FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end May 18th, 2017

Ends Thursday, May 18th, 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 hard to find GOLD specimen on QUARTZ from Timmins area, Ontario, Canada
2. Lovely matrix specimen of the rare phosphate SCHOLZITE from Australia
3. A piece of the unique, new and exciting purple QUARTZ ("Chalcedony" / "Agate") from Indonesia
4. Wonderful pink MANGANOAN CALCITE from a NEW FIND in Bulgaria
5. A near "floater" specimen of fine quality "Faden" QUARTZ from Pakistan
6. A lovely "heart"-shaped twinned green CHRYSOBERYL from Madagascar
7. Classic, historic and rare display piece of CRYOLITE from the Type Locality in Greenland
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Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.5 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Purple Quartz (var: Chalcedony / Agate)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
7.3 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Analcime with Quartz
Amethyst Cove (Captain Kidd's Cove), Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
3.5 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Prehnite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Goethite (ex Willard Wulff Collection) (fine quality)
near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
5.3 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
4.1 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Calcite
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Tieshan District, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
4.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Barite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
7.8 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
Corundum (var: Ruby)
Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
2.0 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Copper with Cuprite
Bennet Brook, Cape D'Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
5.1 x 3.6 x 0.2 cm
Aquamarine
Itatiaia mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Quartz with Rutile inclusions
Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Calcite (Manganoan) (new find)
Krushev Dol deposit, Krushev Dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
7.2 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Ammonite (polished)
Ambarimaninga, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
12.7 x 9.6 x 1.6 cm
Cavansite
Wagholi, Poona, India
5.1 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Native Antimony
Kern County, California
3.1 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Fluorapatite (hollow)
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Scholzite with Metaswitzerite (ex Matioli Collection)
Reaphook Hill, Blinman, Flinders Range, S. A., Australia
7.1 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
5.7 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
Quartz ("Faden") (good quality)
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
6.8 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.0 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Beryl (var: Helidor)
Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Chrysoberyl (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
2.1 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm
Calcite with Quartz
Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
7.2 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Apophyllite with Chalcedony
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
12.1 x 10.8 x 7.7 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.8 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
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