FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Aug 24th, 2017
Ends Thursday, August 24th, 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. Beautiful, classic orange PYROMOPRHITE crystals on matrix from the Bunker Hill Mine in Idaho
2. Rarely seen twinned CASSITERITE with TOURMALINE from the Viloco Mine in Bolivia
3. A very gemmy, fine quality, "Alpine"-type APATITE from Pakistan â?" plus another APATITE with green "Byssolite" inclusions from another find in Pakistan
4. A HARD TO FIND HEMATITE specimen from the Kay Robertson Collection from Naica, Mexico!
5. Lovely bi-color blue and colorless "phantom" FLUORITE from a new find in Pakistan
6. A 315 gram light blue color TOPAZ crystal from Brazil from the Paul Zerfass Collection
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. Beautiful, classic orange PYROMOPRHITE crystals on matrix from the Bunker Hill Mine in Idaho
2. Rarely seen twinned CASSITERITE with TOURMALINE from the Viloco Mine in Bolivia
3. A very gemmy, fine quality, "Alpine"-type APATITE from Pakistan â?" plus another APATITE with green "Byssolite" inclusions from another find in Pakistan
4. A HARD TO FIND HEMATITE specimen from the Kay Robertson Collection from Naica, Mexico!
5. Lovely bi-color blue and colorless "phantom" FLUORITE from a new find in Pakistan
6. A 315 gram light blue color TOPAZ crystal from Brazil from the Paul Zerfass Collection