SPECIAL PRE-TUCSON FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1 of 2) - ends Jan. 21, 2016

Ends THURSDAY Jan. 21, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Raiding our mixed inventory before planning for our huge 60-foot main show booth at the Tucson show, we offer another very diverse set this week featuring a fine mix of mineral specimens from collections and new finds.
Highlights include:
Several Large and Rare TOURMALINES, ENHYDRO AMETHYST GEM CRYSTAL, a CABINET SIZED OLD FLUORITE FROM OKORUSO, RARE SPECIES, and OLD CLASSICS -
A superb, rare crystallized cordierite is particularly notable!
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Epidote on Amethyst
Jinkouhe District, Leshan Prefect., Sichuan Prov., China
7.7 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Diamond in comglomerate (Matioli Coll.)
Garimpo Velho, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazi
9.4 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
Lazurite (superb cluster on matrix with high luster)
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Prov., Afghanistan
7.2 x 5.2 x 5.0 cm
rare, sharp Cordierite crystals (ex Whitmore Coll.)
Richmond Soapstone Quarry, Richmond, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
7.8 x 7.3 x 6.0 cm
Neptunite & Benitoite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
7.2 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
Large color-zoned Fluorite ex. Soregaroli Coll.
Okorusu Mine (1980s), Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
21.5 x 14.0 x 8.3 cm
fine Amethyst crystal w/ moving water bubble
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.8 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Exotic large bi-colored Tourmaline
Momeik Township, Shan State, Burma
10.2 x 8.3 x 8.0 cm
French Pink Fluorite
Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
4.5 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Quartz "prases" included by Hedenbergite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
8.9 x 5.9 x 3.8 cm
Calcite
Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
5.3 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Chalcedony (rare old classic, mid-1800s label) ex. Philadelphia Academy
Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
8.0 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Olmiite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.6 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite & Mimetite
Bipyramidal Wulfenite & Mimetite
7.5 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
DT gemmy Aquamarine
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
4.6 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Chalcopyrite on Fluorite (Jaime Bird Coll.)
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.7 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm
Rose Quartz (2011 find)
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.8 x 4.1 x 1.5 cm
Gypsum (rare Ontario) Nowakowski Coll.
Canal Dump (Montrose occurrence), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
10.5 x 8.7 x 4.0 cm
Calcite (classic locale) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Dalen-Kjorholt Mine, Brevik, Telemark, Norway
4.4 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
3.9 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm
Celestine (Nowakowski Coll.)
Stoneco Portage Quarry, Portage, Wood Co., Ohio
6.3 x 4.0 x 1.7 cm
Bournonite (classic locale) Gutierrez Coll
La Sanguinede mine, Les Malines Dist., Languedoc-Roussillon, France
11.1 x 9.8 x 5.4 cm
Epidote w/ Quartz (classic locale)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
DT Quartz w/ Graphite inclusions
Cong Ly, Hunan Province, China
9.9 x 8.9 x 2.7 cm
Aegirine on Feldspar
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
6.8 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Marcasite (rare quality)
Rosh Pinah Mine, Karas Region, Namibia
4.3 x 3.4 x 1.9 cm
Baryte (classic locale)
Mine No. 18, Paleokamariza, Lavrion, Attiki, Greece
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm