TUCSON SPECIAL FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end February 4th, 2016

Ends February 4th, 2016
at 6:45PM (Central Time Zone)

TWO FULL PAGES of attractive, unique, classic and rare minerals from contemporary and classic worldwide localities. A great mix featuring specimens from our overstocked inventory, liquidations of the many collections we've purchased, and assorted pieces from new finds and classic localities !!

Some of the highlights include:
1. A rare "Trapiche" habit Ruby from Burma
2. A well-formed UN-etched Ametrine crystal from Bolivia
3. Rich pink colored showy Cobaltoan Calcite from the Congo
4. Lovely reddish Calcite from China
5. A classic Romanian display specimen of Dolomite on Quartz
6. An attractive "ball" of Malachite on soft blue Chrysocolla from the Congo
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Quartz
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
8.8 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Ruby (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Burma
0.6 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Leaf Gold
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
0.7 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Pyrargyrite (classic material)
Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Azurite with Malachite (ex Gene Sensel Collection)
Bou Bekker, Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco
9.3 x 6.6 x 2.7 cm
Crocoite
Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Analcime
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Ettringite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.0 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Calcite
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.8 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Goethite (good quality)
Lakeview Lode, Park County, Colorado
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Dioptase
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite
Xianghuapu Mine (Maiwan Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
6.3 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
2.5 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Orpiment
Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt County, Nevada
3.1 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Stibnite (good sized crystals)
Wuling Mine; Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
13.1 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Epidote ("faden") (ex Obodda)
Hachupa (Hashupi), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
6.5 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
Axinite-(Fe)
Bourg d'Oisans, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France (Type Locality)
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
4.1 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Stellerite (good quality) (ex Rich Kosnar collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
8.1 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Prehnite (two colors)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.7 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Creedite (classic material)
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Pyrite "ball"
Yunnan Province, China
2.6 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Amazonite
Konso, Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia
6.6 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Inesite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Calcite on Sphalerite
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.8 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm
Cinnabar
Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite (botryoidal and fluorescent)
North of Canon City, Fremont County Colorado
4.3 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm
Phosphophyllite (very rare)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.4 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
5.2 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
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