FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end April 13th, 2017

Ends Thursday, April 13th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with plenty of new discoveries 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. Of course we have plenty of pieces from the famous and historic Willard Wulff collection, along with dealers' inventories and other private collections that we're liquidating. 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. An unusually colored DRAVITE TOURMALINE crystal with a blue cat's eye termination from Mwajanga, Tanzania
2. Fine quality, very gemmy deep red "Ruby Silver" PYRARGYRITE from Fresnillo, Mexico
3. Beautiful gemmy green FLUORAPATITE with "Byssolite" inclusions from Ganadao, Pakistan
4. A hard to find GOLD on QUARTZ from the Timmins area, Ontario, Canada
5. Gemmy blue TOPAZ crystal from Massangana, Ariquemes, Brazil
6. Rarities include: MACKAYITE, ZUNYITE, PUCHERITE, HETEROSITE, NATROCHALCITE and MESSELITE
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Cassiterite with Siderite and Quartz
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Fossil Brain Coral
Assa Zag, Morocco
7.3 x 6.0 x 1.8 cm
Malachite (2,177 grams)
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
18.8 x 12.7 x 6.3 cm
Calcite with Marcasite (ex Ludlum Collection)
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri
6.2 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Dravite (unique color and cat's eye crystal)
Mwajanga, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.7 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Scapolite
Morogoro Region, Tanzania
1.7 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Epidote with Diopside
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
3.5 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Ruby
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
1.0 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Valentinite (2011 find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.3 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Azurite
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
1.5 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Fluorite with Hydrocarbon inclusions
Emilio Mine, Lorone, Obdulia vein, Colunga District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
3.6 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
Aurichalcite with Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimu, Mun. de Mapimu, Durango, Mexico
14.3 x 7.2 x 6.8 cm
Heulandite (gemmy)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
4.1 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Malachite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
8.3 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Aragonite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
11.3 x 6.2 x 6.0 cm
Spessartine on Albite
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
6.2 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Fluorapatite included with "Byssolite" (new find)
Ganadao (Gandahab), Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
2.4 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Ammonite (var: Ammolite)
Ambato-Boeni District, Boeny Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province, Madagascar
3.2 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm
Quartz with Rutile inclusions
Dalbandin, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
2.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Amethyst "Flower"
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil
11.5 x 7.9 x 2.6 cm
Chamosite ("Thuringite") pseudomorph after Almandine
Michigamme Mine, Michigamme, Marquette iron range, Marquette County, Michigan
3.8 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Red Quartz
Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.8 x 7.5 x 4.2 cm
Rhodochrosite
Wutong (Wudong) Mine, Liubao ("Babu"), Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
2.6 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm
Epidote (unusual habit)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
4.6 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
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