Holiday Treasures Auction- December 2019

Tahe Family, Navajo, bracelets; the bangle is marked "Sterling Tahe" and is 1 1/2 in. in diameter. the second is a cuff bracelet with 2 1/...

Cowrie Shell Necklace with a flower shaped pendant. Also included: bag of approximately 100 cowrie shells. State: City: Date:

Two solid copper nuggets found in Michigan placer deposits. One is approx 2.5 x 3 x 1-inch and 361 grams, and the other is 2.5 x 3 x 0.75-inch and 228

6 x 9 x 12" specimen of classic Mississippi Valley Lead-Zinc ore, Custom wood base, from Nevada Mining Engineer John Heizer Collection. State:...

This is a copper splash specimen from the McGill copper smelter near Ely, Nevada, that processed concentrated ore from a mine at about 34 percent copp

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