FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Aug 17th, 2017

Ends Thursday, August 17th, 2017
at 6:45 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. Historic and significant SYNTHETIC QUARTZ specimen (ex Motorola Laboratories)
2. A beautiful and showy ANGLESITE on matrix from Broken Hill, Australia
3. Fine quality, deep emerald green crystallized BROCHANTITE from the Shattuck Mine in Bisbee, Arizona
4. A classic VANADINITE specimen from the Old Yuma Mine in Arizona that was PICTURED in the MINERALOGICAL RECORD!
5. An attractive and rare gemmy "Star of David" twinned SPINEL crystal from Myanmar (Burma)
6. Rarities include, SUSSEXITE, PARAVAUXITE, ZANAZZIITE, CANAVESITE, and GOLDMANITE
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Prehnite
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu County, Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
7.2 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm
Natrolite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
14.4 x 10.6 x 5.3 cm
Anglesite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
4.3 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Erythrite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.6 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
4.4 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.0 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Chrysoberyl (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
2.5 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Calcite
Wallis, Switzerland
6.2 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Celestine
Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
2.1 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Olmiite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality)
4.6 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Arsenopyrite with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite (ex Paul Zerfass Collectio)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
7.0 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
4.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Aragonite (var: Igloite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
7.1 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Aquamarine (unusual fluorescence!) with Muscovite
Huya Village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Cavansite with Stilbite
Wagholi, Poona, India
6.1 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor) (douby-terminated)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.0 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Ruby Spinel ("Star of David" Twin)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)
0.5 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Mimetite (var: Campylite) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, North and Western Region (Cumberland), Cumbria, England
6.2 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Fluorapatite (hollow)
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite on Barite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
8.2 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Brochantite (good quality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
5.3 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Stellerite with Laumontite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Garrawilla Station, Pottinger Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.2 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Chabazite with Heulandite
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Stannite with Zinkenite (rare)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
2.9 x 2.4 x 0.4 cm
Wulfenite
Mobile Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark County, Nevada
10.8 x 7.9 x 4.3 cm
Barite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Muddy Creek, tributary of Crater Creek, Rio Grande County, Colorado
5.0 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm
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