PRE-TUCSON FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Ends Thursday Jan 30, 2020

This week's pre-TUCSON Show auction features great selection of minerals including classic species / localities along with gem crystals, contemporary beauties and rare minerals from around the world.   Look for pieces from important collections that include things seldom seen for sale on a  retail market! We dove back into the classics collections we have purchased over the years for some fresh choices for you !

Highlights this week include:

1. Large gem HALITE from Poland

2. TOURMALINES

 

3. Ross Lillie Collection specimens

 

4. Exotic CUPRIAN SMITHSONITE from Tsumeb

 

5. Classic large old-time COPPER skull

 

6. Sapo Mine APATITE w/ TOURMALINE - rare style

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Apatite (fluorescent) w/ Tourmaline & Muscovite
Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Watermelon Tourmaline slice (classic Maine) Charlie Key Coll.
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
2.7 x 2.4 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Beudantite (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
1.5 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Baryte (classic locale)
Cumbria, England
7.1 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Conichalcite (1975 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Chalcanthite (RARE - uncommon locale)
Trion Mine, San Antonio de la Huerta, Sonora, Mexico
2.5 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Tourmaline (old classic - 9.56 carats)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California
2.5 x 1.0 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Large Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru
14.9 x 12.0 x 9.8 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Gemmy Topaz xls
Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.4 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Large Apophyllite & Stilbite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
15.0 x 11.2 x 8.0 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Lepidolite
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.6 x 9.1 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Gem purple-cap Indicolite Tourmaline (59.29 carats)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazi
4.5 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Calcite on mollusc fossils (classic locale)
Elk Creek, Dalzell, Meade Co., South Dakota
7.6 x 7.0 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $79
DT floater gem Kunzite (2018 find - 29 grams)
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
5.0 x 3.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Lazurite "Lapis Lazuli" ex Obodda
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
7.4 x 6.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Quartz (New Find)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
12.7 x 10.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $308
Faden Quartz (rare old classic Arkansas)
nr. Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas
6.7 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $165
rare crystallized Cuprian Smithsonite (illustrated) ex. Shields Flynn Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
9.5 x 9.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $677
Large Copper "skull" (superb old classic)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
18.5 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $597
Inderborite (RARE borate)
Sarıkaya B deposit, Kirka, Eskisehir Province, Turkey
5.6 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Large Baveno-twin Microcline xl w/ Tourmlaine ex Obodda
Raikot, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
16.9 x 11.0 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $256
Fluorite w/ hydrocarbons & bitumen (rare locale) Lillie Coll.
Edgar Davis Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.3 x 6.5 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $239
Fluorite w/ Dolomite & Calcite (Sanabria Coll.)
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
14.1 x 8.1 x 7.4 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Baryte w/ Fluorite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.2 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $400
Butterfly-twin Calcite xls (RARE habit & locale)
Cinco Cruces mining district?, Humay, Pisco Prov., Ica Dept., Peru
3.0 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Large gem Halite xls (fluorescent)
Solno mine, Inowrocław, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
9.5 x 8.7 x 8.5 cm
Winning Bid: $680
Shattuckite ps. After Smoky Quartz (RARE!)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $317
Pyromorphite (Steve Smale Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
7.5 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $318