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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Large Marcasite (classic locale) Van Tichelen Coll.
Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
9.0 x 8.5 x 7.8 cm
Acanthite (classic locale)
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Large Manganoan Calcite pagodas (fluorescent!)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Chenzhou Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
14.3 x 8.7 x 6.6 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite
Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
9.4 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Bluecap watermelon Tourmaline (classic find)
Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Powellite (fluorescent) & Stilbite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
3.8 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Pyrite cuboctahedrons (Zerfass Coll.)
Huaron mines, Pasco province, Pasco department, Peru
10.5 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm
Rhodochrosite on Manganite (old classic circa 1970)
Hotazel Mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.8 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm
Spinel-twinned Gold xls
Icabaru, Bolivar, Venezuela
0.8 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Wulfenite
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.8 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Gem Fluorite xls w/ phantoms (fluorescent) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
15.3 x 9.0 x 4.8 cm
Galena & Sphalerite (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
9th of September Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
9.7 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite (classic locale - fluorescent)
Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
8.8 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm
Cubic Diamond xl (rare locale - 0.67 carats)
Tshikapa, Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm, Thumbnail
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite & Strontianite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
7.4 x 6.8 x 6.5 cm
Quartz w/ Hematite (Zerfass Coll.)
Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Guangdong Province, China
8.7 x 7.9 x 7.3 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper (classic locale)
Central Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
7.5 x 3.6 x 0.9 cm
Baryte "rose" (excellent!) ex Wouter Van Tichelen Coll.
Lake Thunderbird area, Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma
8.2 x 7.8 x 4.5 cm
Large Descloizite (classic locale)
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Namibia
16.6 x 10.9 x 7.5 cm
Large Copper cast of wood mine timber (rare)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
25.9 x 11.9 x 4.0 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite xls (fluorescent) on Quartz
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
16.0 x 11.2 x 4.7 cm
Doubly terminated large Anatase xl (uncommon locale)
Spissen, Lercheltini area, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
1.4 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
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