Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

Auction Details

Welcome to our June 2018 sale!

This 5-day auction has nearly 3,600 lots covering many categories including: Numismatics, Mining, Minerals, General Americana, Railroad, Tokens, Antique Bottles, Gaming, Firearms & Weaponry, Wells Fargo & Express, and much more!

Highlights include:

NUMISMATICS
*The Hawaii Numismatic Collection: rare early Hawaiian coins, medals, and currency.

*A large coin and medal section featuring gold, platinum, and silver coins and medals from around the world. Morgan dollars, peace dollars, St. Gaudens, pennies, nickels, dimes, and more! Rarities & high-grade specimens plus large groups and sets.

*Ingots and bullion bars.

*Numismatic collectibles and ephemera.

TOKENS
*Our second large offering of tokens from the R.B. Worthington Texas Token Collection

MINING & MINERALS

*Aurora, Nevada ore specimens from the famous Gottschalk Collection plus the fabulous Con-Virginia/Dayton Cons. Comstock Ore Collection.

*Museum-quality mineral specimens from around the world.

*Mining lamps and hard goods plus stock certificates feat. Arizona, California, & Nevada

*The Prag Canadian Mining Collection

RAILROAD
*A new offering of railroad and steamer passes from the Potter Collection and others.

BOTTLES
*A pictorial Owl Pharmacy Co. bottle from Seven Troughs, Nevada, one of the all-time great Western mining camp pictorials! One of a large group of great Nevada medicine bottles in this sale. Plus an Excelsior Soda & Mineral Water bottle and other great California & Gold Rush bottles.

GENERAL AMERICANA
*Two different Wurlitzers, a Mason player piano, National cash registers, and a great group of ephemera from the Potter Collection, Prag Collection, and others!

*Finally, a large Bargain/Dealer Section featuring both entry-level collectibles and large dealer lots ideal for resale. Our philosophy for this section is to help beginning collectors start their collections and to restock dealer inventories, therefore helping grow the collecting community as a whole.

FULL AUCTION SCHEDULE

Day 1 (Lots 1000-1718)
Numismatics (1000-1614)
Currency & Scrip (1000-1042)
Gold Coins (1043-1150)
Platinum Coins (1151-1160)
General Coins feat. Hawaii Collection (1161-1418)
Medals (1419-1537)
Ingots (1538-1551)
Numismatic Ephemera (1552-1614)
Gaming (1615-1644)
World’s Fair & Expositions (1645-1667)
Wells Fargo & Express (1668-1718)

Day 2 (2000-2690)
Minerals (2000-2158)
Mining (2159-2690)
Lamps, Candlesticks, & Other Hard Goods (2159-2222)
Assay (2223-2239)
Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (2240-2690)

Day 3 (3000-3704)
Railroadiana (3000-3150)
Railroad Passes (3000-3019)
Steamer Passes (3020-3045)
Ephemera incl. Lamps (Geographic Sort) (3046-3150)
Bottles (3151-3268)
Medicines (3151-3218)
Soda (3219-3250)
Whiskey & Misc. (3251-3268)
Tokens feat. Part II of the Texas Collection (3269-3512)
Political & Presidential (3513-3544)
Civil War & Military (3545-3626)
Firearms & Weaponry (3627-3704)
Pistols, Rifles, Shotguns, Etc. (3627-3639)
Swords & Knives (3640-3661)
Ammunition (3662-3689)
Ephemera (3690-3704)

Day 4 (4000-4726)
General Americana
Assorted incl. Furniture, Hard Goods, Hats, Misc. Ephemera, Books (4000-4149)
Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (4150-4726)

Day 5 (5000-5712)
Native Americana (5000-5101)
Art (5000-5007)
Baskets (5008-5026)
Jewelry (5027-5064)
Points & Tools (5065-5072)
Ephemera (5073-5101)
Cowboy (5102-5136)
Philatelic (5137-5210)
Postal History (5137-5183)
Stamps & Revenue (5184-5210)
Art (5211-5247)
Antique Lamps (5248-5262)
Bargains & Dealer Specials (5263-5713)
General Americana
Mining
Railroad
Numismatics & Tokens

SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Spodumene from Afghanistan2000 - Spodumene from Afghanistan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A fine example of the yellow "triphane" variety of the mineral spodumene. The varietal term "triphane" is derived from the Greek...
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Spodumene v. Kunzite from Afghanistan2001 - Spodumene v. Kunzite from Afghanistan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a WOW specimen. Kunzite is the pink to lilac colored gem variety of the mineral Spodumene. Spodumene is a common mineral in gem-bearing pegmat
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Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 6,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Elbaite (Tourmaline) from Brazil2002 - Elbaite (Tourmaline) from Brazil
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This fine elbaite (tourmaline) specimen from the famous Barra de Salinas District (mouth of Salinas river) in the Coronel Murta district of Minas Gera
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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El Indio Copper-Gold Mine Specimen2003 - El Indio Copper-Gold Mine Specimen
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice. Enargite copper-ore with minor quartz & pyrite, Viento vein, 4050 level. 4.5x2.5x2.5". This is the El-Indio copper-gold district. E...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Azurite and Malachite from Liufengshan Mine, China2004 - Azurite and Malachite from Liufengshan Mine, China
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A large, colorful specimen of azurite (blue) and malachite (green) crystals from the underground workings at the now exhausted Liufengshan Mine in Anh
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,750.00 - 2,625.00
 
 
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Azurite from Liufengshan Mine, China2005 - Azurite from Liufengshan Mine, China
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An electric-blue specimen of crystallized azurite from a now-closed underground copper mine in Anhui Province, China. The color and condition of this
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to c******u for (575.00 + 143.75BP) = 718.75
 
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Beryl v. Aquamarine and Cassiterite from China2006 - Beryl v. Aquamarine and Cassiterite from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A fantastic combination specimen featuring the three most important collector species found at Mt. Xuebaoding. The specimen features: several gemmy, l
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Calcite and Fluorite from Xianghualing Mine, China2007 - Calcite and Fluorite from Xianghualing Mine, China
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An attractive specimen featuring a "matrix" of light green fluorite crystals upon which has grown a lustrous, flattened, translucent, colo...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Calcite from China2008 - Calcite from China
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Two large, sharp, lustrous, bi-colored (white and brick-red) calcite crystals are perched on a matrix rock covered by smaller, off-white, scalenohedra
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 2,150.00 - 3,225.00
 
 
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Calcite v. Manganoan and Quartz from China2009 - Calcite v. Manganoan and Quartz from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This specimen features interesting and attractive, stacked crystals of light pink manganoan calcite on a matrix of well-crystallized quartz. The manga
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Start Price : 650.00 | Estimate : 1,750.00 - 2,625.00
 
 
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Cassiterite and Muscovite from China2010 - Cassiterite and Muscovite from China
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Mount Xuebaoding literally means "Snowy Treasure Peak" in Mandarin Chinese. The mountain (18,333 ft) is located near the easternmost edge ...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
 
 
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Fluorite and Calcite from China2011 - Fluorite and Calcite from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A brand new occurrence for fluorite in Fujian Province, China. This attractive specimen features a complex cluster of greenish fluorite crystals havin
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Fluorite and Dolomite from China2012 - Fluorite and Dolomite from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An attractive, collector-quality specimen from a currently active deposit in mineral-rich Hunan Province. This specimen is from a large crystal-lined
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Start Price : 650.00 | Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,700.00
 
 
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Fluorite and Quartz from China2013 - Fluorite and Quartz from China
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This specimen features an extremely rare indigo-blue color of the mineral fluorite. Additionally, the crystal habit is very unusual. The crystals are
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Fluorite and Quartz from China2014 - Fluorite and Quartz from China
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Fluorite is a very popular mineral, and it naturally occurs in all colors of the spectrum. Pure fluorite is colorless; the color variations are caused
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Start Price : 575.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Fluorite and Quartz from Fujian Province, China2015 - Fluorite and Quartz from Fujian Province, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An attractive, new discovery from Fujian Province, The specimen features bright purple, lustrous, dodecahedral crystals of fluorite on a matrix rock c
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Estimate : 650.00 - 975.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Fluorite from Henan Province, China2016 - Fluorite from Henan Province, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A recent find from Henan Province are attractive, reniform masses of emerald-green fluorite. The fluorite masses have small, but, well defined crystal
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Start Price : 650.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, China2017 - Fluorite from Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, China
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Fluorite is the mineralogical form of calcium fluoride. Fluorite crystallizes in the isometric system, this specimen demonstrates quite well the &qu...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, China2018 - Fluorite from Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Huanggang Iron-Tin Deposit in Inner Mongolia is perhaps the most prolific mineral specimen producing locality in China today. The locality has bee
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Jiangxi Province, China2019 - Fluorite from Jiangxi Province, China
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An unusual specimen of fluorite (light green), calcite and quartz from Jiangxi Province, China. located in the southeast of the country. Jiangxi, loca
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Xianghualing Mine, China2020 - Fluorite from Xianghualing Mine, China
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The Xianghualing Mine is a skarn-type, Tin-Lead-Zinc deposit located about 70 km southwest of Chenzhou, China. The mine is most famous to mineral coll
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (600.00 + 150.00BP) = 750.00
 
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Fluorite from Xiefang Mine, China2021 - Fluorite from Xiefang Mine, China
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The Xiefang Mine is a volcanic-hydrothermal fluorite deposit possessing a fluorite vein system of 10 kilometers in length. The mine has yielded numero
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Start Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, China2022 - Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, China
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Well-formed, colorless to white, prismatic quartz crystals form the "matrix rock" for numerous, lustrous, transparent, light-purple, cubic...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,750.00 - 2,625.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, China2023 - Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, China
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Numerous intergrown, lustrous, color-zoned (blue-purple), cubic fluorite crystals reaching 1" across which are associated with colorless quartz...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, China2024 - Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, China
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Yaogangxian is a huge, underground tungsten-tin deposit. The mine covers an area of about 4 x 2.5 km and includes two large deposits of distinct type
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Garnet v. Andradite from China2025 - Garnet v. Andradite from China
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An outstanding example of the garnet family species, Andradite. Andradite is a calcium iron nesosilicate mineral which occurs in skarns developed in c
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Start Price : 550.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Garnet v. Andradite from China2026 - Garnet v. Andradite from China
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A very well-formed cluster of greenish-bronze, dodecahedral andradite (garnet) crystals. The specimen is in outstanding condition and possesses very s
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Hemimorphite from Yunnan Province, China2027 - Hemimorphite from Yunnan Province, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The name "Wenshan Mine" is most likely a generic name, referring to one or more deposits in the area around Wenshan, Yunnan Province. The ...
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Start Price : 900.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hemimorphite from Yunnan Province, China2028 - Hemimorphite from Yunnan Province, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An exceptional example of the bright blue, botryoidal (grape-like) hemimorphite specimens that have recently been recovered at Wenshan. Large undamage
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
 
 
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Magnetite from China2029 - Magnetite from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These crystals of Magnetite from the Huanggang Mine in Inner Mongolia, China are simply HUGE. Magnetite is an oxide of iron and is a primary ore of ir
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Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (600.00 + 150.00BP) = 750.00
 
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Manganoan Calcite and Quartz from China2030 - Manganoan Calcite and Quartz from China
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Manganoan Calcite is a variety of calcite rich in manganese, which gives the mineral a pink color. This specimen features dozens of thin, "disk...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Manganoan Calcite from China2031 - Manganoan Calcite from China
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Huge, rhombic crystals of light-pink, manganese-rich calcite crystals from the prolific specimen producing mines at Huanggang, Inner Mongolia. The gro
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Start Price : 550.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite from China2032 - Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite from China
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Plumbogummite seems a very odd name for a mineral species, however, the name has real significance. Named in 1819 by Francois Pierre Nicolas Gillet de
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 950.00 - 1,425.00
 
 
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Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite from Yangshuo Mine, China2033 - Plumbogummite ps. after Pyromorphite from Yangshuo Mine, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a spectacular pseudomorph of plumbogummite after pyromorphite. The term pseudomorph means "false form" and indicates that the unde...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,700.00
 
 
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Quartz and Calcite from China2034 - Quartz and Calcite from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The aesthetic beauty of this quartz crystal cluster from the Huanggang mine in Inner Mongolia is undeniable. Large, well-formed, lustrous, slightly-ye
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Start Price : 950.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
 
 
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Quartz and Calcite from Wuhuashan Mountain, China2035 - Quartz and Calcite from Wuhuashan Mountain, China
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An attractive combo specimen Wuhuashan Mountain. The specimen features a plate of hematite included (reddish-orange color) quartz points partially cov
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 950.00 - 1,425.00
 
 
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Quartz and Calcite from Wuhuashan Mountain, China2036 - Quartz and Calcite from Wuhuashan Mountain, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These fantastic quartz crystal clusters were first discovered and brought to the American mineral market within the last 10 years. The terminations of
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 950.00 - 1,425.00
 
 
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Quartz v. Amethyst and Calcite from Tonglushan Mine, China2037 - Quartz v. Amethyst and Calcite from Tonglushan Mine, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Tonglushan Mine is a large, skarn-type Iron and Copper deposit, occurring in the northern end of the Majiao-Tonglushan anticline. From a mineralog
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Start Price : 650.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Rhodochrosite and Fluorite from Wutong Mine, China2038 - Rhodochrosite and Fluorite from Wutong Mine, China
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The Wutong deposit was discovered in 1958 and was a minor producer of lead (4676 tons), zinc (3555 tons) and silver (6.65 tons). The locality gained
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,750.00 - 2,625.00
 
 
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Rhodochrosite and Fluorite from Wutong Mine, China2039 - Rhodochrosite and Fluorite from Wutong Mine, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This specimen is a cluster of highly-flattened, rhombohedral crystals of bright reddish-pink rhodochrosite from the Wutong Mine. Opened in 1958 as a s
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Start Price : 650.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Rhodochrosite from Wutong Mine, China2040 - Rhodochrosite from Wutong Mine, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The most important rhodocrosite specimen discovery of the past decade came from the Wutong Mine, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China. A collaborative mining ef
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Scheelite and Muscovite from China2041 - Scheelite and Muscovite from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The world's finest scheelite crystals have been produced from Mt. Xuebaoding in Sichuan Province, China. This is a superb example of the highly ...
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Start Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Spessartine and Quartz v. Smoky from China2042 - Spessartine and Quartz v. Smoky from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This spectacular specimen features bright orange spessartine garnets covering a matrix of off-white feldspar crystals. Rising above the spessartine co
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Start Price : 950.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Spessartine and Quartz v. Smoky from Wushan Spessartine Mine, China2043 - Spessartine and Quartz v. Smoky from Wushan Spessartine Mine, China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A fantastic specimen featuring Spessartine (garnet) and Smoky Quartz crystals. Spessartine is a nesosilicate, manganese aluminium garnet. Spessartine
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Start Price : 950.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
 
 
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Sphalerite and Quartz from China2044 - Sphalerite and Quartz from China
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This specimen features more than ten gemmy, lustrous, sharp, reddish-orange sphalerite crystals which have grown on a matrix covered with colorless dr
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Malachite from Mashanba West Mine, Democratic Republic of Congo2045 - Malachite from Mashanba West Mine, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Malachite is a bright green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral which occurs in many crystal habits and forms. This fantastic specimen features long (7
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Apophyllite and Stilbite from India2046 - Apophyllite and Stilbite from India
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This attractive apophyllite specimen features well-formed, lustrous, transparent to translucent light green crystals that are blocky in shape with ste
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Aegirine from Malawi2047 - Aegirine from Malawi
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Aegirine is a member of the clinopyroxene group of inosilicates and is a sodium iron silicate. Aegirine occurs as dark green, monoclinic, prismatic cr
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 650.00 - 975.00
 
 
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Adamite from Ojuela Mine, Mexico2048 - Adamite from Ojuela Mine, Mexico
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Adamite is a zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral which typically occurs in the oxidized or weathered zone above zinc ore occurrences. Pure adamite is colo
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Mimetite from Ojuela Mine, Mexico2049 - Mimetite from Ojuela Mine, Mexico
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A superb, crystallized botryoidal crust of bright yellow Mimetite. Mimetite is a lead arsenate chloride mineral which forms as a secondary mineral in
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Quartz & Amethyst from Mexico2050 - Quartz & Amethyst from Mexico
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Beautiful Quartz v. Amethyst from the Acatitlan Mine, Taxco de Alarcon, Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. 6" x 5" x 2.5". Date: Lo...
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Quartz v. Amethyst from Mexico2051 - Quartz v. Amethyst from Mexico
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A colorful, aesthetic specimen of amethyst quartz from the famous deposit near Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico. The matrix of this specimen is covered wit
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to J******o for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
 
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Beryl v. Aquamarine from Namibia2052 - Beryl v. Aquamarine from Namibia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An unusually greenish-blue aquamarine crystal cluster on feldspar matrix from Erongo Mountain, Namibia. Typically the aquamarine found in the many gem
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Start Price : 950.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
 
 
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Cerussite from Namibia2053 - Cerussite from Namibia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cerussite is a favorite species of mineral collectors. It is a lead carbonate mineral and is an important ore of lead. Cerussite crystallizes in the o
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Start Price : 425.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, Namibia2054 - Cerussite from Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
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A spectacular specimen of the lead carbonate mineral Cerussite. Cerussite is popular with collectors worldwide as it frequently produces well formed,
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,400.00 - 2,100.00
 
 
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Dioptase and Shattuckite from Namibia2055 - Dioptase and Shattuckite from Namibia
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Beautiful glassy, translucent dioptase crystals on a milky quartz matrix. The dioptase crystals are pristine, a fine emerald green color and are super
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Start Price : 650.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Dioptase from Namibia2056 - Dioptase from Namibia
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Dioptase is a popular collectible mineral species because of its vibrant emerald green color, transparency, and strong luster. This is an attractive p
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Start Price : 650.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Namibia2057 - Fluorite from Namibia
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An attractive mineral specimen featuring dark olive-green cube-octahedral fluorite crystals in association with "booklets" of yellowish mu...
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Fluorite from Okorusu Mine, Namibia2058 - Fluorite from Okorusu Mine, Namibia
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Mined since around 1920, the Okorusu Mine is an open pit fluorite mine. The deposit is part of an alkaline igneous-carbonatite ring-dike complex where
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Quartz v. Amethyst from Namibia2059 - Quartz v. Amethyst from Namibia
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A superb, large, single color-zoned crystal of quartz from the world famous deposit in the Goboboseb Mountains of Namibia. The quartz crystal features
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Quartz v. Amethyst from Namibia2060 - Quartz v. Amethyst from Namibia
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An attractive quartz variety amethyst specimen featuring a single, stout, prismatic, purple-colored quartz crystal on a basalt rock matrix which is fu
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Quartz v. Amethyst from Namibia2061 - Quartz v. Amethyst from Namibia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This handsome amethyst/smoky quartz specimen was recovered from the Brandberg complex, which is a circular granite pluton 25 km in diameter rising to
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Quartz v. Amethyst, Smoky from Namibia2062 - Quartz v. Amethyst, Smoky from Namibia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two doubly-terminated predominately smoky-colored quartz crystals on a granitic matrix. The quartz has good luster and has a slight hint of amethyst c
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Schorl (Black Tourmaline) from Namibia2063 - Schorl (Black Tourmaline) from Namibia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The early history of the mineral schorl shows that the name "Schorl" was in use prior to the year 1400 (AD) because a village known today ...
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Schorl (Black Tourmaline) from Namibia2064 - Schorl (Black Tourmaline) from Namibia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Erongo Mountain is 20 km north of the town of Usakos in north central Namibia. Erongo mountain is 65 km in diameter and has significant mineral sp
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Shattuckite and Quartz from Namibia2065 - Shattuckite and Quartz from Namibia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Shattuckite is a relatively rare copper silicate hydroxide mineral. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic dipyramidal crystal system and usually occurs
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Shattuckite from Namibia2066 - Shattuckite from Namibia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Shattuckite is an uncommon copper-bearing mineral that is highly coveted by mineral collectors because of its vivid blue color. Typically, shattuckite
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to c******u for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Quartz v. Amethyst and Chlorite from Nepal2067 - Quartz v. Amethyst and Chlorite from Nepal
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An exceptional mineral specimen from the world-famous mineral collection of Uli and Anka Bahmann of Johannesburg, South Africa. The Bahmann's bu...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
 
 
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Apatite and Schorl from Pakistan2068 - Apatite and Schorl from Pakistan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This specimen was recovered from one of the numerous, complex granitic pegmatites in the area of Bulochi, Pakistan. Bulochi is a small village 4 kilom
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Beryl v. Aquamarine and Muscovite from Pakistan2069 - Beryl v. Aquamarine and Muscovite from Pakistan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A beautiful display quality specimen of the Aquamarine variety of the mineral Beryl. This specimen was recovered in the 2015 mining season from the re
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Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 6,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Elbaite and Albite, Quartz from Pakistan2070 - Elbaite and Albite, Quartz from Pakistan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An attractive display quality tourmaline specimen discovered in the 2010 mining season from miarolitic granite pegmatites in the Stak valley of northe
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Start Price : 800.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Elbaite from Pakistan2071 - Elbaite from Pakistan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The gem-bearing pegmatite veins at Stak Nala are not large in size (up to 15 m in length), but are famous for their gorgeous multi-colored tourmalines
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Quartz (Rock Crystal) from Pakistan2072 - Quartz (Rock Crystal) from Pakistan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An outstanding example of "rock crystal" or colorless quartz. This specimen is, also, a great example of tabular quartz crystal developmen...
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Topaz from Pakistan2073 - Topaz from Pakistan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a "jewel" of a topaz crystal, possessing a strong color, glassy luster, and gem-quality transparency. The crystal has textbook for...
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Rhodonite from Peru2074 - Rhodonite from Peru
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A beautiful mineral specimen featuring a tight cluster of well-formed, bright pinkish-red, bladed rhodonite crystals. The specimen is in excellent con
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Fluorite from South Africa2075 - Fluorite from South Africa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A cluster of vibrant-green, octahedral fluorite crystals in superb condition from a surface deposit located 3 km north of the village of Riemvasmaak.
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Quartz (Japan-law) from South Africa2076 - Quartz (Japan-law) from South Africa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An unusual specimen from the South African locality which has become famous for producing "Cactus" quartz clusters. This specimen features...
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Start Price : 950.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,750.00
 
 
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Quartz v. Amethyst from South Africa2077 - Quartz v. Amethyst from South Africa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A very attractive and fascinating amethystine quartz crystal cluster from the Boekenhoutshoek area of South Africa. This occurence of quartz has been
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Quartz v. Amethyst from South Africa2078 - Quartz v. Amethyst from South Africa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A very well balanced and attractive cluster of amethyst quartz crystals which exhibiting the "cactus quartz" habit made famous by the spec...
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,250.00
 
 
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Beryl v. Heliodor from Ukraine2079 - Beryl v. Heliodor from Ukraine
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A highly-collectible, gemmy, yellow crystal of the heliodor variety of beryl. This lustrous, well-formed crystal has complex, naturally solution etche
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Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimate : 2,750.00 - 4,125.00
 
 
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Neptunite from Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California2080 - Neptunite from Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An attractive, classic specimen of this unusual silicate of potassium, sodium, lithium, iron, manganese, and titanium. The Benitoite Gem Mine (Dallas
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Start Price : 575.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
 
 
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Silver Mountain Silver Ore Specimen2081 - Silver Mountain Silver Ore Specimen
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Alpine Co, Cal. Gottschalk collection, label barely visible/readable. "Silver Mtn. enargite." About 2” cube. Early specimens from this reg...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Two California Gold Specimens2082 - Two California Gold Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One specimen from the Sacramento River, a small nugget, 1.6 g; another from the central Mother Lode, 3.0g. Both are native gold with quartz. Date:
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to c*****n for (225.00 + 46.13BP) = 271.13
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN2083 - LOT WITHDRAWN
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot Withdrawn
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LOT WITHDRAWN2084 - LOT WITHDRAWN
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot Withdrawn
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Introduction to the Gottschalk Ore Specimens2084a - Introduction to the Gottschalk Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Gottschalk Aurora Collection Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) Worked on Many of These Mines! Fred N. Holabird Overview The Gottschalk Aurora Co
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Arabia District Gold specimen from the Gottschalk Collection2085 - Arabia District Gold specimen from the Gottschalk Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 2 x 2 x 1" specimen on original Gottschalk label. Lead, antimony, silver and gold. The Arabia District was one of the first non-Comstock ...
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Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Five Aurora Ore Specimens2086 - Five Aurora Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aurora. Five specimens. All thee about 1.5” cubed. All show strong silver-gold mineralization. “Gold $31.98, silver $8.30”., another “gold $279.20, s
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Five Aurora Ore Specimens2087 - Five Aurora Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five Gottschalk collection Aurora high grade ore specimens. Mostly 1.5” and less, generally smaller specimens than usual for this collection. Nice gro
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Four High Grade Aurora Gold Specimens2088 - Four High Grade Aurora Gold Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four specimens of varying size up to 2 x 4”. All contain high grade gold-silver mineralization. None mine designated. One marked “mined 1860”. Another
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Sold to 8********l.. for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Aurora Gold and Geologic Specimens2089 - Aurora Gold and Geologic Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aurora Gold and Geologic specimens. Two adularia crystalline specimens. One volcanic rock, one large hand specimen “mined 1860, bonanza ore” 3.5 x 3
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Aurora Gold Specimens2090 - Aurora Gold Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four specimens from Aurora from he Gottschalk collection. All with original labels, just like the rest of the material offered here. Excellent cross s
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Aurora Ore Specimens2091 - Aurora Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aurora. Gottschalk specimens. Three, all about 2’ cubed. One specimen “gold 1500, silver 500”, another “mined 1870”. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevad
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Aurora Ore Specimens2092 - Aurora Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three choice ore specimens from the Gottschalk collection. Not mine designated. One marked “mined 1870-1871”. This was, according to most authors, the
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Antelope Gold Specimen2093 - Antelope Gold Specimen
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antelope mine. High grade specimen with aguilarite, gold, pyrite. About 2” cube. Gottschalk specimen. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64544
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Antelope Gold-Silver Specimens2094 - Antelope Gold-Silver Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antelope mine. Two Gottschalk specimens. A) 2 x 1.5 x 1”, aguilarite. B)2 x 1.5 x 1.5”, “1861” cut polished surface. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevad
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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Antelope Mine High grade Specimen2095 - Antelope Mine High grade Specimen
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antelope mine. High grade gold specimen with native gold visible in the black mineralized sections with binocular scope. “1861.”. 1.5” cubed. Gottscha
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Sold to 8********l.. for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
 
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Antelope Mine Ore Specimens2096 - Antelope Mine Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antelope Mine. Two specimens “$6000 per ton” both about 1.5” cube. Aguilarite. These are the two specimens from the Gottschalk specimens from the famo
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Sold to 8********l.. for (700.00 + 175.00BP) = 875.00
 
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Antelope Mine Ore Specimens2097 - Antelope Mine Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antelope mine. Gottschalk specimens. Two. A) 1.5” cube, b) 2.5 x 4 x 1.5”. “Gold plus aguilarite” Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64545
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (350.00 + 87.50BP) = 437.50
 
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Gold From the Antelope Mine2098 - Gold From the Antelope Mine
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antelope Mine. Pyrite with minor gold visible in binocular scope. Three specimens on one Gottschalk label, all about 1” plus cubed. “Bonanza Gold plus
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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