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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Prehnite on Magnetite (uncommon combo & locale)
Kurzhunkul' deposit, Kostanay, Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan
6.2 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
important Trilobite ("Dudley Bug") (Silurian - classic locale)
Wren's Nest, Dudley, West Midlands, England
11.7 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
4.5 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Fluorite octahedron (fluorescent) on Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
6.3 x 5.9 x 4.1 cm
Plumbogummite ps. Pyromorphite (2015 find)
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
10.7 x 9.6 x 5.5 cm
Calcite (RARE) & Quartz on Sphalerite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Bluebell Mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada
14.9 x 13.5 x 5.7 cm
Large Fluorite (fluorescent) & Quartz (Whitmore Coll.)
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
19.4 x 14.2 x 12.8 cm
Allanite-Ce (large crystal and a RARE locale - 1959)
Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
7.7 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Haydeeite (rare - Type Locality)
Haydee Mine, Salar Grande, El Tamarugal Prov., Tarapaca Region, Chile
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Calcite on included DT Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
10.8 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Celestine w/ Marcasite (old) Paterson Museum
Limestone quarries, Rudersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany
10.6 x 7.7 x 4.8 cm
Gem Kunzite xls (classic locale)
Urucum mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.6 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm (largest of 2)
Diaboleite & Paratacamite
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda Dist., Antofagasta Prov., Chile
3.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Gem Tourmaline xls w/ Lepidolite
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
4.9 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm (largest of 5)
Large Apophyllite on Datolite geode (Stanchich Coll.)
Millington Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey
15.8 x 9.3 x 8.3 cm
Fluoro-richterite (uncommon Amphibole) Trimingham Coll.
Wilberforce area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
11.2 x 8.7 x 6.2 cm
Calcite helectite
Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
9.5 x 7.0 x 5.8 cm
DT Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
6.7 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm
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