SPECIAL TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end February 4th, 2016

Ends February 4th, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

TWO FULL PAGES of attractive, unique, classic and rare minerals from contemporary and classic worldwide localities. A great mix featuring specimens from our overstocked inventory, liquidations of the many collections we've purchased, and assorted pieces from new finds and classic localities !!

Some of the highlights include:
1. Fine selection of Tourmaline xls !
2. Large Itauz Mine Copper w/ Cuprite
3. Excellent large German Silver after Dyscrasite
4. Rare & sharp Pollucite xl
5. Huge Kyanite xls from a classic Swiss locale
6. Rich Vietnam Chondrodite w/ Spinel
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Cobaltoan Smithsonite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
13.0 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm
Titanite twin (classic locale) Matioli Coll.
Campo do Boa Mine, Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.0 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
gem Rubellite Tourmaline (Pala Intl. Coll.)
Aracuai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.0 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) Soregaroli Coll.
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
8.2 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Superb Rhodochrosite ps. After fossilized Mollusc
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
3.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Large Kyanite plate (classic Swiss locale)
Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
17.0 x 11.5 x 4.0 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline on Quartz xl
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
6.0 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Hematite incl. in Calcite (rare - old) ex Sir R. Ferguson (1769-1840)
Jachymov, Krusne Hory Mts, Bohemia, Czech Republic (?)
6.4 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
Pyrite (uncommon locale)
Patriot Mine, Schonbrunn, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
5.4 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Fluorite (classic locale - fluorescent)
Halsbrucke, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
11.9 x 5.4 x 5.0 cm
Gem Fluorite (fluorescent!)
Rogerley Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Iridescent Hematite on Magnetite ore (rare)
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
5.4 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite cleavage octahedron (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.9 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm
Topaz & Quartz (classic locale) Buschendorf Coll.
Schneckenstein cliff, Kielberg, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
11.4 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm
Lazulite
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp), Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
6.4 x 5.5 x 3.0 cm
Almandine Garnet (Soregaroli Coll.)
River Valley, Ontario, Canada
5.2 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
"Hot" pink Tourmaline (classic CA)
Stewart Mine, San Diego Co., California
4.4 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Pargasite (Ford Coll.)
Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Chondrodite & Spinel
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
7.0 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Calcite & Hemimorphite (Zigras Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.4 x 6.0 x 5.4 cm
Prehnite casts after Calcite w/ Calcite
Zoetwater, Calvinia, Northern Cape Prov., South Afric
12.9 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
Pyromorphite (Ford Coll.)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Gem color-zoned Fluorite (fluoresent) Ford Coll.
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
5.9 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Rhodochrosite
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.5 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Scheelite (fluorescent & rare locale TN) Ford Coll.
Gharmung area, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.5 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Bi-colored gemmy Tourmaline (old classic)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Azurite on Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.0 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
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