PRE-TUCSON FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end January 12th, 2017

Ends Thursday, January 12th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

Starting off the New Year with a great mix of old classics, contemporary treats along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals and display specimens. You'll even find a few fossils, carving and gemstones mixed in every now and then. Of course we have plenty of pieces from the famous and historic Willard Wulff collection, along with dealers' inventories and other private collections that we're liquidating. 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. A beautiful nearly 3-inch AZURITE "rosette" from the Shilu Mine in China
2. Rare RHODOCHROSITE pseudomorph after SERANDITE from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
3. Highly sought after and rare "TRAPICHE" habit RUBY specimen from Burma (Myanmar)
4. Historic specimen of the rare sulfosalt ANDORITE from Bolivia from Federico Ahlfeld from 1939
5. Fine quality matrix STELLERITE from India from the collection of John Arnaud
6. A lovely matrix specimen of GEMMY GYPSUM crystals from the Cave of Swords in Mexico
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Spinel
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Opal (highly colorful)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.0 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Cassiterite with Siderite and Quartz
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
9.0 x 5.2 x 1.6 cm
Tourmaline (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm
Azurite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
7.3 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Rhodochrosite pseudomorph after Serandite (ex Wouter Van Tichelen Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
6.1 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Inesite with Hubeite (rare)
Daye Iron mine, Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
4.6 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Ruby (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Burma
0.5 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Topaz
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
9.3 x 7.2 x 5.2 cm
Turgite on Quartz
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
14.8 x 11.1 x 8.3 cm
Aquamarine (rich color)
Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
2.1 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Bornite after Pyrite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
6.2 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Peridot (ex Obodda)
Sapat Gali, Naran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
3.2 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Copper ("spinel twin")
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
4.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Wulfenite
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Cornetite (rare classic material)
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
5.3 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
Andorite (rare) (ex Federico Ahlfeld specimen) (1939)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
Chrysoberyl (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
2.2 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm
Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
8.0 x 7.4 x 3.6 cm
Calcite (ex Willard Wulff Collection - collected by Wulff)
Fountain Valley (now the site of Ft. Carson Army Base in Colorado Springs) El Paso County, Colorado
10.6 x 8.1 x 2.2 cm
Spessartine
Nani, (approximately 10 km SW of the Kenya border), Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania
5.2 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Muscovite
Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina
5.2 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Azurite on Malachite (classic material) (ex Willard Wulff Collectio)
Metcalf Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
Petrified Wood
South Park, Park County, Colorado
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite with Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Gypsum (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Cave of Swords, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.1 x 7.3 x 5.2 cm
Apophyllite with Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
5.2 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
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