NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end January 5th, 2017

Ends Thursday Jan 5, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This special set for the new year features a large number of irreplaceable old classics from the USA and Germany in particular, plus gem crystals culled out of old collections we are dispersing. Look for rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction! Featured collections being dispersed include the Strauss collection (Gem classics) , a large Midwest collection, Orrelana collection (Spain minerals), Vajdak (rarities), and many others.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. selection of GEM CRYSTALS from the Uwe Strauss Collection.
2. Large HEMATITE from Michigan's old iron mines
3. Dramatic "Angle plated" QUARTZ and Herkimer Quartzes from the USA
4. Excellent Los Lamentos WULFENITE, and an old BRAZIL AQUA
5. Striking Brazil SMOKY QUARTZ from new finds
6. Rare, old and classic USA and European specimens
7. A large, dramatic, ILLUSTRATED ROGERLEY GREEN FLUORITE
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Malachite ps. After Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.0 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Quartz (old, rare - Bill Larson Coll.)
Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.9 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Orpiment w/ Baryte
El'brusskiy Arsenic mine, Elbrus Mt, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
4.4 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Doubly terminated Amethyst scepter (Charlie Key coll.)
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.7 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
9.7 x 5.4 x 4.1 cm
Ferberite, Quartz & Arsenopyrite (William Hiss Coll.)
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefect., Hunan Province, China
11.3 x 6.9 x 6.0 cm
Superb Rhodochrosite ps. After fossilized Mollusc
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
3.7 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Large Hematite "feather" (RARE Michigan size and style)
Hiawatha Group, Stambaugh, Menominee iron range, Iron Co., Michigan
28.8 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite (rare Colorado locale)
Canon City District, Fremont Co., Colorado
9.9 x 7.8 x 5.9 cm
Snowflake Cerussite (RARE - old Idaho locale!) Gunnell Coll.
Standard-Mammoth Mine, Canyon Creek, Shoshone Co., Idaho
8.2 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm
Gemmy Tanzanite xl
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
5.7 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Large Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
16.6 x 9.9 x 5.6 cm
Hemimorphite (classic locale)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.3 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm
Brochantite (rare & uncommon locale)
Kabolela Mine, Kambove Dist., Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
8.6 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm
Polished Rhodochrosite stalactite slice
Capillitas Mine, Catamarca, Argentina
9.3 x 6.6 x 0.5 cm
very large Realgar, Orpiment & Barite combination specimen
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
21.5 x 15.5 x 6.5 cm
Mimetite (2013 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 3.6 x 1.4 cm
Large Fluorite plate (VERY RARE - OLD) Noll Coll.
Hillside Mine, Rosiclare Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
19.4 x 13.3 x 3.8 cm
Striking large Smoky Quartz (New Find)
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12.7 x 9.3 x 6.8 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (Strauss Coll.)
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
7.0 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Allanite-(La) ex Sanabria Coll.
Nueva Vizcaya Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
6.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Ancient Arrowhead Collection (circa 1930-1350 BC) Jarnot & Zigras Coll.
Schenectady & Clinton Cos., New York
5.5 x 1.6 x 0.6 (Largest of 16 )
superb Quartz var. "Herkimer diamonds" cluster
Middleville, Herkimer County, New York
5.9 x 5.0 x 3.6 cm
Gemmy Aquamarine (Gene LaBerge Coll.)- old classic
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.6 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Fine matrix Wulfenite (classic locale)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.8 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Large Mottramite (2011 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
16.3 x 14.0 x 4.6 cm
Large Fluorite w/ Galena (illustrated) Sanabria Coll.
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
13.8 x 13.0 x 9.7 cm
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