FINE MINERAL AUCTIONS - ends Aug 22, 2013

Ends August 22, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) 3 pages of FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS at LIQUIDATION AUCTION prices from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions.: This week features more VERY rare old classics from the noted collections of Herb Obodda (including a barite from Germany that belonged to Dr Victor Goldschmitt!) and Giancarlo Fioravanti (stunning bubblegum pink bent tourmaline), plus other high-value display pieces and rarities
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Gem Rhodochrosite xl (Stoudt Coll.)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
1.1 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Andalusite (rare old classic) ex Rolf Wein Coll.
Lusens valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
9.5 x 7.0 x 6.6 cm
Forsterite var. Peridot, ex Obodda
Naran-Kagan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.0 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
3.7 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Banded Fluorite slice
Hunan Province, China
22.7 x 7.7 x 1.0 cm
Stibnite (rare- uncommon locale)
Lucky Knock Mine, Tonasket, Okanogan Co., Washington
2.4 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm
Orpiment (Jamie Bird Coll.)
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
2.4 x 2.0 x 0.1 cm
Azurite & Malachite (uncommon locale)
Seabra, Bahia, Brazil
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Wulfenite - large xls for locale
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.3 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Rare macle-twin Diamond (1.17 carats)
South Africa
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm
tectonically bent "bubble gum" Tourmaline (ex Fioravanti Coll.)
Korgal pegmatite field, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
6.3 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Manganoan Adamite (excellent) Dick Heck Coll.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Topaz and Tourmaline ex Obodda
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Quartz & Chrysocolla (old classic)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
13.9 x 12.5 x 5.8 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic Colorado)
Sunnyside Mine, nr. Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado
2.4 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Albite w/ Aegirine (classic locale)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.7 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Adamite (fluorescent!) Consie Prince Coll.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.8 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Phenakite
Mount Wheeler Mine, White Pine Co., Nevada
8.0 x 6.4 x 4.7 cm
Smithsonite, Aurichalcite & Barite (Chris Cowan Coll.)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico
4.5 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
Native Copper w/ Quartz (classic locale)
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Belemnite (Cretaceous period)
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Delaware
4.4 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (old) Cowan Coll.
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
8.7 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm
Wulfenite on Mimetite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.4 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Sylvanite & Fluorite (rare old Colorado combo)
Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado
4.1 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm
Pyromorphite (classic locale)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Hematite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
4.8 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Quartz encl. Actinolite var. Byssolite ex Obodda
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan
8.4 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
Malachite
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
4.9 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Andalusite (rare old classic) Paterson Museum Coll.
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
6.4 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
Gem Aquamarine xls w/ Schorl, Albite & Quartz ex Obodda
Pech, Chapa Dara Dist., Konar Province, Afghanistan
4.9 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm