POST-DENVER SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end October 5th, 2017

Ends Thursday, October 5th, 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. Classic gemmy blue INDICOLITE TOURMALINE from Brazil with dark blue-purple-black colored "caps"
2. Beautiful free-standing "spray" of ERYTHRITE on matrix from Morocco
3. Gorgeous, GEM quality, very sharp, highly lustrous, "phantom" cubes of FLUORITE with Barite and Calcite from Spain (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
4. An old classic and historic pseudomorph of blue-lilac CHALCEDONY replacing FLUORITE from Trestia, Romania (Transylvania) (ex Kay Robertson and BRITISH MUSEUM Collections!)
5. Gemmy reddish-pink rhombohedron of RHODOCHROSITE from the Moose Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado
6. RARE gemmy, intensely colored "Trapiche" Habit RUBY crystal from Myanmar (Burma)
7. Wonderful, rare "butterfly"-twinned crystals of PHOSPHOPHYLLITE on matrix from Bolivia!
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Tarnowitzite (Plumboan Aragonite)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna Mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Tetrahedrite (mined 1977) (ex Rich Kosnar specimen)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
5.0 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Erythrite ("spray" on matrix)
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
6.1 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Quartz with Astrophyllite inclusions (ex Obodda)
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP), Pakistan
6.7 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Sphalerite (twin) on Arsenopyrite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca complex, Trepca valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
6.3 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
Fluorite (GEMMY!) with Barite and Calcite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Jaimina Mine, Carrales, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
9.0 x 8.0 x 6.3 cm
Pargasite (great old classic) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland (Type Locality)
7.3 x 5.6 x 4.4 cm
Milarite on Adularia (var: Valencianite) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
5.3 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Galena (cuboctahedral) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
1.6 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Epidote (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Val di Viu, Valli di Lanzo, Torino, Piedmont, Italy
3.1 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Aquamarine
Guaratinga (Jaqueto), Bahia, Brazil
1.4 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Ruby (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Burma
0.5 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Heulandite (2 piece set) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Garrawilla Station, Pottinger Co., New South Wales, Australia
4.0 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm and 3.2 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Aegirine (ex Obodda)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
7.6 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Malachite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
6.5 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Sulfur (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province (Girgenti Province), Sicily, Italy
3.3 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Thomsonite (rare) on Stilbite
Aurangabad forest, near Nasik, Maharahstra State, India
13.2 x 6.1 x 1.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare locale) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Moose Mine, Russel Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado
0.9 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm
Topaz
Massangana, Ariquemes, Rondonia, Brazil
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Andradite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Arrondissement Diakon, Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes Region, Mali
1.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Heulandite with Prehnite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
6.3 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Zircon
Bulbin, Astor, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite on Barite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
9.8 x 8.3 x 6.7 cm
Prehnite (ex Obodda)
El Hammam Mine, El Hammam, Meknes, Meknes Prefecture, Fes-Meknes Region, Morocco
5.2 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Albite (good quality crystals) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Grossarl, Grossarl valley, Radstadter Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Epistilbite (ex Obodda)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
6.5 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Azurite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Wavellite (good quality) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.8 x 5.3 x 2.1 cm
Opal (highly colorful)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
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