SUPER TUCSON-SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTION SET (1 of 2) - end Thursday FEB 1, 2018

Ends FEB 1st, 2018 at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Look for a special mix pulled form gallery and show-quality backstock of the BEDOGNE (Italy), ZERFASS (France), and ROBERTSON (USA) collections! Look for gem crystals, rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Large circa-1900, doubly terminated New Jersey RHODONITE
2. CERUSSITE from Broken Hill (early 1900s)
3. Chinese SENARMONTITE on large STIBICONITE pseudomorph
4. Large old classic English BARITE and CALCITE specimens
5. Large PYROMORPHITE from Bad Ems
6. N'Chwaning RHODO xls!
7. Selection of FLUORITES
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Cerussite (classic old locale circa 1900)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
9.8 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Sharp Cuprite xl!
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
9.7 x 8.5 x 7.8 cm
Senarmontite (RARE) on Stibiconite after Stibnite (Bedogne Coll.)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
17.0 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
10.7 x 9.6 x 6.2 cm
Cadmium Smithsonite ps. after Dolomite (classic Arkansas!)
Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas
9.5 x 7.2 x 3.1 cm
Arsenopyrite (Larry Conklin Coll.)
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
9.4 x 6.8 x 4.2 cm
Pyrite ps. Afer Marcasite (classic locale)
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
2.9 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
DT Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
5.3 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper (classic locale)
Central Mine, Central, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
6.5 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Erythrite (rare - old) Bedogne Coll.
Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
7.3 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Betekhtinite on Calcite & Quartz (excellent) Bedogne Coll.
Dzhezkazgan mining district, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
8.3 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Mimetite (rare color and locale)
M'fouati, M'fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo
7.8 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Ferberite w/ Siderite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Level 2, Panasgueira Mine, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
4.9 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Gemmy doubly terminated Sapphire xls (14 grams)
Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
2.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm (Largest of 8)
Mimetite (RARE - 2017 find)
Adami No. 2 Mine, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm
Magnesite var. Mesitite (RARE) Robertson Coll.
Traversella, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.8 x 4.9 x 2.3 cm
Siderite (old - rare) Robertson Coll.
Erzberg, Altenberg an der Rax, Styria, Austria
8.1 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm
"Raspberry" Grossular Garnets
Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico
9.7 x 8.3 x 4.0 cm
Chalcocite (fine old classic) Robertson Coll.
St Ives Consols, St Ives District, Cornwall, England
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
Volcanic glass on pumice (rare - 2017 find)
Nohn bei Betteldorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.8 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Large Pyromorphite (old classic)
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
12.5 x 8.2 x 6.2 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Calcite (excellent)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
9.2 x 7.0 x 4.6 cm
Rhodochrosite on DT Quartz Robertson Coll.
Potosi Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.2 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Gold nugget (rare locale) - 11.27 grams
"Secret" Creek, Downieville, Sierra Co., California
2.3 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
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