FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end October 12th, 2017

Ends Thursday, October 12th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with new material 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. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with dealers' inventories. 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. HISTORIC old time PRE-TSUMEB DIOPTASE specimen from the Guchab-Rodgerberg area, Namibia
2. New find of gemmy "phantom" cubic FLUORITE from Baluchistan, Pakistan
3. One of the new and unusual HYALITE / "BLOOD VESSEL OPALS" from San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4. An old classic and historic specimen of epitaxial HEMAITE on DOLOMITE from Frizington, England (ex Kay Robertson and three other old collections!)
5. A cool pseudomorph of TOURMALINE partially replaced by QUARTZ from the inside out(!) from Brazil
6. Rarities include, SCAINIITE, ZANAZZIITE, KAMPFITE, DAWSONITE, LANGITE and a RARE piece of HETEROGENITE from Tsumeb!!
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Fluorite (new find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
9.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm
Cassiterite (new find)
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Grossular (rare locale)
Wah Wah Mts, Beaver County, Utah
6.3 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Dioptase (old material)
Guchab-Rodgerberg area, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
6.1 x 4.6 x 3.0 cm
Bournonite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Viboras Vein, Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.4 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Tourmaline (partially replaced by Quartz) with Lepidolite
Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Wavellite
Mauldin Mt., Montgomery County, Arkansas
8.3 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Hausmannite on Grossular (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
6.2 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm
Amber with insect inclusion
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
2.1 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
Quartz ("Faden")
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
5.2 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Epidote with Albite, Orthoclase and Quartz
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.6 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Manganite (mutiple labels) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany (Type Locality)
6.7 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Dravite (classic material)
Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York
4.6 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Azurite with Malachite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
El Cobre Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.3 x 5.1 x 2.0 cm
Amazonite (collected by Dave Bergman)
R. A. Kosnar Yucca Hill Claim, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
2.7 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Quartz pseudomorph after Epidote with Hematite and Goethite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King County], Washington
5.2 x 4.1 x 2.4 cm
Spinel with unknown mineral (ex Obodda)
Hyderabad, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
6.3 x 5.8 x 4.3 cm
Hematite (ex Matioli)
Casa de Pedras, Congonhas do Campo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Epidote (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
3.7 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
Ilvaite on "Blue" Quartz (ex Obodda)
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kary, Russia
7.1 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Scapolite (2 crystal set) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Lago Tremorgio, Ticino, Switzerland
5.3 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm and 2.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Fluorapatite included with "Byssolite" (new find)
Ganadao (Gandahab), Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
3.3 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
Barite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado
2.7 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm
Spessartine on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
9.1 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
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