MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - ends Thursday May 2, 2019

ends Thursday May 2, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Featuring new specimens culled from the purchase of the David Burgess, Shields Flynn (TSUMEB!) and Bill Logan (RHODOCHROSITE) collections! We have pieces set aside specifically for the auctions that didn't make it to the Tucson shows, along with new finds and old collections we've purchased. 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. Large rare FLUORESCENTS including GREENLAND minerals
2. Rare and excellent RHODOCHROSITES from the Logan Collection
3. Gemmy, matrix RED BERYL
4. Fine Tsumeb and Namibia specimens from the Shields Flynn Collection
5. Excellent Elk Creek BARITE
6. HUBNERITE and QUARTZ from the Dr. Steve Neely Collection
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Silver-Copper "halfbreed" nugget (old) Belsky Coll.
Copper Country, Houghton Co., Michigan
5.4 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Tennantite w/ Quartz (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.4 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Rhodochrosite (illustrated - W.S. Logan Coll.)
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin, Peru
11.9 x 9.4 x 3.8 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite (New Find)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China
9.7 x 8.6 x 3.5 cm
Wavellite (fine color)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
9.6 x 8.0 x 5.4 cm
large Cryolite (Type Locality) w/ Siderite, Pyrite, etc (Burgess Coll.)
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark
12.2 x 9.8 x 7.2 cm
Sphalerite, Cleiophane (fluorescent), Willemite, etc (Burgess Coll.)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey
14.0 x 11.0 x 7.5 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite & Aragonite (classic locale!)
Sounion Mine No. 6, Agia Varvara Mines, Sounion Area, Lavrion, Attica, Greece
10.3 x 7.2 x 5.0 cm
Paracelsian (Rare - collected 1912) Sir Arthur Russell Coll.
Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Llanfaelrhys, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales
3.6 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Aragonite var. Zeiringite (rare) van Tichelen Coll.
St Gertraudi, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
8.0 x 6.8 x 4.0 cm
Amethyst (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.6 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
Unusual Fluorite w/ "eyes" (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Erongo Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.1 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm
Olivenite (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Round-cut gem Fluorite (9.53 carats) Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Blue Circle Cement Quarry, Eastgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England
1.3 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Quartz (Paul Zerfass Coll.)
Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.3 x 7.3 x 6.2 cm
Copper ps. After Cuprite octahedrons (2011 find)
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia
4.5 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Torbernite (classic locale)
Les Bois-Noirs Mining Claim, Saint-Priest-la-Prugne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
6.0 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Carrollite, Bornite, etc on Calcite (Garcia & Sanabria Coll.)
Kamoto Principal Mine, Kamoto, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
9.7 x 8.3 x 6.3 cm
Quartz ps. After Aragonite w/ Siderite (rare)
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
7.7 x 7.0 x 5.2 cm
Ettringite on Oyelite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
9.7 x 8.0 x 3.1 cm
Calcite & Fluorite
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.5 x 8.1 x 6.4 cm
Doubly terminated Azurite
Kerrouchene, Khenifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region, Morocco
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Uvarovite Garnet (2 generations - Type Locality)
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya Village, Permskaya Oblast, Russia
5.0 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Orange Creedite
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
6.6 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Malachite, Calcite & Chrysocolla
Buffalo Ridge Extension, Old Dominion Mine, Globe, Gila Co., Arizona
5.2 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Hematite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.6 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Calcite twin (classic Arizona)
Cypress Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Wodginite (rare Ta-oxide) - new find!
nr. Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
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