FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end June 15th, 2017

Ends Thursday, June 15th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with plenty of new discoveries 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. 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. WATER CLEAR "ice cube" habit colorless FLUORITE crystals on PYRRHOTITE from Dal'negorsk, Russia
2. BIG and SHOWY multi-color piece of PETRIFIED WOOD from the Petrified Forest in Arizona
3. A cool partial pseudomorph / replacement of QUARTZ after TOURMALINE from Brazil
4. Great quality rich blue LAZULITE crystals on matrix from Rapid Creek, Canada
5. An OLD TIME TOURMALINE from the Himalaya Mine dating back to the days of George English in the early 20th century!
6. Fine quality, rich crystal group of the ultra-rare sulfosalt FRANCKEITE with ZINKENITE from Bolivia
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Augelite (rare color)
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
2.6 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Franckeite with Zinkenite (rare material)
San Jose mine, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Aquamarine and Morganite (rare bicolor crystals)
Baha, Baltistan, Braldu Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
7.8 x 6.7 x 1.2 cm
Goethite (great quality) on Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
4.6 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
11.3 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Silver ("Spinel Twin")
Elura Mine (Endeavor Mine), Cobar, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia
3.7 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm
Tourmaline (partially replaced by Quartz) with Lepidolite
Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Acanthite (good thumbnail)
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Amethyst
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7.5 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Kernite (rare)
U.S. Borax open pit, U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern County, California
4.3 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
Boracite (rare matrix specimen)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
4.9 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
10.8 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
Smoky Quartz (scepter)
Krystal Tips Mine, Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
5.7 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Epidote with Andradite
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
8.3 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Corundum (var: Ruby)
Jagdalek (Jagdalak), Surobi District, Kabol Province, Afghanistan
1.1 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Pyromorphite (great crystallization)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
3.5 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Montebrasite (rare)
Fazenda Pomarolli, Linupolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.1 x 5.1 x 1.1 cm
Aurichalcite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimu, Mun. de Mapimu, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Opal (highly colorful)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.6 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Calcite ("flower")
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
5.2 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Lavrion (Laurion) District, Attiki (Attika) Prefecture, Greece
5.2 x 5.0 x 2.1 cm
Sphalerite with Pyrite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Idarado Mine, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Laguna Agate
Chihuahua, Mexico
3.6 x 3.2 x 0.2 cm
Dioptase
Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Petrified / Agatized Wood (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Petrified Forest, near the ghost town of Adamana, Apache County, Arizona
13.6 x 9.7 x 8.8 cm
Fluorite on Pyrrhotite
Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
6.7 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
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