FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end June 8th, 2017

Ends Thursday, June 8th, 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. A RARE association of cyclic-twinned CASSITERITE with TOURMALINE from the Viloco Mine in Bolivia
2. Beautiful, classic, sharp, gemmy, lustrous AMETHYST "FLOWER" from Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil.
3. A lovely DOUBLY-TERMINATED DIOPTASE with PLANCHEITE from the Christoph Mine, Namibia
4. Wonderful rich green Chromium / Vanadium รข?" bearing TOURMALINE from Myanmar (Burma)
5. Rich emerald green, sharp, lustrous "sword"-shaped crystals of Vivianite from the Tomokoni Mine in Bolivia
6. An OLD classic NAGYAGITE from the TYPE LOCALITY in Romania (formerly Hungary)
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Fluorite
Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
7.2 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm
Calcite
Murcia, Spain
9.3 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm
Smoky and "Amethystine" Quartz with Dioptase (rare association)
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
3.8 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
4.5 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Quartz (var: Rose Quartz)
Jenipapo, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm
Rutile with Hematite
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
4.7 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm
Amethyst "Flower"
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil
10.3 x 7.2 x 2.3 cm
Almandine (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Sedalia Copper Mine, north of Salida, Chaffee Coounty, Colorado
5.6 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Dioptase (doubly-terminated) with Plancheite
Christoph Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.7 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Chabazite
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
5.6 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm
Fluorapatite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Uvite (Chrome/Vanadium bearing)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma
1.3 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Barite
Sasso Rosso, Rio di Mozzana, Burzanella, Camugnano, Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Titanite with Calcite, Adularia and Actinolite
Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
12.1 x 7.8 x 3.6 cm
Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
6.7 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Azurite (polished nodule set)
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
10.0 x 7.8 x 3.2 cm and 8.8 x 7.2 x 3.3 cm
Gypsum with sand inclusions
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
5.2 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Weloganite
Francon Quarry, Quebec, Canada
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
"Chlorotile" (ex David Garske Collection)
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
4.7 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm
Nagyagite (classic material)
Sacarimb (Sacaramb; Nagyag), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania (Type Locality)
3.7 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Monazite-(Ce) (color change twinned crystals!)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.6 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
4.2 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Smithsonite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
7.9 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Aegirine with Feldspar
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
5.0 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Gibbsite (great color)
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Mendipite in Pyrolusite (historic material)
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
5.0 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Ruby Spinel
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Cassiterite with Tourmaline (rare association) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
7.2 x 5.1 x 1.8 cm
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