and more! You'll even find a few fossils, carving and gemstones mixed in over the next few weeks / months. Of course, we have plenty of pieces from the famous and historic Willard Wulff collection, along with dealers' inventories and other private collections that we're liquidating. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. A newly discovered specimen of gemmy FLUORAPATITE with rich green ACTINOLITE inclusions from Pakistan
2. An attractive TOURMALINE association specimen from Stak Nala, Pakistan
3. GEMMY fine quality CASSITERITE twins on QUARTZ from Viloco, Bolivia
4. A hard to find old time classic RHODOCHROSITE from the Moose Mine in Colorado
5. RARLEY SEEN MOLYBDENITE(!) with AQUAMARINE from Pakistan
6. Classic LARGE CABINET display specimen of NATIVE COPPER from Michigan
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Fluorite (new find)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
12.0 x 10.3 x 4.2 cm
Fluorapatite included with "Byssolite" (new find)
Ganadao (Gandahab), Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Moose Mine, Russel Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado
1.2 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski County, Arkansas
3.0 x 2.1 x 0.8 cm
Emerald (classic material)
Sandawana Mine (Zeus mine), Sandawana-Belingwe District, Mweza Range (Wedja), Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
4.2 x 2.1 x .17 cm
Gaudefroyite (fine quality)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.6 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Azurite
Cobre Mine, Mun. de Concepciun del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
4.2 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Tourmaline with Quartz, Muscovite and Garnet
Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
7.8 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Opal in Petrified Wood
Virgin Valley District, Humboldt County, Nevada
3.1 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Orthoclase with Quartz
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
5.6 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
Calcite
Albulatal, Graubunden, Switzerland
7.1 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite (mined 1977) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sweet Home Mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Quartz
Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.3 x 7.2 x 5.6 cm
Amazonite (white cap crystal) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
5.3 x 3.7 x 4.0 cm
Galena (Spinel Twins)
Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
6.6 x 6.2 x 4.0 cm
Dioptase
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Limonite pseudomorph after Magnetite (ex Wouter Van Tichelen Collection)
Kami Mine, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
6.0 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Monazite-Ce (color change butterfly twins!)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm
Barite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera, Asturias Spain
4.2 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Smoky Quartz on Microcline
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
6.7 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Grape Opal (fluorescent)
Mun. de Magdalena, Jalisco, Mexico
8.0 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Cassiterite (cyclic twins) on Quartz
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.0 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Malachite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
6.7 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Bixbyite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Aragonite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Wind Cave, Custer County, South Dakota
3.5 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Datolite crystals and casts after Anhydrite (ex Rich Kosnar collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
4.6 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Aquamarine with Molybdenite! and Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
10.6 x 6.2 x 4.8 cm
Uvite (Chrome/Vanadium bearing)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma
0.6 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
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