FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end February 23rd, 2017

Ends Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

Back from Tucson with a great mix of old classics, contemporary treats along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals 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 cool old time RHODOCHROSITE (circa 1940s-1950s) from the Sweet Home Mine
2. Beautiful and aesthetic, fine quality crystallized COPPER from Kazakhstan
3. LARGE crystals of ANDORITE from the famous find in 2004 in Bolivia
4. GOLD on QUARTZ from Timmins, Ontario, Canada
5. A rarely seen matrix specimen of green GROSSULAR from Utah
6. A NEWLY MINED specimen of beautiful emerald green DIOPTASE from Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
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Rhodochrosite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Sweet Home Mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
1.2 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Indicolite Tourmaline
Cruzeiro mine, Sa£o Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Pyrite with Siderite (classic material)
Mesage Mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Mesage, Vizille, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Dioptase (new find)
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
5.7 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite
Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois
7.0 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Azurite (polished nodule)
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
4.9 x 4.6 x 1.6 cm
Laguna Agate (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Estacion Ojo Laguna, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.7 x 5.7 x 4.9 cm
Coal / Lignite ("Jet") (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Fountain Valley, near Fort Carston, El Paso County, Colorado
9.0 x 5.1 x 1.2 cm
Cinnabar
Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
6.0 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Aquamarine (39.60 carats)
Itatiaia mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Halite on Trona
Owens Lake, Inyo County, California
7.5 x 7.2 x 3.8 cm
Smithsonite (classic material)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
5.2 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Galena (ex Willard Wulff Collection - self collected by Wulff)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
7.0 x 5.4 x 6.1 cm
Brochantite
Bou Beker (Bou Bekker; Bou Becker), Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
9.3 x 9.2 x 5.6 cm
Amethyst
Jackson Crossroads, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Calcite ("rosette") included with Actinolite
Huanggang Mine (Huanggangliang Mine), Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
3.2 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Wulfenite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
2.7 x 2.6 x 0.7 cm
Almandine (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Sedalia Copper Mine, north of Salida, Chaffee Coounty, Colorado
3.2 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Quartz / Amethyst Geode with Calcite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Las Choyas, Mun. de Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.8 x 9.0 x 4.6 cm
Franklinite on Calcite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Franklin mine, Sussex County, New Jersey
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Aragonite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
6.2 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Calcite (iron-included)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
7.8 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Barite on Fluorite
Xiefang Mine, Ruijin Co., Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
11.2 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Monazite-(Ce) (color change twinned crystals!) with Hubnerite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Beryl (var: "Helidor") (20.54 carata)
Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Calcite (Manganoan)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
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