Treasures Galore, January 2019 Auction

This is nearly 7.5 pounds of high-grade ore specimens, short diamond drill cores, and other minerals collected in and around various Utah mines. Build

From the Upchurch Collection comes four high-grade specimens from mines in Canada. Sites include Endako (2 pieces, one clearly molybdenite), Oriental

Ten pieces, together weighing approximately six pounds, from mines in Sonora, Mexico. Mines represented include Le Pilar (three half cores and a hand

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

This is a selection of seven ore and mineral specimens from various locations. Included is a nice hand-size specimen of dumortierite from the Rocheste

One large polished specimen--#13 weighs 142.7 g. Most of the other are unpolished specimens. #14, small chips, weighs 5.8 g. #15 weighs 27 g. #16 weig

These are high quality pieces of chrysocolla. #88 weighs 3g, 15 carats. #89 weighs 9g, 49 carats. Chrysocolla is a mineral that can be soft and fragil

Esmeralda lode. 1.5” x 1” , Gottschalk specimen. Bottom of label reads: "black is silver ore, $8-16/ton, trace of gold. Brown is gold ore, $14-...

Three specimens from Blue June, deep turquoise colr with black matrix. These are unusual looking, and nice. #40 weighs 39g. # 41, a pendant weighs 8g,

Large specimen from the Big Smoky Valley. 86 g, 2 inch cube, plus slab. Dark brown Gossen with pyrite, some native gold. Also comes with the second pi

Contains a banded epithermal silver and gold ore vein. Cut to see the vein, but it is a large enough specimen to see the vein run in its natural state

Gold with Famatinite from Goldfield. 1 x 1 x 1.6" with much visible gold on both ends. A choice Goldfield specimen, probably an older specimen,...

Pilot Mountain specimens from Mineral County, a turquoise green color. #27 weighs 45g. #28 weighs 10g. #29 weighs 26g. The Pilot Mountain Turquoise Mi

Altered Hasmark Limestone with visible gold flecks in host & limonite pseudomorphs after pyrite. 5.5x3.5x2.5". (This specimen was found at ...

Zunyite Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl - Massive white repalacement of Breccia. 5x5x3.5". (This specimen was found at the mine by a professional geologis...

1.75 x 1.75 x 1" gold in quartz from Seven Troughs. Visible gold in corner of specimen, the weight indicates there may be more gold than is imm...

Probably from the Buckskin Mines in Smith Valley. #32 weighs 28.5g. #33 weighs 20.6g. #34 weighs 36.9g. #35 weighs 90.5g. # 36, polished, weighs 12.5g

White opals are referred to as "common opal" or "potch" which has a milky or pearly luster known as "opalescence." #86...

Ophir mine. Beautiful high-grade gold silver slab of mineralized breccia with quartz cut in the shape of Nevada by collector Jerry Gray. This specimen

Six high grade silver specimens from the Ophir Mine on the Comstock. Native gold from Virginia City in quartz bracia visible. These were collected pre