FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end June 22nd, 2017

Ends Thursday, June 22nd, 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. Worldwide classics from the Kay Robertson collection!
2. A showy and aesthetic matrix specimen of gemmy AXINITE-(Fe) from Pakistan
3. A SUPERB, LARGE and HISTORIC piece of SYNTHETIC QUARTZ from Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey
4. Excellent rich green gemmy ANDRADITE (DEMANTOID) GARNET crystals on matrix from Madagascar
5. GEMMY twinned crystals of golden DOLOMITE with GEM MAGNESITE from Brumado, Brazil
6. An unusual and attractive piece of crystallized GOETHITE from Colorado forming and interesting "cast"
7. Rarities include BELYANKINITE, MCNEARITE, SCHMIEDERITE, APACHITE with RUIZITE, and PINAKIOLITE!
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Axinite-(Fe)
Khapalu (Khaplu), Ganache District (Ghanche District), Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
7.4 x 7.2 x 6.3 cm
Topaz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Ruby Mountain, near Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Scapolite
Morogoro Region, Tanzania
1.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Whiteite-(CaFeMg) (ex American Museum of Natural History)
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Brucite (fine color)
Balochistan, Pakistan
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Goethite (fine quality) "cast" after Calcite(?)
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
3.4 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Brookite
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
1.1 x 0.7 x 0.1 cm
Fluorite (new find)
Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
10.7 x 8.8 x 6.3 cm
Prehnite ("cast" after Anhydrite)
Lane & Son Traprock Quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
9.8 x 8.8 x 3.3 cm
Hematite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Cerussite with Anglesite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
7.0 x 5.0 x 4.6 cm
Heulandite with Prehnite on Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
5.0 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Malachite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
3.5 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Petrified Wood
Madagascar
5.6 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm
Aquamarine
Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
3.4 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Colemanite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
U.S. Borax open pit, U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern County, California
7.8 x 7.2 x 3.6 cm
Andradite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Garnet Hill Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California
5.2 x 3.0 x 1.2 cm
Anatase (ex Obodda)
Taftan, near Dalbandi, Baluchistan, Pakistan
2.7 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Chalcocite (twinned) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Pyrite Concretion
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
8.3 x 7.2 x 5.4 cm
Topaz
Teixerinha mine, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Barite (gemmy)
Brukkaros Complex, Berseba Townlands, Keetmanshoop District, Karas Region, Namibia
3.0 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Smoky Quartz "casts" after Laumontite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Smoky Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection - collected Wulff)
Daniels Ranch, near Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
8.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Red Quartz
Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.8 x 9.3 x 5.7 cm
Titanite (twin)
Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.7 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm
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