post-Tucson MINERALS and COLLECTIONS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end March 9, 2017

Ends Thursday, MARCH 9, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

With the Tucson Show coming to a close, we've loaded up another great auction with plenty of interesting, unique and attractive specimens we left at home to be prepared for internet sales from the massive old collections stash I am liquidating. This auction set, as do all, features classic and rare minerals from contemporary and historic worldwide localities along with gem crystals, native elements and more. A number of old 1800s and early-1900's-era minerals are included !


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Rare and excellent Michigan CUBIC COPPER and APOPHYLLITE on ANALCIME specimens
2. Fine selection of specimens from a LEAD minerals collection.
3. Rare large Nevada SMOKY QUARTZ
4. Large KROHNKITE
5. Old rare 1961 Mexican WULFENITE from the John Sinkankas Collection
6. Rare large Texas GYPSUM
7. Superb Elmwood FLUORITE.
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Large Gypsum (RARE Texas!)
Troup, Smith Co., Texas
24.0 x 10.8 x 5.2 cm
DT Calcite twin (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
10.8 x 8.5 x 7.8 cm
Sulfur
Maybee Quarry, Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan
6.7 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Berthierite
Baia Sprie Mine, Maramures Co., Romania
9.7 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent), Quartz & Chamosite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
7.5 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm
rare large Krohnkite (Type Locality) & circa early 1900's
Chuquicamata Mine, Antofagasta Region, Chile
7.2 x 6.0 x 2.8 cm
Calcite (Wolfe Coll.)
Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Shire, Queensland, Australia
4.4 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Amethyst w/ Hematite inclusions (Siltamaki Coll.) - Canada!
Crown Jewel Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
6.7 x 5.5 x 3.2 cm
Sal Ammoniac (RARE style - classic locale)
Mt Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
5.8 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent!)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
13.6 x 8.4 x 6.9 cm
Pargasite on Marble (both fluorescent)
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Strontianite on Celestine (RARE combo) Ross Lillie Coll.
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Minverva No. 1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
7.9 x 6.8 x 6.1 cm
Gem color-zoned Fluorite on Sphalerite (Ludlum Coll.)
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.5 x 6.5 x 4.1 cm
Miserite, Straczekite (RARE - Type Loc. for both) & Wollastinite (Owens Coll.)
North Wilson pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas
18.5 x 14.6 x 7.1 cm
Gem bi-colored Fluorite (fluorescent)
Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.0 x 9.3 x 7.4 cm
Copper (RARE stacked cubes!)
White Pine Mine, Ontanagon County, Michigan
4.6 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm
Ferri-fluoro-katophorite (RARE Amphibole - Type Locality)
Bear Lake diggings, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
11.0 x 6.2 x 3.0 cm
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