PRE-TUCSON FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end January 26th, 2017

Ends Thursday, January 26th, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This special set for the new year features a large number of old classics plus gem crystals culled out of old collections we are dispersing. Featured collections being dispersed include the Strauss collection (Gem classics) , an old European Opal collection, a large Midwest collection, Sanabria collection (Spain minerals), GEM CRYSTALS, and many others.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Fine gem TANZANITE thumbnail
2. Excellent large PENTAGONITE & CALCITE
3. Rare, old and classic USA and European specimens
4. Mineral specimens from the Sanabria (Spain) Collection including an illustrated piece 5. Selection of GEM CRYSTALS from the Uwe Strauss Collection
6. Large matrix TOPAZ from the Zapot pegmatite
7. RARE old crystallized KROHNKITE from the Type Locality
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gem Tanzanite crystal
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
Adamite (fluorescent) & Hemimorphite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
13.3 x 7.5 x 2.1 cm
Gem bi-colored Tourmaline (Strauss Coll.)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
3.9 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Lollingite (illustrated) Sanabria Coll.
Monchi Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
4.9 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Opal (rare & rare locale)
Smrcek, Vysocina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
14.3 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm
Opal (RARE & rare locale)
Zvolen Co., Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
12.1 x 8.5 x 6.2 cm
Dioptase & Calcite (Sanabria Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.9 x 6.1 x 4.6 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
13.4 x 9.4 x 4.4 cm
Cuprian Descloizite
Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
6.1 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
Gormanite (rare phosphate)
Linopolis, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 3.5 x 1.4 cm
Annabergite (classic locale)
Km-3 Mine, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
4.5 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite, Galena & Calcite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.0 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
Pyrite xl (rare size and habit, 2014 pocket)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
8.3 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm
Corundum var. Sapphire (uncommon locale)
Craigmont Mine, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada
5.7 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Krohnkite CRYSTALS (circa 1900 - Type Locality)
Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile
5.8 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm
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