AFTER-TUCSON MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM OLD COLLECTIONS - end Thursday Feb. 22, 2018

ends Thursday Feb 22, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We obtained an old East Coast collection just before the Tucson show and left it all at home, to offer on the internet first! Lots of old classics here! See gem crystals, rare species, old USA and German classics, and many good specimens that are hard to find at any price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Fine large Chinese GREEN FLUORITE plate.
2. Crystallized GOLD from the Eagle's Nest Mine.
3. matrix EMERALD specimens.
4. classic PINK FLUORITE on QUARTZ from Chamonix
5. Many classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson, Bedogne & an East Coast collection.
6. Excellent large SPESSARTINE & SMOKY QUARTZ from China.
7. Large & fine large Wessels Mine HEMATITE
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Large Smoky Quartz w/ Spessartine Garnet
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
12.0 x 9.5 x 7.0 cm
Polished Azurite & Malachite (old Morenci)
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
10.4 x 6.8 x 2.0 cm
Gemmy Emerald (classic locale)
Muzo Mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia
6.1 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Spinel macle twinned, (fluorescent) on Marble
Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
7.2 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Large Fluorite (fluorescent - rare 2016 find)
nr. Yiwu City, Yiwu Co., Zhejiang Province, China
20.4 x 19.5 x 3.2 cm
Covellite, Enargite, etc (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
8.0 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
Large Celestine (USA! - Nowakowski Coll.)
Ottawa Silica Company Quarry, Rockwood, Wayne Co., Michigan
11.8 x 7.4 x 4.5 cm
Plumbogummite on Quartz
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
7.7 x 4.9 x 4.3 cm
Datolite, Apophyllite, Prehnite, etc (RARE old combo) Kay Robertson Coll.
Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
8.0 x 6.0 x 5.4 cm
Baryte var. "Oakstone" (old 1800's classic)
Arbor Low, Middleton-and-Smerrill, Derbyshire, England
8.4 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Crystallized Gold (classic locale - 50.96 carats)
Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer Co., California
2.2 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm (Largest of 8)
Beryl (old classic USA locale!)
Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
7.4 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Hematite (excellent, rare matrix specimen for style)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
14.9 x 9.5 x 8.3 cm
Emerald (classic locale) Bedogne Coll.
Leckbachgraben, Nasenkopf, Habach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
8.4 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Chalcostibite (rare) on Quartz (ex Bedogne Coll.)
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramure? Co., Romania
7.2 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Eudialyte - significant, huge xls for species (old classic )
Naujakasik, Tunulliarfik Fjord, Ilimaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Gem Fluorite cubes (classic locale - fluorescent)
Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
7.9 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Ankerite on Quartz (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria
5.7 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
Magnesite w/ Quartz (RARE Switzerland) ex Robertson Coll.
Scaleglia, Disentis, Grischun, Switzerland
5.9 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Azurite in Granite (rare and unusual from K2 Peak!)
Azurite locality, K2, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 4.1 x 2.1 cm
Axinite-(Fe) (old - classic Swiss locale)
Mt Scopi, Medel Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
6.8 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm
Rubyjack Sphalerite (fine old classic) Dr. Gary Hansen Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
7.0 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm
DT twinned Calcite (Bedogne Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
8.7 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Almandine Garnet on Schist w/ Chlorite (classic locale)
Otz valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
9.6 x 8.3 x 5.8 cm
Pink Fluorite on Quartz (classic locale)
Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
8.3 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Fluorite w/ Ankerite (old classic - fluorescent)
Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England
11.6 x 7.4 x 5.3 cm
Chloritoid (RARE - old PA)
Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts
8.7 x 6.6 x 3.2 cm
Gem fluorite cubes w/ Siderite (RARE old classic)
Allenheads Mine, North Pennines, Northumberland, England
8.1 x 5.9 x 5.7 cm
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