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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Goethite ps. Siderite w/ Aquamarine & Schorl ex Charlie Key
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.4 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Thomsonite (old - rare Ireland locale)
Kilpatrick, Co. Wexford, Ireland
7.5 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm
Gysum on Dolomite (classic locale) Schlichter Coll.
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
7.4 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
Fluorite cuboctahedrons (fluorescent) on Muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
8.4 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Crocoite (old)
Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
8.0 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm
Specularite with Beta-type Quartz ex. Ralph Sutcliffe Coll.
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
7.4 x 6.5 x 4.2 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
4.8 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite (classic locale) fluorescent
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England
4.1 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Quartz ps. After Aragonite (Stoudt Coll.)
Valle de las Plumas, Paso de Indios, Chubut, Argentina
6.7 x 6.0 x 2.9 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (NEW find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
3.4 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Polished Azurite & Malachite (classic Bisbee)
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
10.1 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
Amazonite with white-cap
Teller County, Colorado
7.7 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Pyrite octahedrons (old classic) Rukin Jelks Coll.
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
8.0 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Chalcedony ps. After Fluorite (Charlie Key Coll.)
Ysterputs Farm 254, Karasburg District, Karas Region, Namibia
12.8 x 6.8 x 5.8 cm
Gem Aquamarine (New Find)
Doi Ty Mine, Thuang Xuan, Thanh Hoa Prov., Vietnam
3.8 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Kaolinite pseudo. carlsbad-twinned Orthoclase
St Austell District, Cornwall, England
7.2 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm
Mimetite var. Campylite (old classic) ex Obodda
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
9.8 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Clinoenstatite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
3.4 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm
Gibbsite (New Find)
Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China
5.4 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Amazonite and Feldspar ex Obodda
Kenticha Mine, Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia
9.0 x 8.8 x 6.4 cm
Amethyst w/ Epidote (excellent)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
8.8 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Large boulder Opal
Quilpie, Queensland, Australia
29.5 x 6.0 x 2.0 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite (Will Henderson Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.4 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Chiolite (rare) on Cryolite (Columbia Univ.-AMNH Coll.)
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Arsuk, Kitaa Province, Greenland
5.2 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite w/ Dolomite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.5 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Libethenite Ex Obodda
Mindola pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
3.8 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Decrespignyite-(Y) (Ultra rare - Type/only Locality)
Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, S. Australia, Australia
5.8 x 4.4 x 2.1 cm
Ferrierite-Mg (uncommon zeolite) w/ Heulandite
Mt Oladri Quarries, Monastir, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
7.8 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Hydroxylapatite and Hornblende (classic locale) ex Obodda
Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway
7.8 x 7.2 x 6.1 cm
gem Tourmaline on Smoky Quartz
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
5.8 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm