FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - ends Aug 9, 2012

Ends Aug 9, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Three pages of specimens from our inventory and special selections from recent collection acquisitions. This week features many rare and classic specimens from collections such as Obodda, Stoudt, Belsky, and others. Alpine Gwindel Smoky Quartz and Pink Fluorite, and a very rare bluecap tourmaline from Afghanistan anchor this auction set at the high end.
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Halite (Stoudt Coll.)
Wieliczka Mine, Malopolskie, Poland
8.5 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm
Amethyst w/ Barite (Humboldt Univ. & Feinglos Coll.)
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrucke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
11.4 x 8.5 x 2.9 cm
Orthoclase w/ Smoky Quartz (Stoudt Coll.)
Strzegom-Sobotka Massif, Lower Silesia, Poland
8.0 x 6.0 x 2.5 cm
Pyrite cuboctahedrons (excellent) ex Krause
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
6.5 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Benitoite & Neptunite on Natrolite
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
12.6 x 8.5 x 3.0 cm
Pink Fluorite w/ Stilbite (rare combo) Obodda Coll.
Bratschi, Goscheneralp, Uri, Switzerland
7.5 x 7.2 x 5.4 cm
Epidote w/ Prehnite
Sadiola Hill, Kayes Region, Mali
15.3 x 8.8 x 7.5 cm
Copper xls (Ruggiero Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
Gemmy Aquamarine & Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Bournonite cogwheels on Quartz (old classic) Robert Hauck Coll.
Herodsfoot Mine, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England
7.0 x 5.2 x 5.0 cm
Cuprian Adamite (Marty Zinn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.5 x 4.7 x 1.2 cm
Meionite (Type Loc. circa 1800 - ex Neeld Coll.)
Monte Somma, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
7.5 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
DT Tourmaline (ex Bill Larson)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
6.8 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Cerussite twin
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Gemmy bluecap Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite
Mawi, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
10.0 x 7.4 x 5.3 cm
Calcite on Fluorite (Dick Heck Coll.)
Minerva # 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
8.0 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm
Stilbite bowtie (Ed Bancroft Coll.)
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
6.0 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Calcite & Fluorite on Sphalerite (Dick Heck Coll.)
Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.0 x 6.8 x 5.5 cm
Iridescent Pyrrhotite (Ed Bancroft Coll.)
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
5.8 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Smoky Quartz, Dolomite & Specularite (Sutcliffe Coll.)
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
6.1 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Grossular Garnet (Ed Bancroft Coll.)
Sierra de la Cruz, Coahuila, Mexico
2.5 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Hematite kidney ore (classic locale) Sutcliffe Coll.
Parkside Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, England
10.8 x 8.0 x 4.5 cm
Crocoite
Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
4.4 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Linarite on Cerussite on Galena (Ed Bancroft Coll.)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Barite w/ Chalcopyrite ex Ed Bancroft Coll.
Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
7.2 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Sulfur
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
6.2 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Spessartine Garnet
Navegadora Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Aquamarine, Schorl & Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.9 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm