AFTER-TUCSON MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM OLD COLLECTIONS - end Thursday March 8, 2018

ends Thursday Mar. 8, 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 matrix CARROLLITE
2. Gem TOPAZ from Virgem da Lapa
3. EPIDOTE from the TYPE LOCALITY!
4. Unusual TOURMALINE from the Himalaya Mine
5. Gem Swiss SMOKY QUARTZ gwindel
6. Rare Tiger DIABOLEITE, HYDROCERUSSITE & CERUSSITE
7. AQUAMARINE and SMOKY QUARTZ from Klein Spitzkopje
8. BIXBYITE from the Wessels Mine & large Swiss MAGNETITE !
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Unusual Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
5.3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Andradite Garnet (classic Arizona)
Stanley Butte area, Santa Teresa Mts, Graham Co., Arizona
3.0 x 1.9 z 1.8 cm
Epidote (rare! Type Locality) Robertson Coll.
Bourg dOisans, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
7.5 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Tetrahedrite, Quartz & Sphalerite (Zerfass Coll.)
Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Lima Department, Peru
14.3 x 9.8 x 4.8 cm
Gem DT Smoky Quartz gwindel (rare) Robertson Coll.
Felli Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
5.2 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm
Adularia w/ Quartz (rare Arkansas combo)
Hamilton Hill Mine, Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas
8.2 x 6.4 x 6.1 cm
Gem Topaz (164 grams) Bedogne Coll.
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.2 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
Dyscrasite (old - Type Locality) Robertson Coll.
Wenzel Mine, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
4.0 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Double terminated Diopside (rare)
Alp Schwarzenstein, Ziller Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Smaltite (Skutterudite) (OLD - rare) Robertson Coll.
Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
6.3 x 4.9 x 2.8 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver (Robertson Coll.)
Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
6.5 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Titanite, Epidote, Adularia, etc (RARE Swiss combo) Robertson Coll.
Grossvenediger northwest slope, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
11.5 x 5.6 x 3.4 cm
Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite on Cuprite & Copper (Belsky Coll.)
Ray Mine, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona
5.8 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
Hemimorphite (Robertson Coll.)
79 Mine, Hayden, Gila Co., Arizona
7.2 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Sharp Carrollite on matrix (New Find)
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
8.5 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
Gold nugget (rare locale) - 4.68 grams
"Secret" Creek, Downieville, Sierra Co., California
1.1 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm
Zircon on Smoky Quartz (excellent combo) ex Bedogne
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
5.6 x 3.6 x 1.9 cm
Hauyne var Lazurite
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
14.7 x 8.2 x 6.8 cm
Mimetite (one time 1998-99 finds) ex Bedogne Coll.
Guatomo('Hat Yai') Mine, Tham Thalu, Yala Province, Thailand
12.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 cm
Datolite w/ Apophyllite & Goethite
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
7.8 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Copper cast of wood mine timber (rare)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
8.8 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver & Arsenic
Pohla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
6.8 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Calcite (fluorescent!) Robertson Coll.
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
7.5 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Malachite ps. After Cuprite (old classic) ex Obodda
Chessy, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
1.5 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Heliodor-tipped Aquamarine xls (rare - Charlie Key)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (Largest of 3)
Benitoite incl. w/ Crossite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
2.0 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm (largest of 3)
Gem DT Aquamarine xls
Guaratinga (former Jaqueto), Bahia, Brazil
3.9 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm (largest of 4)
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