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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Gemmy bi-colored Fluorite w/ hydrocarbons (ex Larry Krause Coll.)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
8.5 x 7.3 x 5.1 cm
Opal (rare locale)
Badin, Zvolen Co., Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
10.7 x 7.8 x 6.7 cm
Calcite
San Vicente Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
9.3 x 6.0 x 5.1 cm
Large Celestine
Sakoany deposit, Boeny Region, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
10.8 x 9.0 x 6.8 cm
DT Smoky Quartz (New Find)
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14.0 x 6.4 x 3.7 cm
Wulfenite (old classic)
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mezica, Slovenia
9.0 x 8.8 x 5.7 cm
Powellite (fluorescent) & Stilbite
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
5.8 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Xenotime-(Y) incl. w/ Rutile (2008 find)
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
2.3 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Rhodochrosite and Tetrahedrite
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Herkimer Quartz "diamond" cluster (excellent)
Middleville, Herkimer County, New York
7.8 x 7.3 x 3.9 cm
Skeletal Amethyst/Smoky Quartz scepter
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.8 x 6.1 x 5.6 cm
Bi-colored Baryte (classic locale)
Baia Sprie Mine, Maramures Co., Romania
8.6 x 5.7 x 4.9 cm
Calcite in Dolomite geode (RARE Kentucky)
Sloans Valley, Pulaski Co., Kentucky
9.7 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite
Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
7.3 x 6.8 x 3.2 cm
Hemimorphite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.1 x 7.8 x 3.1 cm
Sulvanite (rare sulfosalt) & Calcite ex Joseph Pfeifer Coll.
Thorpe Hills, Mercur District, Tooele Co., Utah
5.9 x 4.7 x 1.5 cm
Heterogenite w/ Primary Malachite
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
6.1 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Large Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
17.0 x 12.2 x 5.3 cm
Fluorite w/ Plumbogummite (RARE combo & locale) Matioli Coll.
Mina da Fluoral, Cocal do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
14.3 x 9.7 x 4.6 cm
Aragonite (fluorescent! - RARE) Bonisoli Coll.
Cianciana Mines, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
7.2 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Gemmy large Scapolite xl (fluorescent)
Marble occurrence, Morogoro, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
7.3 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm
Calcite (classic locale)
Shullsburg, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin
9.4 x 9.1 x 5.3 cm
Hematite "iron roses" (classic locale)
Fibbia, Central St Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
5.8 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Polished Tourmaline slices (Strauss Coll.)
Madagascar and Brazil
2.7 x 2.5 x 0.2 cm (largest of 3)
Gemmy Tourmaline xls (Strauss Coll.)
Brazil and Afghanistan
3.4 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm (largest of 3)
Kimberlite (rare and rare locale) St. Mockel and Howard Coll.
Zimny Bereg District, Arkhangel'skaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
7.8 x 7.0 x 2.2 cm
Azurite (old - unusual style)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
10.5 x 9.1 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite, Quartz & Pyrite
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
6.9 x 5.0 x 2.3 cm
Chrysocolla ex Obodda
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
2.9 x 2.6 x 0.9 cm
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