FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end March 30th, 2017

Ends Thursday, March 30th, 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. GEM QUALITY FLUORITE crystal from the Llamas Quarry, Spain
2. Cabinet sized emerald green DIOPTASE crystals with WILLEMITE from Kimbedi, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
3. An impressive specimen of GORMANITE from Brazil comprising good sized euhedral spherical groups
4. Hard to find CHROMITE specimen from Cuba!!
5. A notably rare specimen of LINARITE from the Sunnyside Mine in Colorado
6. Rarities include MORENOSITE, RIVERSIDEITE, MACKAYITE, HUTCHINSONITE and HUREAULITE
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Fluorite on Microcline
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
6.7 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Chalcedony ("Blue Holly Agate") (rare material)
Ngabu village, Chiwawy-Nsanje District, Malawi
6.4 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite (twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Durham, England
2.6 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Anhydrite (rare material) with Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado
4.2 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Pyrite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
4.7 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Prehnite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
8.1 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm
Stilbite (bow tie)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
7.2 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Silver
Sarbaiskoe deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan
2.3 x 0.1 x 0.1 cm
Artinite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Tremolite (var: Hexagonite)
Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence County, New York (First Reported Locality)
8.6 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Linarite (et al.) (rare locale)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado
7.1 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Hutchinsonite with Orpiment and Barite
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Narsarsukite
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Chromite (rare locale)
Minas de Croma, Camaguey District, Camaguey Province, Cuba
7.2 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Morenosite (rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Krusne Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.4 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Riversideite (incredibly rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside County, California (Type Locality)
5.7 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Gormanite (good sized "balls")
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Goethite (great quality)
Lakeview Lode, Park County, Colorado
6.2 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.2 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Barite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado
6.2 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Mackayite (very rare)
San Miguel Mine, Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
7.1 x 5.4 x 5.1 cm
Calcite
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Tieshan District, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
5.5 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Hemimorphite with Veszelyite
Laochang, Gejiu Co., Honghe Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
10.4 x 10.2 x 7.8 cm
Hauyne (var Lazurite)
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
6.7 x 5.8 x 4.9 cm
Carpathite with Cinnabar
Picacho Mine (Picachos Mine; Los Picachos Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
8.0 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
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