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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Calcite on Quartz (uncommon locale - rare)
Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England
7.0 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ drusy Quartz
El Hammam Mine, El Hammam, Meknes, Fes-Meknes Region, Morocco
5.7 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Demantoid Garnet (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Tubussis Farm 22, Daures, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.0 x 8.5 x 3.2 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia
8.0 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Large Pyromorphite on Quartz (OLD classic)
Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England
14.5 x 9.5 x 3.7 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Gypsum (RARE combo) Logan Coll.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin, Peru
9.2 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Large Ferroan Magnesite (rare Austria)
Grosser Greiner, Zemmgrund, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
14.0 x 9.3 x 8.8 cm
Large Vanadinite (NEW FIND!)
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
23.0 x 15.7 x 9.0 cm
Calcite on Fluorite
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.5 x 7.1 x 6.6 cm
Iridescent Fluorite w/ hydrocarbons (classic locale)
Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio
9.3 x 5.4 x 4.6 cm
Quartz, Sphalerite & Chalcopyrite (Chris Cowan Coll.)
Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico
10.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm
"Poker chip" Calcite xl (classic - fluorescent)
San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
6.5 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm
Calcite on color-zoned Fluorite (1980s find)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
9.3 x 9.0 x 5.7 cm
"Pumpkin" Calcite (NEW FIND)
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei, China
6.8 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Gem Fluorite cuboctahedrons on Sphalerite
Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.0 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Pentlandite (David Burgess Coll.)
Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
9.4 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
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