POST-MUNICH FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Thursday November 8th, 2018

Ends Thursday, November 8th, 2018
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)


We have a great selection of material that we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for new goodies from recent shows along with new collection acquisitions to appear in the coming weeks. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. We'll still have selections from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Brian Lloyd, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key, etc. 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 auction include:

1. Beautiful botryoidal green FLUORITE on purple AMETHYST from Colorado
2. Attractive brilliant orange SPESSARTINE GARNET on DOUBLY-TERMINATED SMOKY QUARTZ from China
3. A couple of different multi-colored TOURMALINES from Brazil (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
4. Lovely CALCITE with purple FLUORITE from Illinois (ex Ross Lillie Collection)
5. INTENSE green colored CHROME TOURMALINE specimen from Tanzania
6. An odd botryoidal ARAGONITE specimen from Yogo Gulch, Montana
7. Beautiful, GEM quality, scepter habit AMETHYST crystals on CALCITE from Bolivia
8. Rarities include GADOLINITE-(Y), GUDMUNDITE, CARPATHITE, RUIZITE and LEMMLEINITE-Ba
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Botryoidal Fluorite on Amethyst with Barite (ex John Morrow Collection)
Nancy Hanks Mine, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa County, Colorado
9.3 x 8.2 x 5.7 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) with Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite (var: "Staffelite")
Valec (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
8.6 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Aquamarine (beautifully etched) (17.37 grams)
Itatiaia Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Covellite (ex Ken Coleman Collection)
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
7.2 x 6.0 x 0.3 cm
Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
4.6 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Spessartine (new find)
Garnet Hill, Ely, Robinson District, White Pine County, Nevada
6.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Anatase (ex Obodda)
Taftan, near Dalbandi, Baluchistan, Pakistan
8.2 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
3.0 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm
Calcite with Fluorite (near "floater" specimen) (ex Ross Lillie Collection)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
9.5 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (new find)
Smara, Es-Semara Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
3.2 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Aragonite (rare locality specimen)
Yogo Gulch, Yogo District, Little Belt Mts, Judith Basin County, Montana
12.7 x 8.2 x 4.3 cm
Andalusite (well-formed crystals)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Tourmaline (bi-color) on Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
Creedite
Navidad Mine (Rodeo Mine), Abasolo, Mun. de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
4.1 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Tourmaline (multi-color) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection) (4.01 grams)
Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Sphalerite (Ruby Jack) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
8.3 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Azurite with Malachite and Cerussite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Indiana Mine (Homestake Mine), Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima County, Arizona
3.4 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Millerite (rare locality specimen) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Perseverance Ni Mine (Agnew Mine), Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Cuprian Adamite with Conichalcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Carpathite (highly fluorescent) with Cinnabar
Picacho Mine (Picachos Mine; Los Picachos Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Ruizite (incredibly rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Christmas Mine (Inspiration Mine), Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona (Type Locality)
3.5 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Lemmleinite-Ba (exceptionally rare)
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Murmanskaya Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
3.7 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
Siderite (ex Josef Vajdak specimen)
Lill Mine, Cernojamske deposit (Black pits deposit), Brezove Hory (Birkenberg), Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
8.3 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
8.3 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Gudmundite (rare)
Pezinok, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Rose Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Chrome Tourmaline (intense color) (42.15 carats)
Voi, near Tsavo National Park, Kenya
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Spessartine on Doubly-Terminated Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
14.1 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
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