FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end Aug 10th, 2017

Ends Thursday, August 10th, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with new material we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. You'll even find a few fossils, carving and gemstones mixed in every now and then. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with dealers' inventories. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Rare & superb large BETEKHTINITE
2. Fine gem bi-colored TOURMALINE (1980s)
3. Specimens from the Paul Zerfass Collection
4. Excellent Tsumeb LEADHILLITE
5. Classic and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection
6. Rare large matrix Herkimer QUARTZ "diamond
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Native Iron polished slab (rare - Type Locality) ex Bedogne Coll.
Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland
5.0 x 4.4 x 0.7 cm
Native Antimony slab (old CA - 1926) Mitch Gunnell & Kay Robertson Coll.
Tom Moore Mine, Erskine Creek deposits, Kern Co., California
7.2 x 4.0 x 1.3 cm
Pyromorphite on Quartz (self-collected by Paul Zerfass)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
12.6 x 11.5 x 4.0 cm
DT Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
8.4 x 7.3 x 6.1 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
6.1 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Rosasite on Smithsonite (Steve Pullman & Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) & Apophyllite (old classic) Tom Wolfe Coll.
St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
8.3 x 7.4 x 3.9 cm
strange, large Thenardite/Halite stalactite (rare Arizona locale)
Camp Verde Salt Mine, Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona
18.5 x 7.7 x 7.4 cm
Matrix Herkimer Quartz "diamond" w/ Marcasite & Dolomite (rare combo)
Treasure Mountain Diamond mine, Little Falls, Herkimer Co., New York
11.5 x 7.8 x 7.6 cm
Anglesite, Fluorite (fluorescent), Galena & Quartz (RARE old combo) Dr Phillips Coll
Haus Baden Mine, Sehringen, Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
8.9 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm
Calcite (RARE - fluorescent) w/ Feldspar & Muscovite ex Obodda
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
18.1 x 13.5 x 6.1 cm
Azurite rosette (RARE - old) ex Univ. of Arizona & Kay Robertson Coll.
Chino Mine (Santa Rita Mine), Grant Co., New Mexico
3.1 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Vanadinite (Zerfass Coll.)
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.4 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Anapaite rough & cut set
Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm (Largest of 2)
Chalcopyrite, Siderite & Calcite (B Phillips Coll.)
Hezhang County, Bijie Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
13.0 x 8.5 x 3.4 cm
Large Gold specimen ( Phillips Coll.)
Olinghouse District, Washoe County, Nevada
17.6 x 8.7 x 7.5 cm
Pyromorphite & Cerussite (Zerfass Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
6.4 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Large iridescent Chalcopyrite
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
13.7 x 9.9 x 3.7 cm
Muscovite (Terry Ledford personal Coll.)
Rist Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina
6.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 cm
Dravite Tourmaline rough & cut set
Jajarkot District, Bheri Zone, Nepal
1.6 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm (Largest of 2)
Stibiconite ps. After Stibnite (classic locale) ex Kay Robertson Coll.
Wadley, Mun. de Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
12.3 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm
Amethyst rough & cut set
Santa Margarita Mine, Amatitlan, Guerrero, Mexico and Zambia
5.6 x 4.7 x 1.5 cm (Largest of 2)
Drusy Quartz on Calcite (rare form)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
10.9 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Large Betekhtinite (rare & superb) & Quartz (Rene Triebl Coll. & ex Obodda)
Dzhezkazgan mining district, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
18.5 x 10.7 x 4.9 cm
Leadhillite (ex Marty Zinn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.8 x 2.6 x 1.0 cm
Vanadinite on Calcite (classic Mexico) John Sinkankas Coll.
San Carlos Mine, San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.5 x 9.5 x 3.7 cm
Gem bi-colored Tourmaline (old classic)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
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