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AUCTION SALE 
It has been decided to break up and sell the following collection ; 
without doubt one of the finest in Rhode Island, consisting prin¬ 
cipally of choice minerals, the collecting of which has been the work 
of many years ; together with a fine lot of Archaeological specimens 
and some very desirable relics of different kinds. 
All bids must be by mail and be received by i o’clock P. M., May 
15th., 1897. 
Each lot must be bid upon as a whole without regard to the num¬ 
ber of pieces in the lot. 
No bids lower than the reserve prices will be considered. 
The highest bidder will in each case be notified of his purchase 
and can then remit cash or have the goods sent C. O. D. 
This is the chance of a lifetime to procure choice specimens, 
many of which cannot be duplicated at any price, at your own terms. 
Address all bids to 
THEODORE R. APPLETON, 
145 Gallup St., Providence, R. I. 
LOT NO. RESERVE PRICES. 
1. Alabaster, Italy, 10 lbs. .50 
2. Amethyst, drusy in matrix, Digby, 
Nova Scotia; 3x4 inches. .25 
3. Angelsite, Sardinia, 3x3^ in. .25 
4. Apatite crystal, brown, good termina¬ 
tion, Burgess, Ontario, iw- long, 
2}4 in. dia. .75 
5. Perfect doubly terminated Apatite 
crystal, Ontario, 2^ in. long. .20 
6. Apatite crystal, same locality, without 
termination. Red, good color, 3^ 
in. long. .10 
7. Atacamite, Italy, 2x2 in. .25 
8. Balingtonite, Somerville, Mass., 2x2 in. .10 
9. Bergmannite, Norway, 23^x3 in. .75 
10. Beryl, Ossipee, N. H., 2 in. dia., 4 in. 
long. .25 
11. Beryl, Ackworth, N. H.,2 in. dia. i.oo 
12. Beryl, Middletown, Conn. i.oo 
13. Black Sulphate of Copper, Peru, i^xi^ .15 
14. Bo-rnite, Western Australia, 2x3 in. .20 
15. Bronzite, Barcelona, Spain, 1^x13^ in. .10 
16. Calcite and Pearl Spar, Lime Rock R. 1 . .20 
17. Calcite on Galena and Stibnite, Cum¬ 
berland, England, 2x3 in. .25 
18. Calcite group with Fluorspar, Cum¬ 
berland, England, 2x5 in. .35 
19. Calcite group, same locality, 2x3 in. .20 
20. Doubly terrninated Dog Tooth Calcite 
on Sphalerite, Joplin, Md., 5 lbs. .50 
LOT NO. KESERVE PRICES. 
21. Calcareous Tufa, N. Y., 10 lbs. i.oo 
22. Cancrinite, 5 lbs. .25 
23. Cerargyrite, Chili, 13^x2 in., fine .85 
24. Cerargyrite, Eureka, Nev., 13^x2 in. .25 
25. Chabazite and Henlardite, Cape 
Blomidon, Nova Scotia, 13^x134 in. .15 
26. Chalcedony on Corah Tampa, Fla., 
1x2 in. .05 
27. Chalcotrichite, Redruth, Cornwall, En¬ 
gland, 2x3 in. .75 
28. Chalcopyrite in crystallized quartz, 
Colo., 5x6 in., about 8 lbs. .50 
29. Chiastolite, Lancaster, Mass., cut and 
polished in. i.oo 
30. Coquina, St. Augustine, Fla., 10 lbs. .50 
31. Cholorite pseudomorph after Garnet 
4 specimens, large size, 2 loose and 
2 in matrix. i.oo 
32. Glacial Copper, De. Kalb Co., Ill., 
134x2 in. .25 
33. 2 lbs. Native Copper, Lake Superior, 
I piece. .25 
34. 5 lbs. Cyanite, Conn., fine Lake Su¬ 
perior, I piece, 1,00 
35. Edenite, Edenville, N. Y., 1x2. .50 
36. Epidote crystals on quartz, France .75 
37. Epidote crystals, Willimantic, Conn. .25 
38. Epidote, finely terminated crystal, 
Warren, N. H. .2 
