FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end May 11th, 2017

Ends Thursday, May 11th, 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. Classic, old time rich purple AMETHYST crystals from Piedra Parada (formerly Las Vigas), Mexico
2. A unique orange colored FLUORITE from Tongbai, China
3. Large fine quality, sharp, lustrous prismatic group of AEGIRINE crystals of Malawi
4. Showy and fine quality pseudomorphs of MALACHITE after AZURITE from Ajo, Arizona
5. A good quality GEM/gemmy SMITHSONITE on GALENA from Broken Hill, Australia
6. A GREAT mix of RARITIES this week including GORDAITE, CHERNYKITE and POTOSIITE / FRANCKEITE - plus a piece of CANNIZZARITE, a piece of ALMEIDAITE, a piece of CHERNYKHITE and a piece of GATUMBAITE from their respective Type Localities
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Copper ("Spinel Twin")
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan Oblast, Kazakhstan
2.2 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Amethyst (classic material)
Piedra Parada, Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico
12.3 x 9.2 x 3.1 cm
Silver with Acanthite
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Ludlum Collection)
New Cornelia Pit, Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima County, Arizona
4.6 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
4.3 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Smithsonite on Galena
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
3.6 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Barite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera, Asturias Spain
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Lepidolite
Maxixe Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.6 x 5.1 x 3.6 cm
Tetrahedrite (high luster!)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
4.6 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Vanadinite
J.C. Holmes Mine, Temporal Gulch area, Patagonia, Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
5.1 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Topaz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Klein Spitzkopje granite stock (Kleine Spitzkoppe), Spitzkopje Area, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
1.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Barite (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
Naica Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Smoky Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection - collected by Wulff)
Daniels Ranch, near Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
5.7 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Epidote
Djouga, Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
4.3 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Smithsonite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
2.9 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
11.6 x 8.3 x 3.6 cm
Prehnite on Quartz
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu County, Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
5.6 x 5.2 x 2.2 cm
Stilbite (self-collected by Richard Kosnar)
Route I-80 Roadcut, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
9.8 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm
Quartz (var: Rose Quartz)
Jenipapo, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm
Hematite replacing Kaolinite
Mitzpe Ramon, Negev Desert, Israel
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Quartz Geode (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois
11.7 x 11.3 x 5.8 cm
Triphylite (old material)
Chandlers Mill Quarry, Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
1.4 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Fluorite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio
2.7 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Albite (var: Cleavelandite) on Microcline
Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14.2 x 7.8 x 5.7 cm
Paravauxite with Sigloite (very rare)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
7.7 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Sapphire
Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.6 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
Danburite (rare blue color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
1.8 x 1.1x 0.8 cm
Aventurine (Quartz with Mica inclusions)
Temiscaming, Temiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec
6.6 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
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