TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end February 9th, 2017

Ends Thursday, February 9th, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Tucson is rolling, and we're happy to bring you this week's offerings with a great mix of specimens from old collections, new finds, and unusual collector specimens. Look for GEM crystals, European specimens, US favorites and much more! There are three pages of minerals in this set, so be sure to check out the pieces on the third page. .


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. GEM crystals from the Uwe Strauss Collection
2. Excellent Bunker Hill PYROMORPHITE from the great 1981 find
3. Classic old Fibbia HEMATITE Iron Rose
4. Rare old matrix IMPERIAL TOPAZ!
5. Old rare and classic European and USA specimens
6. Mineral specimens from the Sanabria (Spain) Collection
7. LARGE SCAPOLITE from Tanzania
8. Rare yellow Venezuela DIAMOND
9. Gemmy BRAZILIANITE from the Type Locality!
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Pyromorphite (1981 find - excellent)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Calcite (rare style - old classic locale)
Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just District, Cornwall, England
11.0 x 7.5 x 7.4 cm
Tetrahedrite ps. After Bournonite (RARE) Soregaroli Coll.
Colavi Mine, Machacamarca District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.8 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
V-twinned Cerussite (1930s - classic Arizona) ex Art Montgomery
Mammoth-St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona
1.9 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
Mimetite w/ Wulfenite (2013 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Brucite (2015 find)
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.4 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Rosasite (2009 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.3 x 5.1 x 3.1 cm
Cyclically-twinned Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.2 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Valentinite (2016 find)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.6 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Bi-colored Smithsonite (classic locale)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
11.5 x 10.3 x 6.1 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. After Calcite (classic locale)
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Macedonia Dept., Greece
6.4 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Cerussite (Milton Lavers Coll.)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
10.0 x 9.8 x 5.4 cm
Fluorite (RARE - 2015 find)
Shijiangshan mine, Chifeng Pref., Inner Mongolia, China
8.8 x 7.7 x 6.0 cm
Polished Nuummite slab (rare)
Nuummite localities, Nuuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
8.7 x 7.1 x 2.2 cm
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite & Pyrite
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
4.9 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Andradite Garnet (ex Obodda)
Dashkesan Co-Fe deposit, Dashkesan, Azerbaijan
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Andradite Garnet (unusual color) and Celestine on Hausmannite (Charlie Key)
Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.5 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
Arsenopyrite (Sanabria Coll.)
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
11.4 x 9.6 x 8.4 cm
Aragonite flos ferri (rare locale) Sanabria Coll.
Setares Mine, Otanes, Cantabria, Spain
18.9 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm
Topaz fragments (Colorado)
Tarryall Mts, Park Co., Colorado
3.7 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm (Largest of 15)
Bi-colored Fluorite w/ Strontianite & Chalcopyrite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
8.6 x 6.3 x 3.6 cm
Rutile ps. After Anatase
Anatase-rutile occurrence, Cuiaba, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.1 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
DT bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Cleavelandite (Strauss Coll.)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Rich Nagyagite (Type Locality - old)
Sacarimb (Nagyag), Hunedoara Co., Romania
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Spinel-twinned Fluorite (fluorescent) Charlie Key
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
7.8 x 6.7 x 2.9 cm
Chrysocolla
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
14.3 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm
Large Amethyst scepter w/ Schorl (rare) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.7 x 7.0 x 6.7 cm
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