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A SAMPLER OF SELECTED 2019 BMC AUCTION SPECIMENS
2019 Auction Date is Saturday, January 19 Snow date: June 8, 2019
Volume 4
Mesolite
l 11.0 x 9.2 x 3.7 cml 184 g
l Pune Dist. (PoonahDist.), Maharashtra, India
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Inesite
l 15.0 x 11.5 x 8.5 cm
l 1,336 g
l Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Trinity Co., CA
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Barite
l 12.0 x 11.5 x 9.0 cml 2,389 g
l Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Calcite
l 19.5 x 13.8 x 8.4 cml 1,622 g
l Santa Eulalia Dist., Chihuahua, Mexico
l Donated by Stonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Calcite
l 16.7 x 13.5 x 8.6 cml 1,939 g
l Santa Eulalia Dist., Chihuahua, Mexico
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Pyromorphite
l 15.0 x 12.3 x 8.5 cm
l 2,199 g
l Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Gypsum var. Selenite
l 13.5 x 10.5 x 10.2 cml 928 g
l Swan Lake, Victoria, Australia
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Magnetite
l 15.0 x 14.8 x 13.5 cml 3,288 g
l Fresno Co., CA
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Pyromorphite
l 17.2 x 15.7 x 7.0 cml 1,823 g
l Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Pyromorphite & Barite
l 17.3 x 15.7 x 7.0 cm
l 1,823 g
l Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Pyromorphite & Quartz
l 21.2 x 12.3 x 9.5 cm
l 3,060 g
l Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Azurite & Malachite
l 22.5 x 15.1 x 10.0 cml 2,952 g
l Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mtn. Dist., Shannon Mts., Greenlee, AZ
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Azurite & Malachite
l 16.0 x 14.0 x 12.2 cml 2,623 g
l Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mtn. Dist., Shannon Mts., Greenlee, AZ
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Prehnite & Scolecite
l 19.2 x 14.9 x 14.0 cml 4,608 gl Nashik (Nasik)
Dist., Maharashtra, India
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Stilbite & Heulandite
l 15.1 x 12.3 x 7.8 cml 1,275 g
l Bombay Quarry, Mumbai Dist., Maharashtra, India
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Calcite
l 15.5 x 12.3 x 7.8 cml 2,189 g
l Guanajuato, Mexico
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Chalcedony Geode
l 17.0 x 12.9 x 11.3 cm
l Montana
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Azurite & Malachite
l 14.5 x 10.7 x 9.8 cm
l 1,359 g
l Silver Bow Co., MT
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Gypsum var. Selenite
l 22.3 x 14.2 x 12.0 cml 4,154 g
l Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
l Donated by Stonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Apophyllite, Stilbite, & Calcite
l 12.07 x 10.8 x 10.8 cml 1,659 g
l Nashik (Nasik) Dist., Maharashtra, India
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Stilbite & Apophyllite
l 21.9 x 17.7 x 10.8 cml 4,355 g
l Nashik (Nasik) Dist., Maharashtra, India
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Calcite & Aragonite Septarian Nodules
l 20.0 x 14.8 x 13.2 cm
l 6,651 g
l Southern Utah
l Donated byStonetrust
Photograph by Mike Haritos
40 Thumbnail Specimens
l ME 5 Thumbnailsl NH 4 Thumbnailsl VT 3 Thumbnailsl MA 11 Thumbnailsl CT 14 Thumbnailsl RI 3 Thumbnailsl A great chance to
start or support a New England Coll.
l Consigned byPaul Young
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Dana’s System of Mineralogy
l Vol. 1 Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts & Oxides. © 1944 Seventh Edtion by C. Palache, H. Berman, & C. Frondel (has a handwritten notation “1944 from Cliff”)
l Vol. 2 Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, etc. © 1951. 7th Edition, 4th Printing
l Vol. 3 Silica Minerals © 1962 by C. Frondel
l Consigned by Robert KrupaPhotograph by Mike Haritos
Rhodonite & Calcite
l 13.0 x 10.5 x 6.5 cml 1,324 g
l Franklin, Sussex County, NJ
l (the offical gem of the state of Massachusetts)
l Consigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Quartz (Herkimer Diamond)
l 7.8 x 7.4 x 5.5 cm l 368 g
l Middleville, Herkimer Co., NY
l Consigned with a Reserve byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Azurite
l 3.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cml 13 g
l Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
l Consigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Brazilianite
l 11.0 x 9.0 x 6.5 cml 453 g
l Telirio Mine, Linopolis, Divinodas Laranjeiras, M.G., Brazil
l Consigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Rock Trimmer
l 24.0 x 14.0 x 7.4 cm
l Consigned byRobert Krupa
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Beryl (left) & Calcite & Galena (right)
l Beryll 7.2 x 5.7 x 2.7 cml 127 gl China
l Calcite & Galenal 5.5 x 4.2 x 2.3 cml St. Joe Lead Dist.,
MO
l Consigned by Warren Anderson
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Quartz (Citrine)
l 5.4 x 1.6 x 1.5 cml 24 g
l Wishing Well Pocket, Bismuth, Torrington, N.S.W., Australia
l Consigned byBill Hall
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Copper
l 4.5 x 2.2 x 0.4 cml 7 g
l Ray, AZ
l Consigned by Warren Anderson
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Mimetite
l 8.6 x 7.2 x 3.3 cml 206 g
l Chihuahua, Mexico
l Consigned by Warren Anderson
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Siderite (left) & Calcite (right)
l Sideritel 6.3 x 6.2 x 4.1 cml 187 gl Estacada, OR
l Calcite, Pugh Quarry, Weston, Wood Co., OH
l Consigned by Warren Anderson
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Garnet var. Almandine (left) & Pyrite (right)
l Almandinel 3.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cml 16 gl Roxbury, Litchfield
County, CT
l Pyritel 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 cml 35 gl Lyman, NH
l Consigned by Warren Anderson
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Sphalerite & Galena
l 13.0 x 12.1 x 4.8 cml 697 g
l Picher, OK
l Cosigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Quartz
l 12.0 x 6.2 x 5.3 cml 389 g
l Treasure Mtn., Little Falls, Herkimer Co., NY
l Consigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Stilbite
l 6.2 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
l 87 g
l Kennesaw Quarry, Cobb Co., GA
l Consigned byBill Hall
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Epidote & Quartz
l 8.1 x 7.9 x 5.0 cml 283 g
l Green Monster Mtn., Prince of Wales Island, AK
l Consigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Datolite
l 3.8 x 3.7 x 3.5 cml 85 g
l Roncari Quarry, East Granby, Hartford Co., CT
l Consigned by Warren Anderson
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Garnet var. Almadine
l 8.9 x 5.2 x 4.0 cml 230 g
l Roxbury, Litchfield County, CT
l Consigned by Warren Anderson
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Rhodochrosite Slab
l 10.5 x 5.7 x 5.2 cml 453 g
l Capillitas Mining Dist., AndalgalaDept., Catamarca, Argentina
l Consigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Apatite with the Plagioclase Feldspar Albite Showing Its Pericline Form
l 16.1 x 7.8 x 4.3 cml 720 g
l Tilcon Quarry, Acushnet, MA
l Consigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Fluorapatite
l 6.2 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm l 132 g
l Noyes Mtn. Quarry (Harvard Quarry), Greenwood, Oxford Co., ME
l Consigned byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Quartz
l 20.4 x 6.9 x 6.2 cml 817 g
l Minas Gerais, Brazil
l Consigned with a Reserve byBill Hall
Photograph by Mike Haritos
Topaz
l 4.2 x 3.6 x 1.7 cml 24 g (approx.)
l Government Pit (Government Gravel Pits), Albany, Carroll County, NH
l Consigned with a Reserve byWell-Arranged Molecules
Photograph by Mike Haritos