FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end April 27th, 2017

Ends Thursday, April 27th, 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. A rare "Trapiche" habit RUBY crystal from Myanmar (Burma)
2. Large "Jackstraw" bluish colored ELPIDITE crystals from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
3. A showy and eye-catching blue-green SMITHSONITE from the Refugio Mine, Choix, Mexico
4. Beautiful cabinet display specimen of gemmy multicolor phantom FLUORITE from the Annabel Lee Mine in souther Illinois
5. Wonderful showy rich blue-green colored attractive WAVELLITE from Arkansas
6. Rarities include LUDLOCKITE, GUDMUNDITE, KLEBELSBERGITE, HODRUSITE, COLUSITE and a CHILDRENITE (from the Type Locality)
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Calcite
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Tieshan District, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
8.8 x 8.1 x 1.6 cm
Rosasite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimu, Mun. de Mapimu, Durango, Mexico
3.2 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Ludlockite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
0.6 x 0.2 x 0.1 cm
Cuprian Austinite with Conichalcite (ex Clay Williams Collection)
Middle Pit, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
8.1 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm
Gudmundite (rare)
Kriznica, Pernek, Malacky Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
5.3 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Stokesite (rare)
Urucum Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.0 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Stolzite on Quartz
Padre Viegas (Sumidouro) district, Mariana, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.8 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm
Euchroite (rare) (ex J. N. Trainer Collection)
Svatodusna deposit, Lubietova (Libetbanya; Libethen), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type Locality)
6.6 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Colusite (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
West Colusa Mine, Berkeley Pit, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
5.0 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Childrenite (rare) (ex Herb Obodda Collection)
Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK (Type Locality)
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Sapphire
Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.2 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Malachite with Cerussite
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
6.6 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
Laguna Agate
Chihuahua, Mexico
11.2 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Rhodochrosite
Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.7 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm
Turquoise
Kanatkazgan turquoise deposit, Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite with Galena
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.3 x 8.2 x 6.3 cm
Dravite Tourmaline
Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Australia
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Boulangerite with Marcasite (?) (read description) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Emperius Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado
9.3 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Ruby (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Burma
0.4 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
6.7 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Zincite (recrystallized) (ex Richard Kosnar and Pat Gross Collections)
Friedensville, Saucon Valley, Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
0.3 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.2 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Aragonite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
12.7 x 6.1 x 4.2 cm
Elpidite (big crystals)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
8.8 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Hemimorphite (rare blue color)
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.1 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm
Gypsum with "hourglass" sand inclusions
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
6.6 x 2.0 x 0.6 cm
Klebelsbergite (very rare)
Kremnica (Kremnitz), Ziar nad Hronom Co., Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
3.7 x 2.3 x 0.6 cm
Hodrusite (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Hodrusa-Hamre (Hodritsch), Zarnovica Co., Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type Locality)
4.6 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Kyanite on Quartz
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
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