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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Cobaltoan Calcite
Concepcion del Oro, Mun. de Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
4.1 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Amazonite
near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
2.2 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Magnetite with Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite (rare)
David Mosiah Claim, Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
14.5 x 6.8 x 3.7 cm
Quartz with iron coating / inclusions
Boylston Quarry, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
6.1 x 2.6 x 0.4 cm
Calcite on Sphalerite
Black Rock Quarry, Lawrence County Zinc District, Lawrence County, Arkansas
2.4 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Wulfenite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Prehnite on Pectolite
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
6.7 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Barite with Siderite and Galena (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
White Raven Mine, Boulder County, Colorado
10.2 x 9.3 x 3.4 cm
Tourmaline (ex George English and Phil Scalisi)
Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California
3.1 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Quartz
Goscheneralp, Gsschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
5.3 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Rhodochrosite
Wutong (Wudong) Mine, Liubao ("Babu"), Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
3.6 x 2.2 x 0.7 cm
Chrysocolla (Eilat Stone)
Timna Valley, north of Eilat, Arabah, Israel
11.6 x 7.3 x 4.7 cm
Fluorite with Dolomite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
4.7 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Pyromorphite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
San Luis Mine, San Jose, Mun. de Guazapares, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Calcite (GEM quality)
Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
2.1 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Lazulite (great quality)
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
3.5 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Aragonite
Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.6 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Prehnite (ex Obodda)
Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Pyrolusite / Manganite
Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga County, Michigan
8.3 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Danburite (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
6.7 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Gold
Olinghouse District, Washoe County, Nevada
0.4 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Siderite on Pyrite with Stannite
Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
"Star" Muscovite
Jenipapo Mine, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.3 x 7.2 x 3.2 cm
Thomsonite (rare) on Stilbite
Aurangabad forest, near Nasik, Maharahstra State, India
9.5 x 6.2 x 3.3 cm
Adularia (GEMMY!) (ex Herb Obodda Collection)
Hashupa (Hashupi), Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
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