2005

Mercury Ore Specimens - Various States

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Mercury Ore Specimens - Various States
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 36 mercury ore specimens from various localaties. Samples range from less than 1 inch to 4 inches in diameter and hail from AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, OR, MT and Spain. Specimens are dominantly cinnabar, metacinnabar, and native native mercury. There are several samples of the mercury halides calomelt, englestonite, and kleinite (a rare example), the mercury selenides orofrite and tiemannite, and the rare mercury telluride coloradoite. Notable samples include a nice crystaline example of cinabar from Almaden, Spain - one of the first locales for Hg mining - and some beautiful examples of banded cinnabar within hotsprings sinter. This photo only represents a portion of the total lot. Not all of the pieces in the lot were photographed.