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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Large Variscite nodule (666 grams) Allen Heyl Coll.
Lucin District, Box Elder County, Utah
10.7 x 8.5 x 6.8 cm
Libyan Desert Glass (tektite) ex Obodda
Libyan Desert Glass Area, Great Sand Sea, Western Desert, Egypt
4.5 x 4.0 x 1.0 cm
Beryl var. Morganite ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
3.9 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite on Quartz
Erongo Mt., Erongo Region, Namibia
6.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (classic locale)
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Macedonia Dept., Greece
7.4 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Opalized Mollusc shell
Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
3.7 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
Prehnite w/ Epidote
Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Spodumene var. Triphane on Quartz ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
7.4 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
Prehnite (classic locale) Obodda Coll.
West Paterson, Passiac Co., New Jersey
12.5 x 11.5 x 4.5 cm
Malachite
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
6.4 x 6.4 x 3.0 cm
Shattuckite w/ Quartz
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
5.9 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Sekaninaite (rare - Type Locality)
Dolni Bory, Moravia, Czech Republic
3.1 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Large Spinel octahedron
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
7.7 x 7.4 x 5.3 cm
Ruby w/ Rutile, Fuchite & Phlogopite (rare combo)
Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Bagmati Zone, Nepal
6.0 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Barite (rare)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
6.4 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
Stephanite on Quartz (classic locale, old specimen)
Chispas Mine, Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Calcite on Calcite
White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio
6.5 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Unusual Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
7.8 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
Etched Quartz ex Obodda
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
11.4 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm
Color-colored Fluorite (fluorescent) Larry Krause
Xianghualing Mine, Hunan Province, China
12.5 x 11.5 x 8.0 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare twin) ex Schlichter Coll.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.4 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
Ludlamite on Pyrite (uncommon locale)
Colavi Mine, Machacamarca Dist., Potosi Dept., Bolivia
13.0 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Barite (classic locale) Stoudt Coll.
Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
10.7 x 7.4 x 3.0 cm
Cassiterite twin w/ Stilbite (New Find!)
Chongyi Co., Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
3.8 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Leaf Gold (classic Colorado)
Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge, Summit Co., Colorado
1.4 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm
Linnaeite and Chalcopyrite (old classic)
Victoria Mine, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.8 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Rose Quartz (2011 find)
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm