FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end July 20th, 2017

Ends Thursday, July 20th, 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. A fine quality and aesthetic intense blue, highly lustrous AZURITE from Touissit, Morocco
2. Selected Mexican and worldwide specimens from the collection of Dr. Miguel Romero!
3. Beautiful large clove purple colored crystals of AXINITE-(Fe) with Adularia from Pakistan
4. Rare and colorful "RAINBOW" ANDRADITE Garnet from Japan
5. A rarely seen specimen of the new and unusual "BLOOD VESSEL" OPAL from Mexico
6. Captivating blue CUPRIAN SMITHSONITE from the Hilarion Mine, in Lavrion, Greece
7. Rarities include GREIFENSTEINITE, GALENOBISMUTITE, ZINCWOODWARDITE (from the type locality), NAUJAKASITE and ALUMOTUNGSITE (aluminium-rich variety of Hydrokenoelsmoreite)
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Azurite (fine quality)
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
4.8 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Dolomite (GEM twins) on Quartz
Pomba pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.6 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Vesuvianite (Manganoan)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Topaz
Durango, Mexico
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
3.6 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Malachite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
4.6 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Aegirine with Feldspar
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
5.5 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Copper
Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
2.8 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Aquamarine
Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Agate
Durango, Mexico
5.6 x 4.2 x 0.6 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) with Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite (var: "Staffelite")
Valec (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
12.3 x 7.8 x 7.2 cm
Dioptase
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Prehnite
Lane & Son Traprock Quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Barite with drusy Quartz
Sugarbowl Pocket, Murray Mine, Independence Mountains District, Elko County, Nevada
8.3 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Hauyne (var Lazurite) (Lapis) (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Wardite
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Almandine (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Sedalia Copper Mine, north of Salida, Chaffee Coounty, Colorado
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Smithsonite (Cuprian)
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine], Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attiku Prefecture, Greece
11.2 x 9.2 x 7.8 cm
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (new find)
Smara, Es-Semara Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Aquamarine
Nyet-Bruk, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
1.2 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Azurite with Malchite
Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Andradite with Epidote and Diopside
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
6.2 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Brookite (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas
2.4 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Calcite Geodes (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Beaver Creek, near Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming
5.7 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm to 2.7 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Gypsum with "hourglass" sand inclusions
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
5.3 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm
Calcite
Hyde County, North Carolina
15.2 x 10.8 x 6.7 cm
"Rainbow" Andradite
Kohse Mine, Tenkawa village, Yoshino-gun, Nara Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Augelite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
7.7 x 6.2 x 1.3 cm
Aquamarine (GEM Quality)
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
5.5 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
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