SPECIAL ROUGH and CUT (GEM and CRYSTAL SETS) AUCTION - Ends July 17, 2018

Ends Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 at 7:15 PM (Central Time Zone)

We rarely offer rough and cuts, but we have a real treat this week. We have 21 sets of rough and cut gems and minerals from various worldwide localities. Plenty of your favorites including: Tanzanite, Spessartine, Kyanite and Euclase along with lots less common items like Cuprite, Wulfenite, Anhydrite and Pollucite, and hard to find rarities including, Catapleiite, Pyrargyrite, Rinkite and Preobrazhenskite!

Some sets are valued in the THOUSANDS of dollars, so be sure to check out everything. Don't miss out on these beauties; there are some really attractive and worthwhile sets in the mix, all with $10 RESERVE STARTING BIDS.
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Tanzanite (bicolor) (rough and cut set)
C-Block Mine, Merelani, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm (crystal), 2.05 carats; 10.29 mm x 4.64 mm (stone)
Preobrazhenskite (ridiculously rare) (rough and cut set)
Inder, Atyrau Province, Kazakhstan (Type Locality)
2.6 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm (specimen), 9.55 carats; 14.23 mm x 12.30 mm (stone)
Catapleiite (rare) (rough and cut set)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.8 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm (specimen), 0.28 carats; 4.14 mm x 3.58 mm (stone)
Cuprite (rough and cut set)
Different Localities (see description)
3.1 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm (specimen), 6.18 carats; 10.07 mm x 8.09 mm (stone)
Boracite (rare) (rough and cut set)
Gluckauf Mine, Sondershausen, Thuringia, Germany
0.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (crystal), 0.09 carats; 3.08 mm (stone)
Diopside (3 piece rough and cut set)
Different Localities (see description)
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm (specimen), 2.07 carats; 8.08 mm x 6.71 mm (faceted stone) & 3.38 carats; 11.92 mm x 7.14 mm (cabochon)
Tremolite (rough and cut set)
Hughes Mine, Minden Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
4.1 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm (specimen), 1.65 carats; 6.67 mm x 6.63 mm (stone)
Kyanite (3 piece rough and cut set)
Kali Gandaki Gorge, Myagdi and Mustang Districts, Dhawalagiri Zone, Nepal
2.6 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm (crystal), 4.99 carats; 10.75 mm x 7.78 mm (faceted stone) & 3.94 carats; 10.45 mm x 7.35 mm (cabochon)
Euclase (rough and cut set)
Santana do Encoberto, Sa£o Sebastia£o do Maranha£o, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm (crystal), 4.77 carats; 12.37 mm x 8.71 mm (stone)
Wulfenite (rough and cut set)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
3.8 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm (specimen), 0.82 carats; 5.67 mm x 3.49 mm (stone)
Pollucite (rough and cut set)
Oxford County, Maine
1.4 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm (rough), 1.12 carats; 6.77 mm x 4.60 mm (stone)
Rinkite (very rare) (rough and cut set)
Different Localities (see description)
3.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm (rough), 0.77 carats; 5.12 mm x 4.95 mm (stone)
Pyrargyrite (rough and cut set)
Different Localities (see description)
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm (specimen), 9.10 carats; 10.14 mm x 10.09 mm (stone)
Spessartine(rough and cut set)
Different Localities (see description)
2.1 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm (specimen), 1.61 carats; 8.65 mm x 5.64 mm (stone)
Anhydrite (rough and cut set)
Namakdan saltdome, Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran
2.1 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm (crystal), 3.89 carats; 8.52 mm x 8.35 mm (stone)
Red Quartz (rough and cut set)
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
4.1 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm (crystal), 13.20 carats; 18.36 mm x 14.14 mm (stone)
Labradorite (rough and cut set)
Mexico
4.2 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm (rough), 77.61 carats; 27.89 mm x 22.64 mm (stone)
Sinhalite (rare and large!) (rough and cut set)
Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
2.1 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm (rough), 25.00 carats; 20.04 mm x 16.22 mm (stone)
Pyroxmangite (rough and cut set)
Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete (former Queluz de Minas), Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.1 x 1.5 x 1.2 (specimen), 0.62 carats; 5.60 mm x 3.81 mm (stone)
Magnesite (large faceted gem) (rough and cut set)
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.5 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm (specimen), 20.26 carats; 20.03 mm x 12.51 mm (stone)