Special Auction - Minerals of Myanmar (Burma) from the Bill Larson Collection

We are proud to offer specimens from the holdings of the personal collection of dealer/collector "Burma Bill" Larson, assembled over 40 trips and nearly 30 years of travel to Myanmar (Burma) in its heyday as a specimen producer. This is a unique opportunity for all of us, ourselves included, to see the largest and broadest collection of specimen quality Burmese minerals, gems, lapidary items and artifacts assembled to date. Such focused collections built by single people in lucky times of production, as this was, are educational treasures because we dealers do not even see such quantity and breadth to learn context, without studying such rare assemblages. Due to the size of the collection (over 1000 items), we are posting installments every few months to either our website at iRocks.com or to the auctions here. Stay tuned for more! For further information on this collection, assembled prior to 2008 and in storage for all that time until now, and which we are honored to have been the ones chosen to release, please also see our Wisdom Pocket blog: https://www.irocks.com/burma-and-spinels-in-my-collection Other specimens currently for sale from our recent postings: https://www.irocks.com/galleries/bill-larson-burma-collection Lastly, for a superb educational talking tour of Mogok, see our 2012 Dallas Symposium talk by Bill
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Corundum var: Sapphire (bi-colored crystal)
Mogok Valley Zone, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm, 1.48 grams
Winning Bid: $1,100
Calcite (with limonitic ''phantom'')
Dattaw-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Spinel (''Ruby Spinel'') (GEM crystal)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
Sillimanite (4 GEM crystal set)
Ohngaing, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.2 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm to 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm, 11.57 grams (total weight)
Winning Bid: $369
Meionite (Scapolite) (RARE pink color - 2 crystal set)
Ohn-bin-ywe-htwet, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
3.1 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm and 1.7 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm, 19.42 grams
Winning Bid: $135
Quartz var: Smoky with Muscovite on Microcline
Sakhan-gyi, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
11.8 x 10.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $146
Danburite (3-crystal set)
Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.5 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm to 1.5 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm, 8.77 grams (total weight)
Winning Bid: $165
Calcite (unusual form)
Dattaw-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
8.0 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Quartz (impersonating Sapphire) on Blue Topaz (unique locality specimen)
Sakhan-gyi, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
7.1 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Corundum var: Sapphire
Baw Mar Mine, Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
3.8 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm, 15.79 grams
Winning Bid: $357
Pollucite (4-crystal set)
Khetchel Village (Khat Che Village), Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm to 1.3 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm, 24.15 grams
Winning Bid: $53
Trapiche Ruby (2-crystal set)
Mong Hsu Township, Loilen District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm and 1.1 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm, 3.04 grams (total weight)
Winning Bid: $133
Schorl on Smoky Quartz
Mogok Valley Zone, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
3.1 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Danburite (GEM crystal)
Le-U-le-taw, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm, 1.69 grams
Winning Bid: $285
Petalite (2-crystal set)
Khetchel Village (Khat Che Village), Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
3.1 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm and 2.5 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $125
Phlogopite (gemmy crystals with bluish Calcite inclusions)
Dattaw-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm and 1.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Microcline with Smoky Quartz
Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Elbaite on Quartz
Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.1 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $143
Cassiterite (twins) with Muscovite, Quartz and Albite on Mircocline
Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
8.2 x 6.7 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Corundum var: Ruby
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $257
Topaz (GEMMY crystal with ''helix'' inclusions)
Sakhan-gyi, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
4.2 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm, 14.13 grams
Winning Bid: $161
Corundum var: Sapphire (''Trapiche'')
Thabeikkyin, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Burma)
Ex. Bill Larson
13.35 mm x 12.33 mm, 9.75 carats
Winning Bid: $105
Moonstone (8-stone set) (rare locality)
Mogok Valley Zone, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
7.63 mm x 5.80 mm (approx each), 8.77 carats (total weight)
Winning Bid: $120
Olenite (RARE Tourmaline species) (''mushrooms'') (3-piece set)
Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.4 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm to 2.1 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Amber var: Burmite (large specimen)
Hukawng Valley, Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
11.1 x 10.8 x 3.7 cm, 262.2 grams
Winning Bid: $400
Topaz with RARE Garnet inclusions
Sakhan-gyi, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
8.2 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm, 114.3 grams
Winning Bid: $625
Beryl var: Aquamarine (GEM crystal) (unusual habit)
Sakhan-gyi, Kyauk-Pyat-That, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm, 4.79 grams
Winning Bid: $221
Aragonite (''egg'')
Dattaw-taung, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.1 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Danburite (6 GEM crystal set)
Le-U-le-taw, Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
3.2 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm to 1.7 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm, 49.78 grams (total weight)
Winning Bid: $65
Corundum var: Sapphire
Baw Mar Mine, Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Bill Larson
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $109