FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION

A 30 piece set with a mix of worldwide minerals including gem crystals, rarities, unusual pieces, classics and display specimens.  Many specimens this week from the newly acquired collection of David Burgess.  

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Gold on Quartz (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Glory Hole (Patch Mine), above Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado
1.1 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Opal (highly colorful) (5.02 carats)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.4 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Aquamarine and white Beryl (interesting bi-colored crystals)
Baha, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
6.3 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy cyclic twins) with rare TOURMALINE association
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite (rare locality specimen - 2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
8.1 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Scheelite on Fluorite
Dongshan Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Topaz (GEM quality) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Silver ('Spinel Twin')
Elura Mine (Endeavor Mine), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
3.3 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Fluorite with Galena on Sphalerite (ex Ross Lillie)
Denton Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
9.7 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex David Burges Collection)
West Roxbury Crushed Stone Quarry, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
6.3 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Calcite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
Fluorvesuvianite (incredibly rare) (great color)
North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Barite
Cerro Warihuyn (Huarihuyn), Miraflores, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department, Peru
10.1 x 7.7 x 7.5 cm
Diaspore (rare color)
Möng Hsu (Monghsu; Maing Hsu), Loilem District (Loilen District), Shan State, Myanmar
0.9 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Amethyst (scepters) with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.7 x 333 x 1.7 cm
Quartz (var: Jacinto de Compostela Quartz) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Chella, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Anglesite (unusual rare habit) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.5 x 0.9 cm
Brucite (attractive color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.7 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm
Titanite with 'Chlorite' on Albite
Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.7 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Dolomite (GEM twins) on Fuchsite
Pomba pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
4.7 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
3.7 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Quartz (rare locality specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut
5.7 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Quartz ("Strawberry" and Smoky scepter)
Andilamena Quartz Quarries, Andranotokana Massif, Andilamena, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar
2.4 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Goethite (great quality) with 'Onegite'
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
5.0 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Aragonite (fine cyclic twins) with Sulfur (ex David Burgess Collection)
Cianciana Mines, Cianciana, Agrigento Province (Girgenti Province), Sicily, Italy
9.8 x 7.8 x 2.8 cm
Ferberite with Muscovite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
9.2 x 6.7 x 3.6 cm
Pseudoboleite (very rare) with (ex David Burgess Collection)
Santa Catalina Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
7.8 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm
Krohnkite (very rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Type Locality)
2.7 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Grandidierite (extremely rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Cap Andrahomana, Analapatsy Commune, Taolanaro District (Fort Dauphin), Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Tulear Province (Toliara), Madagascar (Type Locality)
2.7 x 2.2 x 0.9 cm