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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Almandine Garnets w/ Dravite Tourmalines
Red Embers Mine, Erving, Franklin Co., Massachusetts
14.6 x 9.4 x 1.4 cm
Sphalerite & Galena (Dave Bristol Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
8.5 x 7.8 x 5.8 cm
Cosalite & Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine, Wells, British Columbia, Canada
6.8 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm
Fluorapatite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Durango, Mexico
5.2 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Vanadinite on Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
4.3 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Celestine (Neal Yedlin Coll.)
Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio
4.1 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.9 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
Calcite
Stoneco Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio
6.0 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm
Fishtail-twinned Calcite xls (rare AZ) Trimingham Coll.
Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona
9.8 x 7.0 x 4.8 cm
Calcite twin (rare Pennsylvania style)
Rheem's Quarry, Aberdeen, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
6.5 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm
Prehnite (classic New Jersey) Payne Coll.
Prospect Park Quarry, Passaic Co., New Jersey
6.5 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Huge Colorado Baryte crystal ex. Trimingham Coll.
Book Cliffs area, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado
16.4 x 14.0 x 10.0 cm
Hematite stalactites
Irhoud Mine, Safi Province, Doukkala-Abda Region, Morocco
14.7 x 11.4 x 5.8 cm
Clinoclase
Copper stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada
8.8 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm
DT Tourmaline with a DT Quartz
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Pakistan
4.9 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Gem Tourmaline
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.6 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Gemmy Phlogopite on Marble (both fluorescent) Dr. Ed David Coll.
Koksha Valley, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan
5.7 x 5.2 x 2.6 cm
Goshenite Beryl (RARE CA locale) Trimingham Coll.
Vanderberg Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Boleite xls (Type Locality)
Santa Rosalia, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico
1.0 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm (largest), 21 Pieces - Thumbnails
Shattuckite vug
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.8 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Large Colemanite (Trimingham Coll.)
Thompson Mine, Inyo Co., California
16.4 x 10.8 x 10.4 cm
Arseniosiderite (old - Type Locality)
Manganese deposit, Romaneche-Thorens, Burgundy, France
8.7 x 6.4 x 3.5 cm
DT Epidote xls (rare Nevada locale) Madrid Coll.
Lola Claim, near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada
5.9 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Quartz
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Pollucite (large, translucent and fine gem crystal)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Prov., Afghanistan
7.9 x 4.1 x 4.0 cm
Copper w/ Cuprite (large)
Itauz Mine, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
12.0 x 11.8 x 0.7 cm
Amethyst (excellent cluster with rare aesthetics)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
6.0 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm
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