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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Barite (GEM quality)
Brukkaros Complex, Berseba Townlands, Keetmanshoop District, Karas Region, Namibia
2.3 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Stibnite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
8.6 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Prehnite (ex Obodda)
Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
3.6 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
6.2 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Paravauxite with Vauxite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality for Both Species)
3.2 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Smithsonite
Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion (Laurion) District, Attiki (Attika) Prefecture, Greece
6.2 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Goldmanite (rare garnet species)
Rybnucek, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 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
8.7 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Tugtupite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilumaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
5.7 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Mottramite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.3 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
Zanazziite (very rare)
Murundu mine, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Canavesite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Brosso Mine, Calea, Lessolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy (Type Locality)
7.5 x 5.1 x 2.6 cm
Cuprite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.3 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
Montebrasite (twin) (rare)
Fazenda Pomarolli, Linupolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.3 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite (twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Durham, England
1.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Stilbite (rare color)
Moore's Station Quarry, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
6.0 x 5.8 x 2.1 cm
Stibnite
La Salvadora mine, Oruro, Bolivia
7.3 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Fossil Calcite
Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Copper ("spinel twin")
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
3.2 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Sussexite (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Franklin mine, Sussex County, New Jersey
2.1 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Siderite with clay "stripe" inclusions
Machacamarca, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
7.8 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Cuprite (var: Chalcotrichite)
Teniente Mine (Braden Mine), El Teniente, Rancagua, Cachapoal Province, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Chile
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Turquoise
Kingman, Hualapai Mts, Mohave County, Arizona
1.7 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Arsentsumebite (rare) (ex Matioli)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
4.6 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Andradite Garnet (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Bandar-Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Vanadinite (ex George Godas Collection) (Illustrated in the Mineralogical Record)
Old Yuma Mine (Yuma Mine), Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima County, Arizona
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
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