Holiday Treasures Auction- December 2019

Here is a nice grouping of minerals. They are quarts crystals clusters. Item #1 of 3 : Very interesting specimen here. At first glance , it appears th

Half a quart zip bag of spiderweb varicite from Columbus, NV State: Nevada City: Date:

Fossilized fish, 16-inches long, sandblasted out of the 20x16-inch rock matrix and stained to show the detail. This is most likely a Knightia species

This is a votive candle holder made from a beautiful chunk of crystalline purple amethyst from Brazil. The piece is approximately 5 x 6 inches across

Four-inch diameter sphere of highly polished amethyst from Brazil. Comes in an Asian-style, fabric-covered box lined with white satin. Amethyst is a p

Tetrahedrite, (Cu,Fe)12 Sb4 S13, is a copper mineral that forms eponymous tetrahedral crystals. This specimen is attributed to an unknown mine in the

Rare edition in hardcover. State: City: Date: 1956

Sulfur approx 2.5". Coal Approx 7" and 10". Likely from McGill, NV. State: City: Date:

Eighteen specimens, all about four inches square from numerous locales. Several are particularly nice, some containing other minor minerals. Crystal

A quart zip bag full of golden tiger eye sliced specimens State: City: Date:

This 1-3/4 pound specimen is a sample from a copper smelting furnace in McGill, Nevada, nearly Ely, where the purified molten copper appears to have b

Grab bag of twenty rocks and minerals including nice pieces of pyrite, chalcopyrite, calcite dripstone, dogtooth calcite, copper oxide minerals, coppe

5# of assorted slabbed agates. Moss, bacon ribbon, fortification, laguna, Fort Agate and more State: City: Date:

A massive specimen pale green smithsonite growing an inch thick on a nondescript piece of grayish-brown rock. Weight is approx. 1-3/4 pounds, and the

This is a specimen of native copper from the Phoenix Mine in Copper County on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Northern Michigan. It weighs approx. 66 grams

Here is a beautiful native copper specimen attributed to the Quincy Copper Mine Complex near Hancock on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Northern Michigan. I

Mixed lot of rough sapphires and garnets likely hand winnowed from heavily weathered schistose rocks or recovered from placer deposits of Montana. All

Two pieces of high-grade antimony ore from the Antimony King Mine in the Bernice District, Churchill County, Nevada, approx 65 x 43 x 35 mm and 30 x 3

Three pieces of high-grade silver-gold ore from the Original Bullfrog Mine in Bullfrog, Nevada, approx 30 x 20 mm to 45 x 45 mm. Quartz matrix with ab

High-grade gold ore from the Daisy Mine, Diamondfield, Nevada, approx 50 x 35 x 25 mm. Crystalline quartz with occasional flecks of gold or pyrite are

High-grade gold-telluride ore from the Great Bend Mine, Goldfield District, Diamondfield Subdistrict, Esmeralda County, Nevada, approx 70 x 55 x 35 mm

Two pieces of high-grade silver ore from the Eureka District, Eureka County, Nevada, approx 80 x 62 x 30 mm and 45 x 40 x 30 mm. Mostly white quartz w

High-grade silver ore from the Mammoth Mine near Gilbert, Esmeralda County, Nevada, approx 65 x 65 x 50 mm. Massive white and clear quartz specimen wi

High-grade gold specimen, approx 85 x 50 mm, from the Rogers Goldfield Syndicate Lease of the Red King Claim of the Florence Mine in Goldfield, Nevada

High-grade gold sulfide ore specimen from the Florence Mine in Goldfield, Nevada, approximately 40 x 33 x 25 mm. Matrix is similar blue-gray quartz th

Two pieces of high-grade gold sulfide ore specimen from the Mohawk Extension Mine in Goldfield, Nevada, each approx 30 x 30 mm. They are denser than o

High-grade gold-barite from the Sandstorm Mine in Goldfield, Nevada, approx 70 x 55 mm. Original collector identifies goldfieldite -- a copper-telluri

High-grade gold-bismuth-sulfide ore, approx 60 x 55 mm, from the Florence Mine in Goldfield, Nevada. Blue-gray quartz with greenish-yellow efflorescen

High-grade gold-silver oxide ore from the Gold Crown Property of the Goldyke, Nye County, Nevada, approx 45 x 25 x 25 mm. Original collector identifie

High-grade silver ore from the Illinois Mine, near the site of Lodi, north of Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, approx 90 x 90 x 90 mm. A mass of white quart

High-grade gold ore specimen from the Mayflower Mine, located two miles west of Manhattan, Nevada, approx 45 x 45 x 40 mm. Boxwork quartz matrix with

High-grade silver ore specimen from the Independence Consolidated Mine, White Caps Property, Central District, Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada, approx 8

High-grade silver ore from the Rawhide Mine, Mineral County, Nevada, approx 65 x 50 x 35 mm. Clearly a cemented breccia, this specimen shows infilling

High-grade gold ore from the 145-foot level of the Therien Lease of the Minnehaha Group, Seven Troughs Merger Mining Company, Pershing County, Nevada,

High-grade silver-gold ore from the Harris Lease of the Seven Troughs Mine, Florence Mining & Leasing Company, Seven Troughs, Nevada, approx 25 ...

High-grade silver-gold ore specimen from the Prior Lease of the Mazuma Hills Mine in Seven Troughs, Nevada, approx 45 x 35 x 35 mm. Original collector

Gold colored FOB with small pieces of high grade from the South Comstock Mines. On the reverse "Ralston Straight Shooters Genuine Gold ore From...

High-grade gold-silver ore from the Kindergarten Mine near Seven Troughs, Pershing County, Nevada, approx 20 x 20 mm. Silvery-gray mineralization in a

High-grade gold ore specimen from the Desert Queen Mine in Tonopah, Nevada, approximately 75 x 75 x 50 mm. Iron-stained quartz breccia with small pock

High-grade gold ore from the Keystone Shaft of the Keystone Mine in Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, approx 80 x 55 x 35 mm. Reddish brown porphyry with v

High-grade silver ore specimen from the Mizpah Mine in Tonopah, Nevada, approx 50 x 50 mm. Original collector identified "light ruby silver&quo...

High-grade silver ore specimen from the Grand Trunk Claim in Tonopah, Nevada, approx 50 x 35 mm. Lots of argentite in quartz. Fairly dense for its siz

High-grade silver ore from the California Tonopah Mine in Tonopah, Nevada, approx 100 x 10 x 40 mm. Deep red oxidized and brecciated porphyry, with si

High-grade silver ore from the infamous Belmont Mine in Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, approximately 50 x 50 x 30 mm. Massive white quartz with what app

High-grade silver-gold ore from the West End Mine near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, approx 90 x 35 x 40 mm. Massive white quartz peppered with small c

group of Nevada ore specimens, including scheelite (Tungsten), various gold-silver rocks (no visible gold); book with gold embossed cover for Ott Heiz

Five small hand samples of high-grade ore from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Utah. These all show prominent massive and crystalline pyrite, chalco

Five labeled ore specimens from the Upchurch Collection representing various locations in Chihuahua, Mexico. Total weight is about two pounds for the

Hardcover. West of the Rocky Mountains. 360pp with index. Spine has wear and cracks State: City: Date: 1867

Hardcover ex Harvard library copy. 566pp with index State: City: Date: 1873