Fine Mineral Auction - Aug 16, 2019

The biggest mix of old classic minerals from old mineral collections - all at Auction!  You'll pieces from newly acquired collections such as Shields Flynn (TSUMEB! & ERONGO!) and Bill Logan (RHODOCHROSITE) as well as Steve Smale (CHINA!). We are releasing more material from Burgess and Robertson collections of old classics, as well - Look for a great mix of specimens you'd expect to see at retail prices at shows!

This week's selection includes:

1. Large Chinese MALACHITE

2. Superb BROOKITE from Magnet Cove

3. Fine and rich Touissit AZURITE

4. Superb large TOURMALINE & QUARTZ from Stak Nala

5 Excellent Broken Hill STOLZITE thumbnail

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Large Malachite (rare style - superb)
Tonglushan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
16.3 x 7.7 x 4.7 cm
Rich Cinnabar (classic locale) Sanabria Coll.
Pozo de San Teodoro, Almaden, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
11.3 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (Sanabria Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental, Morocco
9.7 x 7.8 x 5.5 cm
Pyromorphite (1997 find) Sanabria Coll.
San Andres Mine, Espiel, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
7.2 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
Hematite (RARE - old locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Dognecea, Banat Mts, Caras-Severin, Romania
6.3 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Large Quartz w/ Sphalerite (classic locale)
Cabrestante Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
16.5 x 10.8 x 5.0 cm
Rosasite (2010 find)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.8 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (RARE Sweden) W.S. Logan Coll.
Gasgruvan Quarry, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Varmland County, Sweden
4.1 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Calcite w/ sulfides (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
13.2 x 8.2 x 4.1 cm
Proustite w/ Pyrite (rare old classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.7 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Fibrous Sugilite (rare - 2016-17 finds)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.0 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Pyrite & Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent!) ex Obodda
Racracancha mine, Tinyahuarco district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
12.2 x 9.3 x 4.8 cm
Cassiterite (old classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
7.0 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Mimetite var. Campylite (rare old classic) ex Obodda
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, England
6.5 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm
Chabazite (classic locale)
Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
8.8 x 4.7 x 1.8 cm
Azurite (illustrated) Shields Flynn Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (classic locale) David Burgess Coll.
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Almandine Garnet (uncommon locale)
Thackaringa Station, Thackaringa District, New South Wales, Australia
8.8 x 6.8 x 5.9 cm
Fluorite (classic Indiana - fluorescent)
May Stone and Sand Quarry, Allen Co., Indiana
5.3 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (RARE Montana) W.S. Logan Coll.
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District, Granite Co., Montana
5.4 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Fluorite (famous 1988 find - cherry-red fluorescence!)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Calcite stalactite (rare style - classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
11.7 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Millerite on Calcite (rare - old) Hintze & Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
9.1 x 8.0 x 4.3 cm
Fluorapatite & Siderite (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
6.3 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Siderite on Chalcopyrite (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
5.5 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Lepidolite crystal
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Floater pink Dolomite w/ Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
4.9 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm