PRE-TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM OLD COLLECTIONS - end Thursday January 25th, 2018

OLD CLASSICS SPECIAL MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end January 25, 2018 Ends January 25, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Look for a special mix pulled form gallery and show-quality backstock of the BEDOGNE (Italy), ZERFASS (France), and ROBERTSON (USA) collections! Look for gem crystals, rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Fine bi-colored Pakistan TOURMALINE from the 1980s
2. Rare old VARISCITE from Utah
3. PYROMORPHITES, CALCITES & FLUORITES
4. Old ENGLISH classics from the 1800's
5. Gem GROSSULAR GARNET from the Jeffrey Mine
6. Large old Frizington BARITE (mid-1800's!)
7. TRINITITE FROM THE 1ST NUCLEAR BOMB TEST IN THE USA !
8. Large gem SCAPOLITE
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Bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Cleavelandite (classic locale 1980s)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.4 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Large Sphalerite, Fluorite, etc. (old classic)
Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England
13.3 x 9.8 x 3.4 cm
Large floater Pyrite nodule (classic locale) Sanabria Coll.
Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain
11.0 x 8.5 x 7.5 cm
Gem fluorite cubes (RARE old classic - fluorescent)
Allenheads Mine, North Pennines, Northumberland, England
11.0 x 7.2 x 5.3 cm
Andradite Garnet (classic Arizona)
Stanley Butte area, Santa Teresa Mts, Graham Co., Arizona
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Gem Calcite twin (late 1990s classic)
Sarbaiskoe deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan
4.8 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Chabazite & Prehnite (classic locale)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey
9.3 x 7.1 x 3.6 cm
Pyromorphite (Robertson Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
5.4 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Pyromorphite (1997 find) ex Robertson Coll.
San Andres Mine, Espiel, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
2.0 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Gemmy Fluorapatite xls (rich - classic locale)
Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
6.2 x 5.1 x 3.9 cm
Iridescent Chalcopyrite & Dolomite (rare - old) Ex Renaud Vochten Coll.
Stolzembourg Copper Mine, Vianden, Diekirch District, Luxembourg
10.6 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
fine Rhodochrosite thumbnail specimen (classic find circa 1980)
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.8 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Large Baryte (old classic, from the 1800s)
Frizington, Cumbria, England
9.7 x 7.7 x 3.4 cm
Axehead-twinned Calcite (rare style, old classic)
Bonsall Moor Quarry, Bonsall Moor, Derbyshire, England
4.6 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm
Hematite ps. Marcasite (Whitmore Coll.)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
5.2 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Mottramite (2 generations)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.1 x 4.9 x 4.4 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz (Sanabria Coll.)
La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada mining area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
5.8 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Cechite (Type Locality - rare) & Chervetite ex Vajdak Coll.
Vrancice, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.4 x 4.1 x 4.0 cm
Chalcocite (uncommon) Vajdak Coll.
Vrancice, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.1 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
Smoky Quartz
Bustarviejo, Madrid, Spain
9.2 x 8.9 x 6.9 cm
Large Epidote plate (illustrated) Sanabria Coll.
Milucha Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
17.1 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Gem Fluorite xls w/ phantoms (fluorescent) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
18.6 x 11.3 x 4.7 cm
Gem Grossular Garnets - superb old classic, ex Bedogne
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
5.6 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Polished Variscite nodule (rare & old style)
Amatrice Hill, Stansbury Mts, Tooele Co., Utah
8.8 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Calcite & Quartz on Fluorite (Robertson Coll.)
Erika Mine, Saulnhof, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Bavaria, Germany
10.2 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm
Sphalerite, Quartz & Pyrite (Paul Zerfass Coll.)
Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
17.5 x 8.8 x 8.1 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Calcite (Zerfass Coll.)
Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
18.0 x 9.1 x 6.4 cm
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