FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end June 29th, 2017

Ends Thursday, June 29th, 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. One of the NEW and EXCITING PURPLE QUARTZ / CHALCEDONY / AGATE specimens from Indonesia
2. A showy and aesthetic matrix specimen of gemmy golden BARITE from the Meikle Mine in Nevada
3. Rare and unusual BIG specimen of STILBITE on MICA SCHIST from the Thomaston Dam railroad cut in Connecticut
4. Classic old specimen of beautiful blue-green CHALCOPHYLLITE on matrix from Cornwall, England
5. A superb quality matrix display specimen of AZURITE from Tsumeb
6. Wonderful "cogwheel"-shaped groups of metallic BOURNONITE on matrix from Bolivia
7. An interesting and unusual pseudomorph / replacement of QUARTZ after TOURMALINE from Brazil
8. A rarely seen FLUORESCENT BERYL specimen on matrix from Pingwu, China
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Purple Quartz (var: Chalcedony / Agate)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
11.3 x 5.4 x 3.7 cm
Gold
Greenwood District, Northwest Segment Mother Lode, Mother Lode Belt, El Dorado County, California
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.2 cm
Azurite (ex Leigh Price Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
6.2 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Opal
Opal Butte, Morrow County, Oregon
4.3 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm
Barite
Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada
6.8 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Tourmaline (partially replaced by Quartz) with Lepidolite
Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Halite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico
7.1 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Amazonite (ex Willard Wulff Collection - collected Wulff)
Crystal Peak, near Florrisant, Teller County, Colorado
4.3 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm
Pyrargyrite
Porco, Agua de Castilla, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.3 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Aquamarine
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
5.2 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Stilbite on Schist (rare) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston Dam, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut
14.7 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Vanadinite on Barite
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.6 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Azurite with Cerussite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Indiana Mine (Homestake Mine), Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima County, Arizona
2.8 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
4.6 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Sapphire (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Helena area, Spring Hill District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana
0.6 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
Bournonite ("cogwheels") on Pyrite
Viboras Section, Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
10.0 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Cavansite with Stilbite
Wagholi, Poona, India
4.0 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Banded Agate (matched set) (685 carats)
Botswana
7.2 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm and 6.1 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz on Microcline
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
5.2 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite (rare locale)
Santa Rosa, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Schorl
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.2 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Corundum (var: Ruby)
Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
1.2 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Smoky Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
8.8 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Malachite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
6.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Fluorapatite
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Vanadinite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Castle Dome, Yuma County, Arizona
3.8 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
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