MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - ends Thursday May 9, 2019

ends Thursday May 9, 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. Superb large Swiss twisted QUARTZ GWINDEL
2. Bi-colored gemmy TOURMALINE from Namibia
3. Large VANADINITE from a NEW FIND
4. Fine Tsumeb and Namibia specimens from the Shields Flynn Collection
5. Classic large old English PYROMORPHITE and QUARTZ
6. Rare and excellent RHODOCHROSITES from the Logan Collection
7. Large rare FERROAN MAGNESITE from Austria
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Gemmy bi-colored Tourmalines (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Otjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.5 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Fluorite & Fluorapatite (RARE) Logan Coll.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.5 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm
Chrysocolla w/ Heterogenite (rare combo)
KOV Open cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, DR Congo
10.2 x 9.2 x 4.0 cm
Stilbite (uncommon Russia)
Amudikha River, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River Basin, Evenkia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
8.1 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm
Pyrite ps. After Pyrrhotite
Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.7 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Platy crystallized Copper (classic AZ)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
9.0 x 6.5 x 3.9 cm
Calcite incl. w/ Marcasite (RARE) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Berry Materials Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana
13.1 x 11.2 x 7.2 cm
Calcite w/ Malachite inclusions (Graeme Family Coll.)
100' Level, Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.5 x 6.6 x 6.0 cm
Large Native Copper sheet
White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan
18.0 x 11.5 x 1.3 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Calcite
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
11.2 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm
Dioptase (uncommon locale)
M'fouati Mine, M'fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo
4.4 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
8.0 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
"Star" Muscovite
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm
DT Amazonite w/ Schorl (Madrid Coll.)
Zapot pegmatite, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada
7.0 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm
Baryte (classic Colorado) J. Taylor Coll.
Muddy Creek, tributary of Crater Creek, Rio Grande Co., Colorado
6.5 x 5.2 x 1.3 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
11.7 x 7.0 x 6.5 cm
Quartz
Collier Creek Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
7.3 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
Calcite (old classic - fluorescent)
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
6.4 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Galena w/ gemmy Sphalerite xls (classic locale)
Septemvri Mine, Madan ore field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
5.2 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Fibrous Sugilite (rare - 2016-17 finds)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Large Quartz Gwindel (superb - classic locale)
Goscheneralp, Goschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
14.7 x 10.8 x 7.8 cm
Marcasite w/ Baryte & Drusy Quartz (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tinghir Prov., Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
14.8 x 8.8 x 7.0 cm
Gem bi-colored Fluorite w/ Quartz (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo Dist., Namibia
5.8 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) and Calcite on Prehnite (rare VA combo)
New Goose Creek Quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia
6.0 x 5.8 x 2.8 cm
Calcite (rare style)
Cinque Quarry, East Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
2.7 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Pyrite cuboctahedrons (classic locale)
Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper Co., Indiana
8.4 x 5.8 x 3.0 cm
Almandine Garnet (rare Russia)
Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
9.7 x 7.8 x 2.4 cm
Baryte "rose" (classic locale)
Sand pit, Rockenberg, Wetterau, Hesse, Germany
6.5 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm
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