Announcements
- BILLING CYCLE
BILLING CYCLE (every 2 weeks): Click for details. - BID INCREMENT & LIVE ENDING NOTES
Click here for clarification on Live Endings and Bid increments.
- ID & PASSWORD HELP
Notes about USER ID and new password settings - if you have trouble logging in, or need help troubleshooting, please click here.
Bidding Rules & Regs
Live-Ending Auction & Proxy Bid Rules, click here for more info.Sizes & Measurements
Click here for more info.
Groutite on Petrified Wood (Mullane Coll.) 
Back to WEEKLY MIXED MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - ends July 29
Black Water Mine, Black Mesa Basin, Apache Co., Arizona
- Starting Time:7/22/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
- Ending Time:7/29/2010 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:9.5 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
- Size Description:Small Cabinet
Description:Groutite is a rare manganese oxide. Lustrous needles of groutite, to 3 mm, are richly scatttered on the crest of both sides of the banded, quartz-replaced petrified wood! I have seen just a few specimens of this material before, and in every case it sold immediately - this is rare, hard to obtain material. This sculptural, VERY LARGE specimen for the species is from a remarkable and so far unique find in 1975. A miner who"d worked in the area for years brought in a small lot of specimens to a rock shop owned by Lolette Dalbeck in Ridgecrest, California. Ex Mullane Collection.
