MINERAL SPECIMEN and COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end Aug 4 , 2016

Ends August 4, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Stay tuned for more variety than ever as we clean out our back rooms over the summer - and find lots of old minerals I have had for years. Each Auction set features mineral specimens from old mineral collections full of classic old mineral specimens from historic localities ! As always, this auction is filled with interesting mineral specimens both classic and contemporary - not just the standard "20 species," but an eclectic assortment of exciting pieces that appeal to a wide range of collectors, including superb Rare Species.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Old early-1900's BISBEE BLADED AZURITE ON MATRIX!
2. superb 1980s ELMWOOD CALCITE on gorgeous large Sphalerite matirx
3. Chuquicamata RARE SPECIES
4. Sparkling , old ROSE QUARTZ from BRAZIL
5. Lillie Collection ILLINOIS minerals
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Adamite "disco ball" (old classic - fluorescent!)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.4 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Galena cuboctahedrons w/ Quartz (rare old combo)
Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas
6.8 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Sulfur
Maybee Quarry, Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan
2.6 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) Jason New Coll.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.0 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Calcite in fossil mollusc (Mercenaria Permagna)
Rucks pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee Co., Florida
7.4 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Electric-blue Azurite & Malachite
Tongshan Mine, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
9.5 x 7.0 x 5.8 cm
Galena, Fluorite & Calcite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.4 x 6.3 x 2.0 cm
Witherite (fluorescent) on Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Bethel Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
3.4 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Rutile epitaxial on Hematite
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
4.8 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
exceptionally sharp Magnetite octahedrons (Obodda Coll.)
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.4 x 5.0 x 2.5 cm
Spessartine & Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
7.8 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Aquamarine w/ Hyalite Opal (fluorescent)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.1 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Cambokeels Mine, Westgate, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
6.4 x 5.8 x 2.0 cm
Baryte w/ Quartz (RARE combo)
Moscona Mine, Solis, Asturias, Spain
6.4 x 5.8 x 3.9 cm
Quartz on Datolite
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.9 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Siderite (Soregaroli Coll.) - superb xls of rare habit
Julcani Mine, Julcani Dist., Huancavelica Department, Peru
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Chenevixite (rare - old specimen)
Chuquicamata Mine, Antofagasta Region, Chile
4.8 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Rhodochrosite & Quartz (classic Colorado)
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado
4.5 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Chrysocolla w/ Malachite (old - rare from era)
Likasi Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
5.4 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Rose Quartz (classic 1959-61 finds)
Berilo Branco claim, Sapucaia do Norte, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 5.5 x 3.0 cm
Pyrrhotite, Marcasite & Calcite on Sphalerite
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.3 x 8.3 x 6.8 cm
Azurite & Psilomelane (old Bisbee, circa early 1900s! )
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
5.4 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm
Polished Malachite slab (old)
Nizhnii Tagil, Middle Urals, Russia
8.5 x 4.3 x 1.2 cm
Descloizite (2 generations)
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Namibia
8.2 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Benitoite (fluorescent) & Joaquinite on Natrolite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
6.3 x 5.4 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite (RARE locale - fluorescent) Obodda Coll.
Alcoa Mine, Rosiclare, Rosiclare Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.2 x 7.2 x 5.2 cm
Aragonite
San Luis Obispo Co., California
3.9 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
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