FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Aug 3rd, 2017

Ends Thursday, August 3rd, 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. A rare yellow colored BRUCITE specimen from a new discovery in Pakistan
2. Beautiful, sharp, lustrous, fine quality, brilliant orange colored ORPIMENT on matrix from Nevada
3. Rich pink, gemmy, "barrel"-shaped, FLUORAPATITE crystals on MUSCOVITe from Pakistan from the collection of Francesco Bedogné
4. A fine quality, highly lustrous, metallic crystal of silvery CARROLLITE on CALCITE from DR Congo
6. Beautifully crystallized, GEM quality, razor sharp, well-formed SMOKY QUARTZ from Brazil from the Paul Zerfass Collection
7. Rarities include LEITITE with LUDLOCKITE, BARRERITE, CARLETONITE, GUDMUNDITE, Co-bearing PICKERINGITE, VILLAMANINITE, HAWIWEEITE and KARELIANITE
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Carrollite on Calcite
Kamoya South Mine, Kamoya, Kambove, Shaba, Congo
9.3 x 7.2 x 5.7 cm
Topaz
Durango, Mexico
1.5 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Heulandite with Stilbite (new find)
Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India
10.0 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.1 x 6.7 x 2.3 cm
Tourmaline
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
2.3 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
Carletonite on Magnesio-arfvedsonite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.7 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm
Fluorapatite on Muscovite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
9.3 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite ("Cherry Blossom")
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
0.5 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Clinohumite (great color)
Ladjuar Medam (Lajur Madan) Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
1.7 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Calcite ("rosette") included with Actinolite
Huanggang Mine (Huanggangliang Mine), Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
3.5 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Thomsonite (rare) on Stilbite
Aurangabad forest, near Nasik, Maharahstra State, India
6.3 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Aquamarine
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.3 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Barrerite (very rare) (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska
7.4 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Bournonite ("cogwheel") (classic material)
Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
2.3 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Aragonite (classic material)
Los Molinillos - La Vacariza, Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
5.7 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Bastnasite-(Ce) (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan
6.8 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Moldavite
Besednice, Cesky Krumlov, Bohemia, Republic
4.7 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Danburite (rare blue color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Smoky Quartz and Amethyst ("Floater" Scepter Crystal)
Krystal Tips Mine, Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
6.8 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Tourmaline (partially replaced by Quartz and Lepidolite)
Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Chalcopyrite (iridescent)
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri
5.2 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Silver ("Spinel Twin")
Elura Mine (Endeavor Mine), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
2.6 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Diopside ("Faden") (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
5.5 x 1.2 x 0.3 cm
Pyrite
State Bridge area, Eagle County, Colorado
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Aquamarine (rare locality specimen)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
2.2 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Sapphire
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
1.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Siderite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Morro Velho, Nova Lima, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.7 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
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