TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end February 16th, 2017

Ends Thursday, February 16th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

It's the final week for Tucson auctions! We're excited to offer this week's selection of classics, contemporary treasures, collector specimens, gem crystals, rarities and more! This week we've thrown in fossils, a gem carving, a meteorite, etc. Of course, we have plenty of pieces from the famous and historic Willard Wulff collection, along with dealers' inventories and other private collections that we're liquidating. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Beautiful twinned CASSITERITE from Bolivia
2. Excellent gemmy LARGE CABINET FLUORITE from Illinois
3. GEM QUALITY TOPAZ on matrix from Pakistan
4. Classic display specimen of fine quality PYROMORPHITE from Bunker Hill, Idaho
5. Gorgeous and fine quality rich pink COBALTOAN CALCITE from the Congo
6. Rarities include Steigerite, Armstrongite, Lemanskiite, Krohnkite and Boulangerite
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Stibnite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramure? Co., Romania
5.5 x 5.2 x 5.1 cm
Mottramite pseudomorph after Cerussite
Stevenson-Bennett Mine (Stephenson-Bennett Mine), Organ District, Organ Mts, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
11.0 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Hureaulite with Reddingite (rare)
Jocao pegmatite (Cigana claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Titanite (twins)
Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu district, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Krohnkite (very rare)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Type Locality)
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Evansite (rare)
Kociha, Rimavska Sobota Co., Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
2.0 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Steigerite (incredibly rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Sullivan Brothers Claims, Gypsum Valley District, San Miguel County, Colorado (Type Locality)
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Proustite in Native Arsenic (ex Josef Vajdak)
Jachymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusne Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
4.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Armstrongite (ridiculously rare) (named for Neil Armstrong)
Dorozhnyi pegmatite, Khan Bogdo Massif (Khan-Bogdinskii), Gobi Desert, Mongolia (Type Locality)
5.0 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Brewsterite-(Sr)
Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
2.0 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm
Lemanskiite (very rare)
Abundancia Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
2.1 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Boulangerite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Vojtech Mine, Brezove Hory deposit, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
9.3 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Cuprite (old classic)
Carn Brea and Tincroft United Mine, Carn Brea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
6.1 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Phosphophyllite (very rare)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.2 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Dolomite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Azcarate Quarry, Eugui, Esterebar, Navarre, Spain
4.3 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
5.6 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
Beryl (var: "Goshenite")
Erongo Region, Namibia
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Aegirine (ex Herb Obodda Collection)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
4.5 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (good color)
Antetezambato, near the town of Nosy Faly, Ambanja District, Diana Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Descloizite pseudomorph after Vanadinite (ex Wouter Van Tichelen Collection)
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
9.5 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Aquamarine
Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.7 x 3.0 x 1.1 cm
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Malachite replacing Azurite
Luputo, Kakumba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo
7.7 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm
Calcite with Copper
Emke Mine, Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Gypsum included with Atacamite plus Chrysocolla in Quartz
Lily Mine, Pisco Umay, Ica Department, Peru
8.3 x 7.8 x 7.4 cm
Barite
Villamassargia, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
10.2 x 9.1 x 6.3 cm
Copper
Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan
6.7 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
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