FINE MINERALS and MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end March 30th, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, MARCH 30th, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We are sorting out more old inventory and new collection purchases to stock plenty of exciting auctions in the coming weeks! This auction set, as do all, features classic and rare minerals from contemporary and historic worldwide localities along with gem crystals, native elements and more , mostly from old stashes and old dealer inventories that you cannot even access easily at shows anymore!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Fine old Japanese RHODOCHROSITE and GREEK RHODOCHROSITE
2. Illustrated SILVER from the John Barlow Collection.
3. Fine old USA classics!
4. OPAL with painting by Gamini Ratnavira.
5. Excellent Riemvasmaak FLUORITE
6. Old classics from the PATERSON (NJ) MUSEUM..
7. Selection of RARE SPECIES , COPPERS, and LEAD MINERALS
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Crocoite (old classic - Type Locality)
Berezovsk Mines, Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia
9.8 x 8.7 x 4.0 cm
Black Opal with painting
Quilpie, Queensland, Australia
3.1 x 2.9 x 1.0 cm
Meyerhofferite ps. After Inyoite (Type Loc.) ex Paterson Museum
Monte Blanco Mine, Black Mts, Inyo Co., California
11.9 x 8.5 x 7.4 cm
Fluorite w/ Quartz & Pyrite
El Hammam Mine, Meknes, Fes-Meknes Region, Morocco
5.2 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Wulfenite w/ Calcite (old classic AZ)
Glove Mine, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
7.1 x 6.2 x 5.1 cm
Polished Agate nodule (rare style) ex Palumbo Coll.
Lomnice nad Popelkou, Liberec Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
4.3 x 3.7 x 1.0 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (ex Larry Krause Coll.)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
9.2 x 6.5 x 5.0 cm
Dendritic Porcellanite (rare old locale circa 1983)
Bucnik, Komna, Zlin Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
11.1 x 6.7 x 1.3 cm
Azurite in Granite (rare and unusual!)
Azurite locality, K2, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm
Vanadinite (classic Arizona)
Apache Mine, Radium, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona
7.7 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm
"Electric blue" Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
4.1 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
V-twin Rutile (old classic, 1800's era)
Parkesburg, Sadsbury Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
3.8 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. After Calcite (1800's-era classic find)
Oppu mine, Aomori Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
5.4 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. After Calcite (classic locale)
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Macedonia Dept., Greece
9.0 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm
Datolite (old - classic locale) Paterson Museum
Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford Co., Connecticut
10.3 x 8.0 x 6.3 cm
Cassiterite (J. Murray Coll.)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 5.3 x 2.4 cm
Valentinite on Quartz (2016 find)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
5.4 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
Brucite (2015 find)
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 7.3 x 2.7 cm
Ferronigerite-2N1S (ex Fersman Museum - RARE locale)
Pribyslavice, Kutna Hora, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Anglesite (classic locale)
Touissit, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
5.3 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Cuprite w/ Copper (2016 find)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
11.3 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Dioptase on Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.8 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
Native Copper (classic locale)
Houghton, Copper Country, Michigan
8.5 x 5.7 x 2.6 cm
Barite on Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
9.6 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Fluorite on Calcite (old classic circa 1800s)
Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England
6.3 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Cerussite w/Chryscolla (RARE Idaho)
Monarch Mine, Prichard Creek, Shoshone Co., Idaho
5.8 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm
Sphalerite on Dolomite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Mid-Continent Mine, Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas
14.3 x 11.5 x 8.0 cm
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