POST-MUNICH SHOW MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Nov 15, 2018

ends Thursday Nov 15, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A selection of specimens in this week's auctions with a mix of classics, gem crystals, contemporary minerals and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections and purchases including 1980s-90s specimens from the collections of Paul Zerfass, Ted Bartels and Art Soregaroli Collections, and 60 years of collecting history from the Kay Robertson and Charlie Key Collections. Lots of rare mineral specimens here that are hard to find at ANY price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. NEW FIND of RHODOCHROSITE from the N'Chwaning I
and a rare rhodo from a limited 2015 find at the N'Chwaning III Mine
2. Old rare GLAUCODOT and COBALTITE specimens
3. Rare APATITE from a NEW FIND in remote India
4. Excellent and rare DAL'NEGORSK specimens
5. RHODOCHROSITE from the W.S. Logan Collection
6. Large COPPERS from Tsumeb and New Mexico
7. Large Erongo TOURMALINE with FOITITE and SCHORL
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Rhodochrosite (NEW FIND at old location! - rare habit)
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
13.0 x 8.2 x 7.1 cm
DT Quartz w/ Hematite/Amethyst phantom (Heini Soltau Coll.)
Orange River, Warmbad, Karasburg District, Karas Region, Namibia
5.0 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Chrysocolla ps. After Azurite (rare Arizona) Ted Bartels Coll.
No. 1 Glory Hole, Magma Mine, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Co., Arizona
9.3 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Calcite w/ phantoms (rare Wisconsin)
Vulcan Quarry, Racine Co., Wisconsin
10.5 x 5.1 x 3.0 cm
Cassiterite, Beryl & Tourmaline on Albite (RARE combo) Matioli Coll.
Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.6 x 7.7 x 6.5 cm
Copper amygdules (rare - old)
Central Mine, Central, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm (Largest of 2)
Cobaltite & Glaucodot xls (old classics, late 1800s)
Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Vastmanland, Sweden
8.4 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm (Largest of 5)
Fluorite (RARE Ohio - fluorescent) Robert Nowakowski Coll.
Cardinal Aggregates Quarry, Lime City, Wood Co., Ohio
8.3 x 6.5 x 2.8 cm
Siderite & Pyrite (illustrated) Soregaroli & Dr. B. Phillips Coll.
Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Gem etched Aquamarine xls
Guaratinga (former Jaqueto), Bahia, Brazil
1.9 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (Largest of 11)
Fluorite (RARE California - fluorescent)
Afton Canyon deposit, Afton, Cady Mts, San Bernardino Co., California
8.7 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm
Almandine Garnet (RARE) Fersman Museum & Bartels Coll.
Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
11.1 x 5.5 x 2.7 cm
Large Baryte xl (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Aegean Islands Department, Greece
7.4 x 6.8 x 2.3 cm
Stellerite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Pottinger County, New South Wales, Australia
7.7 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Sphalerite, Galena & Calcite on Drusy Quartz (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Shuikoushan ore field, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
13.5 x 8.0 x 4.3 cm
2-generation Quartz w/ paper Calcite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
8.8 x 7.4 x 6.7 cm
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan A.P., Yunnan, China
14.6 x 9.6 x 4.8 cm
Calcite w/ Chalcopyrite & Chlorite?
Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
7.4 x 6.2 x 5.0 cm
Silver wires (classic locale)
Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
2.5 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Copper ps. After Aragonite ball (Soregaroli Coll.)
Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz, Bolivia
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Calcite incl. w/ Aurichalcite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico
2.9 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Acanthite (classic locale)
Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
2.1 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (classic Colorado)
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado
5.8 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Art-cut gem Fluorite (10.0 carats)
Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio
1.9 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.7 x 10.5 x 6.4 cm
Large Tourmaline var. Foitite & Schorl xls
Erongo Mountain, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
11.3 x 4.4 x 2.9 cm
Rhodchrosite (rare 2015 find)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
6.0 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm
Large Galena cube (Dr. Gary Hansen)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
9.8 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm
important, Very Large Copper w/ Cuprite (classic USA locale)
Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit), Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico
17.0 x 10.7 x 5.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (illustrated) W.S. Logan Coll.
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.8 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
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