MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) - ends Thursday June 13, 2019

ends Thursday June 13, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

The biggest mix of old classic minerals from old mineral collections - all at Auction!: highlights include pieces from newly acquired collections such as Shields Flynn (TSUMEB! & ERONGO!) and Bill Logan (RHODOCHROSITE). We are releasing more material from Burgess and Robertson collections of old classics, as well - Look for a great mix of old classics and specimens you'd expect to see at retail prices at shows!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:


1. OLD, rare Red Cloud Mine WULFENITE
2. Interesting and colorful Tsumeb including: SMITHSONITES
3. RHODOCHROSITES from the Logan Collection
4. Rich and important Tsumeb CHALCOTRICHITE
5. important WILLEMITE and CALCITE from NEW JERSEY
6. Rare old-time large botryoidal MALACHITE from Namibia
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Shattuckite (2014 find)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.4 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (classic Colorado) Logan Coll.
Zanett tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray District, Ouray Co., Colorado
4.4 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
DT Baveno-twin Microcline xl (ex Obodda)
Hachupa, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.3 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Calcite w/ Pyrite on Quartz (rare Sweden)
595 M Level, Timmer Mine, Grangesberg, Ludvika, Dalarna County, Sweden
9.0 x 6.2 x 5.9 cm
Fluorite (classic locale - fluorescent)
Weisseck area, Murwinkel, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria
8.6 x 6.8 x 3.4 cm
Large Vanadinite (NEW FIND!)
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
14.8 x 11.3 x 6.1 cm
Mimetite w/ Wulfenite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.8 x 6.6 x 3.9 cm
Large Calcite (classic locale) ex Trimmingham Coll.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
19.3 x 11.2 x 6.1 cm
Mimetite w/ Wulfenite (2013 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.6 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Electric-blue Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
6.0 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Large Copper w/ Cuprite (unusual locality)
Zlate Hory, Jesenik District, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
16.9 x 6.7 x 6.5 cm
Chrysoprase (NEW FIND)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Gmina Zabkowice Slaskie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
3.9 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
important Willemite var. Troostite (fluorescent!), ex. David Burgess Coll.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey
15.5 x 9.5 x 9.3 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.3 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.9 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Champion Mine, Cinnamon Pass, Park District, Hinsdale Co., Colorado
4.0 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich (New/old Find)
Wei Nan, Yunnan Province, China
5.1 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm
DT gem Kunzite (New Find - 101 grams)
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
8.3 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm
Rhodochrosite after fossilized clam (illustrated) ex. Logan Coll.
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Russia
5.8 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Gem Calcite (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co., Hechi, Guangxi, China
5.0 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Pyromorphite (self-collected by Paul Zerfass)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
7.0 x 5.1 x 2.3 cm
Large Rhodochrosite ps. Baryte plate (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin, Peru
14.3 x 9.5 x 3.4 cm
Blue Baryte (classic locale) Sanabria Coll.
Moscona Mine, SolĂ­s, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
11.2 x 8.7 x 4.7 cm
Cobaltoan Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
10.2 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Apophyllite, Heulandite & Pectolite (superb, RARE) Robertson Coll.
Woodland Park (West Paterson), Passaic Co., New Jersey
6.8 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm
Fluorite octahedron (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Zinggenstocke, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
4.5 x 4.1 x 2.4 cm
Rhodochrosite & Quartz (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Raura District, Cajatambo Province, Lima, Peru
6.3 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
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