PRE-TUCSON FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end January 19th, 2017

Ends Thursday, January 19th, 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. Wire GOLD from Leadville, Colorado
2. Classic iridescent COVELLITE from Summitville, Colorado
3. Unusual new BLOOD VESSEL OPAL from San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4. Rare electric blue LINARITE with BROCHANTITE from Bingham, New Mexico
5. Beautiful golden BARITE specimen from the Meikle Mine in Nevada
6. Rarities include Potosiite, Nasonite, Serendibite, Agardite-(La), Zykaite and Boulangerite
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Rhodochrosite (mined 1978) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
1.8 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Fluorite
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.3 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
Prehnite
Oficarsa Quarry (Cerro de las Culebras), Carchelejo, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain
6.2 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Andradite (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
4.6 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) with Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite (var: "Staffelite")
Valec (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
4.0 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm
Halite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Jordan Saline and Kleer mine, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Texas
8.2 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Albite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Crystal Peak, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
8.2 x 6.9 x 6.8 cm
Chrysocolla (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima County, Arizona
10.2 x 7.5 x 2.3 cm
Tremolite (fluorescent!)
Sunset South Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona
4.8 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm
Kasparite (Co-bearing Pickeringite) (rare)
Dubnuk, Cervenica, Presov Co., Slovakia
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Potosiite on Franckeite (very rare material)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Stolzite
Cordillera Mine, Kangaloolah, Tuena, Georgiana Co., New South Wales, Australia
1.3 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Nasonite (very rare) (ex Pat Gross and Rich Kosnar Collections)
Parker Shaft (Parker Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Agardite-(La) (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
9.0 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm
Boulangerite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Vojtech Mine, Brezove Hory deposit, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.6 x 5.3 x 1.3 cm
Pyroaurite (very rare)
Langban, Filipstad, Vaermland, Sweden
6.3 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Native Arsenic (good quality)
Akatani mine, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
1.3 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Erythrite
Sara Alicia Mine, San Bernardo, Mun. de alamos, Sonora, Mexico
10.2 x 7.5 x 2.7 cm
Smithsonite
Sounion Mine No. 6 ("Exi Mine"), Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines), Sounion Area, Lavrion, Attiku Prefecture, Greece
6.0 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Brazilianite (ex Matioli)
Telirio claim, Linupolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Sanidine (Baveno Twin)
Kopriva (border town with Macedonia), Kyustendil (Kjustendil), Kyustendil Oblast, Bulgaria
4.2 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Zykaite (extremely rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Jachymov (St Joachimsthal), Jachymov District, Krusne Hory Mts, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Bournonite ("cogwheels")
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.4 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Serendibite (very rare borosilicate)
Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma
1.0 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Axinite-(Mn)
Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
2.5 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm
Rhodochrosite
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
6.6 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm
Garnierite
Dobsina, Slovakia
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
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