OLD CLASSICS SPECIAL MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end January 18th, 2018

OLD CLASSICS SPECIAL MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end January 18th, 2018 Ends January 18, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix this week to start the New Year with plenty of pieces from classic and contemporary worldwide localities. Look for gem crystals, rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Old RHODOCHROSITE , 1970s, from the Hotazel Mine
2. Large DESCLOIZITE (old classic!)
3. Fine selection of FLUORITE specimens
4. Large rare Cap Blanc-Nez MARCASITE !
5. MORGANITE from the Stewart Mine
6. Fine old Swiss SMOKY QUARTZ GWINDEL
7. Unusual DT Pakistan AQUAMARINE
8. Rare large post-mining Arizona COPPER CAST OF MINE TIMBERS
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Gemmy DT Aquamarine
Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Malachite coating Quartz (rare combo) van Tichelen & Robertson Coll.
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
6.8 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Gem DT Smoky Quartz gwindel (old classic)
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
9.0 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Cassiterite (old classic)
Horni Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
13.2 x 10.8 x 5.0 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
4.4 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Brazilianite w/ Cleavelandite
Conselheiro Pena pegmatite district, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
4.2 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm
Cadmium Smithsonite ps. after Dolomite (classic Arkansas)
Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas
11.1 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
Gudmundite (rare & rare locale)
Sirkova adit, Kolarsky hill, Pezinok, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
9.5 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
Crandallite ps. After Wavellite (rare)
Mauldin Mt., Montgomery Co., Arkansas
7.8 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Ruby (classic locale - fluorescent) Robertson Coll.
Sivec marble quarries, Prilep, Republic of Macedonia
3.2 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent) Zerfass Coll.
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
11.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm
Sulfur xls (old classic)
Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
7.4 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Gem Fluorapatite (fluorescent) & Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm
Native Bismuth w/ Erythrite (both RARE - Vajdak Coll.)
Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Krusne Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Bohemia, Czech Republic
8.5 x 7.5 x 5.9 cm
Pyromorphite (Paul Zerfass Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
4.6 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Amethyst w/ inclusions (Siltamaki Coll.) - Canada!
Crown Jewel Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
5.7 x 4.6 x 3.0 cm
Gem Diaspore xl (classic) Carlton Davis Coll.
Selcuk, Mugla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
3.9 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm
Rosasite (2009 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.6 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Morganite xls (classic locale - old)
Stewart Mine, Pala District, San Diego Co., California
4.4 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Azurite & Malachite on Fluorite (Robertson & Van Tichelen Coll.)
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
5.8 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Large Fluorite (old classic)
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
15.3 x 11.0 x 7.0 cm
Gem DT Aquamarine xls
Guaratinga (former Jaqueto), Bahia, Brazil
3.2 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm (Largest of 4)
Large Arsenopyrite, Ferberite, Apatite, etc. (Zerfass Coll.)
Panasqueira Mines, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
13.3 x 11.4 x 7.3 cm
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan A.P., Yunnan Province, China
4.1 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Large Fluorite plate (fluroescent!)
Frazer's Hush Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
15.3 x 10.3 x 3.8 cm
Fluorapophyllite incl. w/ clay
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
7.3 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm
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