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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Smoky Quartz & Hematite (Specularite) ex Sutcliffe Coll.
Gutterby Mine, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England
7.1 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite (Rob Smith Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.9 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Apatite, Tourmaline, Lepidolite & Albite (Korpi Coll.)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Sphalerite & Quartz (classic locale) Obodda Coll.
Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
2.9 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm
Tourmaline w/ Apatite & Cleavelandite (Bill Larson Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
5.8 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite (Dick Heck Coll.)
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.9 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Tennantite (classic locale) Rob Smith Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.3 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
13.0 x 12.4 x 6.0 cm
floater Quartz included w/ Fluorite (large)
Amborompotsy, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
13.8 x 4.0 x 3.4 cm
Quartz ps. Calcite on Fluorite
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan Province, China
8.0 x 7.8 x 7.0 cm
Large floater Calcite on Fluorite (excellent) Dick Heck Coll.
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
22.0 x 8.4 x 4.4 cm
Diaspore gem twin (Bill Larson Coll.)
Selcuk, Mugla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
2.2 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
Pyrite with Quartz (self-collected by Karl Faddis)
Spruce Claim, King County, Washington
6.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Stilbite bowtie incl. w/ Celadonite (superb) Ed David Coll.
Sakur, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
7.6 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Zircon (fluorescent) Herb Obodda Coll.
Vishneovogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Russia
3.2 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescenct) & Quartz (NEW Find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
17.3 x 17.0 x 8.0 cm
Pyrite octohedrons on Quartz (classic locale) Whitmore Coll.
Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
14.8 x 11.0 x 8.0 cm
Calcite w/ Galena & Chalcopyrite (Whitmore Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
17.0 x 15.0 x 15.0 cm
large Wavellite (excellent)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
17.0 x 12.5 x 9.4 cm
Schorl (uncommon) Dick Heck Coll.
Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
14.5 x 12.0 x 8.0 cm
Dolomite, Siderite & Pyrrhotite (Schlichter Coll.)
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.8 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
Penetration-twinned Fluorite (Mick Sutcliffe Coll.)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, Durham, England
3.8 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Bi-colored gem Tourmaline (Bill Larson Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
4.9 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Iridescent Pyrite on Marble (rare)
Mogok, Mandalay Division, Burma
7.3 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Citrine (New Find)
Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
8.8 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Amethyst (excellent)
Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia
7.8 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Barite & Calcite
Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota
5.8 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Calcite on Galena (old) AMNH & Obodda Coll.
Cumbria, England
11.8 x 11.4 x 5.7 cm
Elpidite - richly crystallized cluster
Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
6.0 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
Enargite & Pyrite (excellent) Ydren Coll.
East Colusa Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
3.9 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm