2018 Benefit Auction Illustrated Catalog

New York Mineralogical Club, Inc. Watson Hotel

June 13, 2018

Lot Viewing: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Auction: 6:15 pm – 9:00 pm

Version 5

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Lot #1 Complete Encyclopedia of Minerals (Book)

Lot #2 Wonderful Quartz Geode

Lot #3 (3) Indian Specimens (Heulandite, Stilbite, Apophyllite)

Lot #4 (2) Unusual Cut Peridots from Arizona

Lot #5 (6) Gemstone Cabochons (Misc. Localities)

Lot #6 Jade Bead & Carving Necklace

Lot #7 Descloizite, Overland Mine, Nevada

Lot #8 Prehnite & Thomsonite, Prospect Park, NJ Chrysocolla & Calcite, Bound Brook, NJ

Lot #9 Petrified Wood, Southwest USA

Lot #10 “Giant Crystals” Blue-Ray DVD

Lot #11 Amethyst & Pearl Multi-Strand Necklace

Lot #12 Amethyst Candle Holder from Brazil

Lot #13 White Quartz Sphere from China

Lot #14 Ruby in Granite Egg, Marble Lingham (India)

Lot #15 Meteorite (8.66 grams), Argentina

Lot #16 “Grape” Chalcedony, Indonesia

Lot #17 Mountain Goat White Stone Fetish (SW USA)

Lot #18 Red Stone Squirrel Fetish (SW USA)

Lot #19 Polished Malachite & Chrysocolla, Congo (& Pen!)

Lot #20 Kyanite in Quartz, Brazil

Lot #21 Pine Cone Fossil & Dino Bone, Madagascar

Lot #22 Mounted Landscape Stone, China

Lot #23 Faceted Aquamarine Bead Necklace

Lot #24 Amethyst (Uruguay)

Lot #25 Blue Amber (Indonesia)

Lot #26 Carborundum & Opalite Heart (Synthetics)

Lot #27 Cobaltoan Calcite & Azurite/Malachite (Congo)

Lot #28 Two Mineralogical Record Special Issues

Lot #29 (3)Mineralogical Records

Lot #30 Ruby in Matrix, Pakistan

Lot #31 Quartz & Hematite, Chubb Lake, NY

Lot #32 Gypsum (var. Selenite), Peru

Lot #33 Large Calcite Geode, Mexico

Lot #34 Wulfenite, Chihuahua, Mexico

Lot #35 Opal Bead Strand, Ethiopia

Lot #36 Gem Opal Cabochon, Ethiopia

Lot #37 Gem Pink Tourmaline Cabochon, Sri Lanka

Lot #38 (2) Green Gem Tourmaline Cut Stones, Brazil

Lot #39 (2) Carved Moonstones

Lot #40 Australian Tear Drop Opal Cabochon

Lot #41 Meteorite (14.22 grams) Argentina

Lot #42 (2) Opal Mosaic Cabochons

Lot #43 Dyed Red Coral Necklace

Lot #44 (2) Ivory Mask Carvings

Lot #45 Tree of Life Multi-Stone Bracelet

Lot #46 Translucent Carved Moss Agate Bowl

Lot #47 Interesting Multibead Bracelet

Lot #48 Multi Bead Amber Earrings, Baltic

Lot #49 Large Quartz Crystal, Brazil

Lot #50 Synthetic Red Corundum (Ruby), Russia

Lot #51 Silver-Plated Pewter Fish Necklace

Lot #52 Silver, Faceted Amethyst and Fossil Necklace

Lot #53 “Grape” Chalcedony, Indonesia

Lot #54 Rare White Celestine & Fluorite, Mexico

Lot #55 Blue/Green Opal Parcel, Peru

Lot #56 Ruby, 0.49 carat, Oval, Tanzania

Lot #57 Emerald Cab, 0.33 Carat, 4mm Round, Brazil

Lot #58 Jade Carving

Lot #59 Jet Bird Fetish (Signed Steven Natachu - Zuni)

Lot #60 Assorted Gemstone Cabochons

Lot #61 Long Synthetic Quartz Crystal, Russia

Lot #62 Gemmy Garnet Parcel, Australia (#1)

Lot #63 Gemmy Garnet Parcel, Australia (#2)

Lot #64 Large Vesuvianite Crystal, Mali

Lot #65 Sapphire Parcel (Montana, Sri Lanka, Burma) #1

Lot #66 Sapphire Parcel (Montana, Sri Lanka, Burma) #2

Lot #67 Sapphire Parcel (Montana, Sri Lanka, Burma) #3

Lot #68 Wrapped Silicon Carbide Necklace

Lot #69 Sphalerite, Kansas ( L ) Epidote & Magnesite, Pakistan ( R )

Lot #70 (4) Gems & Gemology Magazines

Lot #71 Electric Translucent Specimen Light

Lot #72 Silver Plated Business Card Case

Lot #73 Bird in Bird Soapstone Carving (India)

Lot #74 Antique Emerald Pendant in Sterling Necklace

Lot #75 Herkimer Diamond in Silver Ring

Lot #76 Silver and Emerald Necklace

Lot #77 Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History

Lot #78 Arkansas Collecting Book & Arkansas Quartz

Lot #79 Large Plate of Quartz/Citrine from Arkansas

Lot #80 HUGE Quartz Crystal from Arkansas

Lot #81 Cerussite, etc. (Old Specimen!), New Mexico

Lot #82 SPECTACULAR Old Collection (30 pieces)

Lot #83 (4) Indian Minerals (Calcite, Stilbite, Apophyllite, Quartz)

Lot #84 GORGEOUS Multicolor (Mostly Lilac) Jadeite Pendant (Burma)

Lot #85 Juneau, Alaska Silver “Mining” Spoon

Lot #86 Yukon, Alaska Silver “Nugget” Spoon

Lot #87 Skagway, Alaska Silver “Mining” Spoon

Lot #88 (5) US Mining-Related First Day Covers

Lot #89 (3) Foreign Mineral-Related First Day Covers

Lot #90 (2) US 1974 Mineral Heritage Covers

Lot #91 (3) Antique Mineral-Related Postcards

Lot #92 (4) Antique Mining-Related Postcards

Lot #93 Minerals of Brazil (3-volume set of books!)

Lot #94 Complete Set (50) Wills’s Cigarette Mining Cards from 1916

Lot #95 Full Sheet USA Mineral Heritage Stamp (1974)

Lot #96 Full Sheet USA Mineral Heritage Stamp (1992)

Lot #97 Andalusite v. Chiastolite, Lancaster, Massachusetts (Very Old Specimen!)

Lot #98 Natrolite on Prehnite, Woodcliff, New Jersey (Collected in 1895 by W.G. Levison of the NYMC!)

Lot #99 Stevensite after Pectolite, Paterson, New Jersey

Lot #100 (1) Quartz & (2) Prehnites, Riker Hill, New Jersey

Lot #101 Gemmy Vanadinite, Hamburg Mine, Arizona

Lot #102 (4) Arizona Specimens (Malachite/Azurite, Aragonite, Andradite, Hematite)

Lot #103 (4) Arizona Specimens (Vanadinite, Fluorapophyllite, Wulfenite, Siderite)

Lot #104 Native Antimony, Kern County, California

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Lot #105 Mineralogy of New York by Lewis Beck (1842)

Also Includes 1850 Update

Lot #106 (2) Morenci, Arizona Specimens (L)Chrysocolla & (R)Azurite/Malachite/Chrysocolla

Lot #107 Sterling & Montana Agate Pendant (w/2 cords) Signed “PW” (Paulette Wasserman)!

Lot #108 Gemmy Schorl (Tourmaline), New Hampshire

Lot #109 Sterling Silver Ring (Size 7)

Lot #110 Orthoceras (Fossil) Plate, Morocco

Lot #111 Carnelian, Carnelian Brook, New Jersey

Lot #112 Cobaltoan Calcite, Morocco

Lot #113 Cluster of Quartz Crystals, Ellenville, New York

Lot #114 Huge Complex Quartz Crystal, Ellenville, NY

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Lot #115 Translucent Nephrite (Jade) Slice, B.C., Canada

Lot #116 (4) Lucite Mineral Display Stands

Lot #117 Large Chunk of Natural Banded Agate, New Jersey

Lot #118 Chert & Chert Fossil 96th Street & WEA Excavation, Manhattan, NYC

Lot #119 Collection of Herkimer Diamonds, New York State

Lot #120 Greenish/Yellow Prehnite Geode, New Jersey

Lot #121 Block of Nephrite (Jade), British Columbia, Canada

Lot #122 Chalcopyrite in Marble, Ellenville, New York

Lot #123 Pocket Magnifying Glass

Lot #124 Mineral / Gem Display Box with Cabs

Lot #125 Almandine on Matrix 26th Street Subway Excavation, New York City

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Lot #126 Anatase & Chlorite Quartz, Pakistan

Lot #127 Barite, Meikle Mine, Elko Co., Nevada

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