CLASSIC MINERALS COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end April 25, 2013

Ends April 25, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) A liquidation auction LOADED with fine old mineral specimens from several collection acquisitions, plus some new lots: including the old Obodda dealer stock and the collection of Italian collector Giancarlo Fioravanti.
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Tourmaline with Lepidolite
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
9.4 x 9.0 x 7.8 cm
Ettringite on Manganite
N'Chwaning mines, Kalahari fields, South Africa
4.3 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm
Calcite (classic locale) Mullane Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.4 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Quartz w/ Muscovite inclusions
Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.0 x 8.8 x 6.8 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Tule Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
13.4 x 8.8 x 5.4 cm
Quartz & Pyrite (excellent)
Animon Mine, Huaron, Pasco Dept. Peru
9.5 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
Gem Fluorite (fluorescent) on Muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
6.8 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Barite, Sphalerite & Dolomite (excellent)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.8 x 6.7 x 6.0 cm
Vanadinite (Karl Warning Coll.)
Mibladen, Khenifra Province, Morocco
6.7 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Calcite incl. w/ Dioptase
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.7 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Cuprite octahedron (Gene Wright Coll.)
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
2.0 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Aquamarine & Schorl (rare from Italy) Herb Obodda Coll.
San Piero in Campo, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
7.0 x 6.5 x 5.0 cm
Azurite
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco
4.0 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Tarbuttite (Type Loc.) with Pyromorphite (rare) Fioravanti Coll.
Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe Dist., Central Prov., Zambia
4.5 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm
Scapolite (rare) w/ Calcite Fioravanti Coll.
Ambatofotsikely, Betafo Dist., Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
7.2 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver
Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.8 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm
Pyromorphite (large piece from the 1997 find)
San Andres Mine, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
8.6 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm
Gold octahedrons (excellent)
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada
1.5 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
Smithsonite (old classic)
Vieille Montagne (Altenberg), Moresnet, Liege Prov., Belgium
9.0 x 7.4 x 4.3 cm
Kutnohorite (fluorescent) Wallace Bates Coll.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari MN fields, South Africa
7.5 x 6.4 x 2.2 cm
large Rhodochrosite xl w/ Calcite
Wudong Mine, Wuzhou Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
6.2 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm
Gem Grossular Garnets
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Benitoite floater xl (Columbia University collection)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
2.4 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Hematite
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
3.6 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
Clinoenstatite (rare) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
DT floater Titanite xl ex Obodda
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm
Jamesonite (rare) on Quartz (ancient locale) Rome Museum
Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Prov., Tuscany, Italy
5.5 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm
Azurite w/ Cerussite (Gene Wright Coll.)
Mammoth-St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona
1.8 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Calcite on Calcite (weird form)
Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Russia
7.8 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Smithsonite with Sphalerite
Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Marion Co., Arkansas
8.4 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm