FINE AND CLASSIC MINERAL AUCTIONS - end Oct 25, 2012

Ends Oct 25, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Mixed old fine minerals and old classic mineral specimens from collections: This auction is packed with several choice gem crystals and many rare old classics formerly in the American Museum!
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Fluorite (fluorescent) Ed David Coll.
Frazer's Hush Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
15.5 x 13.5 x 5.0 cm
Mullite (rare silicate) Amercan Museum
Nijar, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain
2.4 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Pyrargyrite (Stoudt Coll.)
El Clavo, Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Large Emerald Crystal
Muzo Mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia
3.4 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (excellent)
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
9.7 x 7.5 x 3.8 cm
Octahedral and spinel-twinned Gold xls (Stoudt Coll.)
Colorado Quartz Mine, Mariposa Co., California
3.2 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm
Cylindrite (rare - exceptional) Harvard & Schlichter Coll
Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Cobaltite (old Sweden) Will Henderson Coll.
Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Vastmanland, Sweden
2.7 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Tourmaline (classic locale) ex. Ken Rippere Coll.
Malkhan MInes, Transbaikal, Russia
4.0 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Yellow Diamond crystal (RARE) in conglomerate Obodda Coll.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.9 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
Fluorite octahedron w/ Adularia (Ken Rippere Coll.)
Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
3.4 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm
Copper & Silver halfbreed nugget (Columbia Univ.-AMNH Coll.)
Copper Country, Houghton Co. Michigan
5.8 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
DT, floater Citrine (New Find)
Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
6.7 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (excellent)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
2.8 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Campo del Cielo meteorite (35 grams)
Campo del Cielo, Chaco & Santiago del Estero Prov., Argentina
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
Azurite & Malachite cabochon (old) 20 grams
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
4.2 x 3.3 x 0.8 cm
Siderite (rare - old locale) Columbia Univ.-AMNH Coll.
Jones Falls Quarries, Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland
7.4 x 4.9 x 2.0 cm
Celadonite ( Co-Type Locality) Columbia Univ.-AMNH Coll.
Mt. Baldo, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
6.9 x 5.8 x 2.8 cm
Emeleusite (unique) Copenhagen Univ.
Illutalik (Igdlutalik) Island, Ilimaussaq complex, Kitaa Province, Greenland
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Percylite (rare) w/ Gold (Columbia Univ.-AMNH Coll.)
Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Chile
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Witherite & Calcite on Calcite (Schlichter Coll.)
Minerva # 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
5.3 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Gem, DT Aquamarine (rare and fine) Univ. Delaware Coll.
Mack Mine, Rincon District, San Diego Co., California
5.1 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Darapskite (rare sulfate) Columbia Univ.-AMNH Coll.
Iquique Province, Tarapaca Region, Chile
4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Rutile var. Struverite, ex Columbia Univ.-AMNH Coll.
Nova Era, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Quartz w/ phantoms (Schlichter Coll.)
Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine
5.8 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
DT floater Quartz xl (Richard Hauck Coll.)
Steele Mine, Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
8.7 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Calcite ex. Miguel Romero & Univ. of Arizona Coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.9 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Azurite & Malachite w/ Goethite (old) Dartmouth Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
13.8 x 8.0 x 3.5 cm
Xanthophyllite (Clintonite) on Vesuvianite ex Rolf Wein Coll.
Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
8.4 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
Calcite stalactites (uncommon locale)
Alzada, Carter County, Montana
4.5 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm