CLASSIC MINERALS and COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end July 11, 2013

Ends July 11, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Three pages of specimen from our inventory and special selections from recent collection acquisitions. This week features plenty of unique pieces, classic specimens, interesting localities, rare minerals and hard to find material in this week's auction from collections such as Obodda, Belsky, Key, Bancroft and more!
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Gem bi-colored Tourmalines (old classics) Irv Brown Coll.
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Germanite (Type Locality ) Sussman Coll.
26th Level, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
4.6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm
Pyrite cube (classic) Belsky Coll.
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.4 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Hematite-included Calcite (excellent)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.4 x 11.3 x 6.8 cm
Kleinite on Calcite (rare mercury halide)
McDermitt Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
4.9 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
DT Amethyst on Quartz (1980s find)
Diamond Hill, Ashaway, Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm
Fluorite octahedrons w/ Drusy Quartz (excellent)
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas Dist., Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
4.8 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite on Rubyjack Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
8.0 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Aragonite (classic locale) Belsky Coll.
Cicov Hill (Spitzberg), Horenec, Bilina, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.2 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Clinochlore var. Pennine (rare) w/ Grossular Belsky Coll.
Rimpfischwang range, Findel glacier, Zermatt, Wallis, Switzerland
5.4 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Bournonite w/ Siderite (rare - old classic locale) Belsky Coll.
Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.8 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
Strontianite (classic locale) Bill Smith Coll.
Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming Valley, Styria, Austria
4.1 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Calcite on Calcite (old classic from 1800s)
St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany
16.5 x 11.8 x 5.0 cm
Bi-colored Pyromorphite (classic locale)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
4.5 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Prehnite ps. After Anhydrite (classic locale - excellent)
Prospect Park Quarry, Passaic Co., New Jersey,
11.8 x 7.9 x 5.5 cm
Schorl & Cleavelandite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltiststan, Pakistan
8.9 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Barite (classic locale - fluorescent) ex Obodda
Silius, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
6.4 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Heliodor-tipped Aquamarine (Charlie Key)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.2 x 4.0 x 3.4 cm
Orange Creedite ball
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
5.1 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm
Epidote & Prehnite ex Obodda
Sandare, Nioro du Sahel Circle, Kayes Region, Mali
4.8 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Calcite (Dick Heck Coll.)
Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.4 x 5.2 x 5.0 cm
DT Vivianite
Tomokoni adit of the Canutillos Mine, Machacamarca District, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
7.4 x 6.0 x 5.6 cm
Sphalerite and Quartz
Madan, Rhodope Mts., Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
8.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Hausmannite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
4.4 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Smithsonite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.1 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Gemmy Fluorapatite (Jason New Coll.)
Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico
3.9 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm