MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S COLLECTION SALE:
featuring OLD CLASSICS - ends Thursday Jan 10, 2019

ends Thursday Jan 10, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This auction features a large group of minerals from the collection of lifelong collector and friend Allen Dillwith, who has culled his first collection to refocus the collection. Look for superb locality fluorites and interesting USA finds. We are also continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections and purchases from 2018, and expect more surprises to come. Lots of rare mineral specimens here that are hard to find at ANY price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Rare Indian APATITE from a NEW FIND
2. Sharp matrix CARROLLITE
3. Specimens from the Dr. S. Moreton collection - BRITISH MINERALS
4. Rich large Colorado HUBNERITE and LARGE AMAZONITE TWINNED XL
5. Large matrix AQUAMARINE xl from China
6. Classic large old-time Butte CHALCOCITE
7. Matrix AQUAMARINE from Connecticut
8. NEW FIND of WAVELLITE from Ireland
9. RHODOCHROSITE from the Logan Collection
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Large Calcite xl (Nowakowski & Burgess Coll.)
South Crosby Township, Leeds and Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada
11.3 x 11.2 x 5.2 cm
Gemmy Fluorite cubes (old classic) Allen Dillwith Coll.
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England
11.0 x 8.0 x 4.6 cm
Hematite kidney ore (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Luis Lopez manganese District, Socorro Co., New Mexico
11.8 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm
Gypsum w/ Sulfur (RARE) McBroom & Dillwith Coll.
Cattolica sulphur mines, Cattolica Eraclea, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
10.6 x 6.3 x 4.4 cm
Libethenite (illustrated) Allen Dillwith Coll.
South Rim Pit, Tyrone Mine, Burro Mountains District, Grant Co., New Mexico
6.7 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (rare Colorado) Allen Dillwith Coll.
near Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
6.7 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Large Hubnerite on Quartz (excellent Colorado) Allen Dillwith Coll.
Adams Mine, Cement Creek, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado
11.8 x 7.3 x 5.6 cm
DT Gypsum (uncommon) McBroom & Dillwith Coll.
Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
10.2 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Hematite (classic locale) McBroom & Dillwith Coll.
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
9.0 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Pentlandite (David Burgess Coll.)
Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada
9.4 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Gem Fluorite twins w/ fossils! (illustrated - fluorescent) ex Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Hollywell Mine, Frosterley, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England
14.3 x 11.0 x 6.0 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Quartz (W.S. Logan rhodochrosite Coll.)
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
5.3 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Gem Aquamarine w/ Albite
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.9 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Pyrite (Texas!) Joe Lobell Coll.
Martin Marietta quarry (TXI Cement quarry), Midlothian, Ellis Co., Texas
7.3 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm
Fluorite w/ Quartz (RARE locale) Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Hudeshope West trial, Hudeshope Head Mine, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham, England
13.3 x 9.8 x 9.3 cm
Galena & bi-colored Fluorite (Allen Dillwith Coll.)
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
8.3 x 7.7 x 4.2 cm
Wavellite (NEW FIND - rare)
Doon East, Ballybunnion, Co. Kerry, Ireland
6.0 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
"Electric blue" Azurite & Malachite after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
8.3 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
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