FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - ends Sept 6, 2012

Ends Sept 6, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Three pages of mineral specimens from our inventory plus special selections from recent collection acquisitions. This auction is packed with more than the usual gem crystals and valuable old classics! Look for many notable, high-value classic mineral specimens from the mineral collections of: Herb Obodda, Seaman Museum, Bill Larson, Robert Whitmore.
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Aragonite (classic locale) ex Obodda
Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banska Bystrica Co., Slovakia
10.1 x 8.0 x 6.5 cm
Calcite on Calcite (2009 find)
Daye Iron Mine, Hubei Province, China
11.5 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Rutilated Smoky Quartz (polished) Sinotte Coll.
Ibitiara, Bahia, Brazil
5.9 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Gem Fluorapatite (classic locale) Jason New Coll.
Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico
3.4 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Gem Sulfur xls w/ hydrocarbons
Agrigento Dist., Sicily, Italy
4.5 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Hematite
Irhoud Mine, Safi Province, Doukkala-Abda Region, Morocco
12.0 x 10.0 x 7.4 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite, Drusy Quartz & Calcite ex Obodda
Jaimina Mine, Caravia, Asturias, Spain
11.0 x 8.0 x 5.4 cm
Large Chalcedony stalactites
Java, Indonesia
26.5 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
gem Gypsum wand (NEW Find)
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
21.3 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Sphalerite, Galena & Quartz
Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite w/ Cerussite (classic locale)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
9.5 x 7.4 x 6.0 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver ex Seaman Museum
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton Co., Michigan
5.5 x 2.5 x 0.5 cm
Azurite w/ Arsentsumebite (rare - Type Locality) Rob Smith Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.4 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Tourmaline (Bill Larson Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
4.3 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Millerite (rare old classic) Charlie Key Coll.
Pafuri nickel deposit, Mabilikewe Hill, Limpopo Province, South Africa
12.1 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Spinel-twinned Gold
Icabaru, Bolivar, Venezuela
1.7 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Tourmaline (AMNH & Pala Intl. Coll.)
Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
8.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Pyromorphite on Quartz (old classic)
Bad Ems District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.5 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Sodalite var. Hackmanite and Phlogopite (both fluorescent) ex Obodda
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
8.3 x 5.4 x 4.2 cm
Fluorite (rare locale - fluorescent) Larry Krause
Amba Dongar complex, Gujarat, India
9.4 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Topaz, Quartz & Fluorite
Yuno, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 5.1 x 4.9 cm
Calcite
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
8.4 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Cerussite on Cobaltoan Smithsonite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.4 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Doubly terminated Quartz xls
Jinkouhe District, Leshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
4.3 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Marcasite (2 generations - uncommon locale) Ed David Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
8.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm
Phantom Quartz (uncommon Arkansas locale)
Brooster Mine, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
7.3 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Dioptase on Calcite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
10.0 x 7.4 x 1.3 cm
Serpentine ps. Chondrodite w/ Clinochlore (RARE)
Tilly Foster Mine, Brewster, Putnam Co., New York
10.5 x 7.5 x 6.1 cm
Hematite kidney ore (Sutcliffe Coll.)
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
9.0 x 8.7 x 5.8 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite on chatoyant Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
12.0 x 7.5 x 3.0 cm