Fine Mineral Auctions from the depths of our Warehouse ! - ends July 9, 2020

The unexpected bonus to being stuck in Dallas through the hot summer and able to go to work all day, is there is more time to go looking for old classics and treasures in the back rooms....here is yet another set featuring a mix of beautiful and important classics from our storage areas of old collections, and things that have long needed to be processed and cleaned. Enjoy many older classic specimens from the Art Soregaroli, Howard Belsky, Josef Vajdak, Cynthia Payne and Raul Sanabria Collections - things not seen in ten years or more.

HIGHLIGHTS:

1. Selection of LARGE CABINET specimens

2. Classic large old Illinois rarities from the Ross Lillie Collection

3. ALMANDINE GARNET from Austra

4. RARE SPECIES from the Josef Vajdak Collection

5. Superb large Indian ZEOLITE specimens including a rare RED APOPHYLLITE

6. a CRAZY, EMERALD & SCHEELITE COMBO from China

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Emerald
Carnaiba mining district, Pindobacu, Bahia, Brazil
4.8 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $433
Vanadinite on Baryte (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.7 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Petrified Wood (classic locale - Triassic - 225 MYA)
nr. Holbrook, Navajo Co., Arizona
12.7 x 9.3 x 7.2 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich w/ Greenockite (RARE - New/old Find)
Yunnan Province, China
13.0 x 8.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $270
large botryoidal "grape" Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
21.2 x 12.1 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Lepidolite w/ Muscovite "window"
Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
21.1 x 11.1 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $122
"Pac-Man" polished Quartz geode ball
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 7.1 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Stellerite, Heulandite & Celadonite (superb - RARE)
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
16.5 x 12.3 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $666
Fluorite (fluorescent)w/ Baryte
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
14.0 x 12.5 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Thenardite & Halite cast/tube
Camp Verde Salt Mine, Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona
15.5 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Large, pseudocubic Fluorapophyllite xl (Nowakowski Coll.)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
9.6 x 8.8 x 8.4 cm
Winning Bid: $200
DT Calcite "rocketship" (fluorescent) Art Soregaroli Coll.
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
9.8 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Red Apophyllite (rare), Stilbite & Mordenite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
11.8 x 10.3 x 9.4 cm
Winning Bid: $527
Calcite w/ Jamesonite inclusions (old classic, ex. Payne Coll.)
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania
4.5 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Skutterudite (RARE xls - historic locale) Josef Vajdak Coll
Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
11.1 x 9.8 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Unusual Doubly-terminated Calcite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
16.3 x 8.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Purpurite (rare old Maine) ex Howard Belsky Coll.
Oxford County, Maine
5.4 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Large Hemimorphite
M'Fouati Mine, M'fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
21.3 x 15.8 x 10.0 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Gem Calcite xls (Cynthia Payne Coll.)
Delta Carbonate quarry, York, York Co., Pennsylvania
5.2 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Dolomite, Apatite & Tourmaline (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
6.8 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Quartz w/ Siderite after Calcite - unusual!
8th Level, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.4 x 10.3 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Colemanite (rare - 2005 find)
Kestelek Mine, Mustafakemalpasa District, Bursa Province, Turkey
11.2 x 7.8 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Wulfenite (uncommon AZ locale) Gary Weaver Coll.
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Turquoise Mining Dist., Cochise County, Arizona
6.4 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $108
Baryte (RARE style from Santa Catalina off of L.A. ! ) Dixon & Wolfe Coll.
Black Jack Mine?, Avalon, SANTA CATALINE ISLAND(!), Los Angeles, California
9.5 x 6.4 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Goethite ps. After Pyrite (rare) Robert Whitmore Coll.
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley, Egypt
4.8 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Epidote (old classic) Howard Belsky Coll.
Sulzer, Prince of Wales Island, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska
4.0 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Baryte (classic Colorado) ex Coil and Zinn Coll.
Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado
7.1 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Pyrite (classic locale)
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
11.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $171
Baryte coated with Drusy Quartz (Gary Weaver Coll.)
6140 Level, 15 Stope, Murray Mine, Elko Co., Nevada
9.3 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Gem Fluorite, Baryte & Quartz (Raul Sanabria Coll.)
La Cabana, Berbes mining area, Asturias, Spain
12.2 x 7.3 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $144