Super Sized post-Tucson OLD CLASSIC MINERALS and COLLECTIONS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end March 2, 2017

THREE PAGES: Ends Thursday, MARCH 2, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

With the Tucson Show coming to a close, we've loaded up another great auction with plenty of interesting, unique and attractive specimens we left at home to be prepared for internet sales from the massive old collections stash I am liquidating. This auction set, as do all, features classic and rare minerals from contemporary and historic worldwide localities along with gem crystals, native elements and more. A number of old 1800s and early-1900's-era minerals from the Larry Conklin collection, valued at $1000-2000, are included !


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Beautiful 2.47 carat heart-shaped TANZANITE gemstone
2. Selection of MIDWEST minerals from the Sandy Ludlum Collection.
3. Large rare Pakistan POLLUCITE.
4. Excellent Brazil TOUMALINES& Gem Pakistan TOPAZ
5. Striking large Michigan COPPER
6. Superb Tsumeb CALCITE!
7. RARE Georgia RHODOCHROSITE.
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Shattuckite w/ Ajoite (Type Locality - classic Arizona)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona
9.0 x 7.2 x 4.8 cm
Fluorite (rare Idaho - fluorescent) Soregaroli Coll.
Pungo Creek Fluorspar Prospect, Idaho Primitive Area, Valley Co., Idaho
9.9 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) & Quartz (Whitmore Coll.)
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire,
9.3 x 6.2 x 5.6 cm
Galena, Calcite & Marcasite (uncommon locale) Ludlum Coll.
Viburnum No. 28 Mine (Viburnum No. 29 Mine), Viburnum Trend, Iron Co., Missouri
6.4 x 5.2 x 4.0 cm
Hambergite (excellent gem xl - uncommon)
Tamponilapa, Sahatany Valley, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
5.6 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm
Gem Smoky Quartz (Belsky Coll.)
Goscheneralp, Goschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
7.4 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Weloganite (fine crystals)
Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2.0 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
"Electric-blue" Azurite (old - excellent)
El Cobre Mine, Concepcion Del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
9.3 x 6.1 x 5.5 cm
Celestine w/ Calcite (very large xls) Ludlum Coll.
Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood Co., Ohio
10.8 x 8.5 x 5.6 cm
Amazonite & Smoky Quartz (Whitmore Coll.)
Middle Moat Mountain locality, Hale's Location, Carroll Co., New Hampshire
12.0 x 6.9 x 6.7 cm
Pollucite (large crystal) Conklin Coll.
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.4 x 8.0 x 4.1 cm
Color-zoned fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
6.8 x 3.9 x 1.6 cm
Plumbogummite (rare style)
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
8.0 x 4.7 x 1.9 cm
Mimetite var. Campylite on Quartz (old classic) ex Earl Calvert Coll.
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
6.3 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm
Olmiite w/ Calcite (NEW FIND)
Chocolate Pocket, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
5.5 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Magnetite cubes (classic New York)
ZCA No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York
2.5 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Gem Celestine xls
Sakoany deposit, Boeny Region, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
9.5 x 7.8 x 7.5 cm
Andradite Garnet var. Demantoid (large plate - classic locale)
Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
13.2 x 10.3 x 4.4 cm
Chalcophyllite & Malachite (RARE LOCALE)
Teniente Mine, Rancagua, Chile
8.7 x 7.0 x 2.7 cm
Hematite-tinted Calcite (excellent)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.8 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm
Quartz cast after Calcite
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
7.3 x 7.0 x 4.3 cm
Gem Tourmaline on Quartz
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.1 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Large Gaspeite (rare Ni-carbonate)
132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia
17.5 x 11.7 x 3.8 cm
Baryte
Level 4, El Solar Mine, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
4.8 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm
Large Cerussite xl
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
9.3 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm
Gem Tourmaline
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Stilbite (classic locale) Schneider Coll.
Moonen Bay, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland
8.1 x 7.5 x 4.4 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite on Chalcedony
Berbes, Asturias, Spain
15.7 x 10.4 x 8.4 cm
Euchlorine (RARE! - Type Locality) ex Asselborn, Behier Coll.
Mt Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
4.8 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm (bottle)
Calcite "flower tip"
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan A.P., Yunnan Province, China
8.1 x 7.7 x 6.9 cm
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