TUCSON-SHOWTIME FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - Ends Thursday Feb 6th, 2020

TUCSON-SHOWTIME FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS   - Ends Thursday Feb 6th, 2020

 

This week's pre-TUCSON Show auction features great selection of minerals including classic species / localities along with gem crystals, contemporary beauties and rare minerals from around the world.   Look for pieces from important collections that include things seldom seen for sale on a  retail market! We dove back into the classics collections we have purchased over the years for some fresh choices for you !

Highlights this week include:

1. Classic Bisbee MALACHITE in CALCITE

 

2. Selection of large specimens including SPINEL, KYANITE,

FLUORITE and PREHNITE

 

3. Huge Indonesia CHALCEDONY stalactite

 

4. Important Vietnam PURPLE SPINEL

 

5. Superb HEULANDITE & STILBITE from the Steve Neely Collection

 

6. Large Sepon Mine MALACHITE

 

7.Alaska EPIDOTE with rare Japan-law twin QUARTZ

 

8. Rare , important Indian GOOSECREEKITE XLS

 

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"3 fingered" Malachite stalactite
Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
10.1 x 9.3 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $217
Pectolite (rare pink - classic New Jersey)
Millington Quarry, Basking Ridge, Somerset Co., New Jersey
11.8 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Hematite ps. After Calcite (old - RARE) van Tichelen Coll.
Eibenstock, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
8.2 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $775
Gemmy purple-cap Indicolite Tourmaline (18 grams)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazi
6.1 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $380
Chrysoprase (new find)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Aragonite "star" floater
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
3.1 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Cuboctahedral Fluorite on Quartz
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
11.3 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Mottramite (classic locale - 2011 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.5 x 7.0 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Huge Chalcedony stalactites (2010 find)
Java Island, Indonesia
34.1 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Large Epidote w/ Japan-law twin Quartz (RARE)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
15.2 x 12.5 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Vanadinite (rich color)
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco
4.7 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Epidote (unusual form - 2011 find)
Maldeen, Ras Koh Mts, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.8 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Doubly terminated Vivianite (rare style) ex Menezes
Jocao pegmatite (Cigana claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Calcite incl. w/ Malachite (classic locale)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
9.3 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Baryte "roses" (Oklahoma State Rock)
Lake Thunderbird area, Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma
11.7 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Large, important Goosecreekite (rare) xls in geode
Pandulena Hills, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
12.5 x 9.3 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Large Kyanite w/ Quartz
Barra do Salinas district, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15.4 x 7.7 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Large Prehnite w/ Epidote and Stilbite (rare)
Bendougou village, Commune Diakon, Kayes Region, Mali
11.3 x 7.5 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Bentorite (Type Locality) w/ Portlandite (both RARE)
Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel
8.7 x 6.0 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Fibrous Sugilite (rare - 2016 finds)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
3.8 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Calcite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.9 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Malachite (old uncommon locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Brendon Hills, Somerset, England
8.1 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $56
Phosgenite w/ Cerussite (classic locale)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Agate geode
Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.8 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Large "ball" Lepidolite
Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.5 x 11.0 x 9.7 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Large Fluorite (2 generations - rare 2016 find)
Yiwu Co., Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
19.3 x 11.7 x 8.5 cm
Winning Bid: $280
DT twinned Calcite xls (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
10.5 x 7.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $101
"Pumpkin" Calcite (NEW FIND 2019)
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei, China
8.2 x 5.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $177
Large, Important purple Spinel on Marble
Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam
13.0 x 8.5 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $199
Hematite & Rutile in Quartz (RARE combo - October, 2017)
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.5 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130