POST-DENVER FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Thursday, September 28th, 2017

Ends Thursday, September 28th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with new material we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. You'll even find a few fossils, carving and gemstones mixed in every now and then. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with dealers' inventories. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. A beautiful display piece of the new Purple QUARTZ ("Grape" Chalcedony / Agate) from Indonesia
2. Newly mined beautiful pink MANGANESE-BEARING CALCITE from a recent discovery in Bulgaria
3. GEMMY THAUMASITE crystal from the N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa
4. One of the rare and colorful "RAINBOW" ANDRADITE GARNETS from Japan!
5. TENORITE from the TYPE LOCALITY in Italy (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
6. Rarities include: ANDORITE with ZINKENITE, "KORNITE", BARBOSALITE, FRANCISITE, LAURELITE, SABINAITE and GARRONITE-(Ca)
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Bixbyite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Aquamarine (rare locality specimen)
Hogg Mine (Oxford Mine), La Grange, Troup County, Georgia
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite (classic material)
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
7.8 x 7.6 x 4.2 cm
Malachite with Azurite
Khanong open pit, Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite (twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Durham, England
2.0 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Ammonite (var: Ammolite) (polished set)
Ambato-Boeni District, Boeny Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province, Madagascar
3.9 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm and 3.9 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm
Ruby
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
0.7 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Chamosite ("Thuringite") pseudomorph after Almandine
Michigamme Mine, Michigamme, Marquette iron range, Marquette County, Michigan
6.6 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Quartz with Sphalerite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Barbora Vein, 12th Level, Anna Mine, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
9.3 x 7.8 x 4.1 cm
Sphalerite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
8.8 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
"Rainbow" Andradite
Kohse Mine, Tenkawa village, Yoshino-gun, Nara Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
0.4 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Digenite (rare locality piece)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Pyroxene with Pyrite (ex Rich Kosnar and Pat Gross Collections)
"Hardystonville", Sussex County, New Jersey
1.1 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Stolzite with Raspite
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Goldmanite (rare garnet species)
Rybnucek, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
7.5 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Barbosalite (very rare) on Hureaulite
Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Parauba, Brazil
3.6 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Tenorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy (Type Locality)
7.2 x 3.7 x 3.3 cmk
Haiweeite (rare) with Uranophane and Fluorite
Teofilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Francisite (extremely rare) (ex Matioli Collection)
Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Caledonite with Cerussite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK (Type Locality)
4.3 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Laurelite (extremely rare) (ex Matioli)
Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham County, Arizona (Type Locality)
2.2 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Strengite with Cacoxenite, Ferristrunzite and Beraunite (ex Renaud Vochten Collection)
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Province, Belgium
9.3 x 6.7 x 3.6 cm
Garronite-(Ca) (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Kornite (now Potassic-mangani-leakeite) (extremely rare) (ex Matioli)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality)
2.8 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Sabinaite (extremely rare) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
1.8 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Diamond (natural crystal)
Miba Mine, Mbuji Mayi, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Valentinite (rare)
Colavi Mine, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
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