FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end THURSDAY, Dec. 8th, 2016

Ends Thursday Dec. 8, 2016
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This auction set, like all of ours, features mineral specimens from various large collections and lots we have purchased over the years, mixed together and given back to you as a mix of all kinds of minerals for all mineral collectors - surely the largest variety of fine mineral specimens on the internet, for auction. Look for rare species, old classics, and many good things hard to find at any price, let alone at auction! Featured collections being dispersed include the Obodda collection and dealer inventory, Orrelana collection (Spain minerals), Vajdak (rarities), and many others.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Excellent and unusual TOURMALINES
2. Weird angle plated QUARTZ
3. Large, Sculptural Los Lamentos WULFENITE from the 1970s or earlier
4. Fine large and rich Meikle Mine BARITE.
5. Classic, rare and old European and USA specimens
6. RARE large cushion cut cats eye TOURMALINE from the Bill Larson Collection
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Gemmy bi-colored Tourmalines
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Unusual 'Angle-plated' Quartz
North Carolina and South Carolina
13.7 x 13.3 x 1.8 cm
Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite
Commodore Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado
14.3 x 10.3 x 7.5 cm
Amethyst with natural "bend"
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
12.1 x 4.9 x 3.5 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
7.4 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm
Ruby & Zoisite carving
Mundarara Mine, Arusha Region, Tanzania
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Antlerite (rich old classic)
Chuquicamata Mine, Antofagasta Region, Chile
7.6 x 7.4 x 4.4 cm
Pyromorphite (Orellana Coll.)
Resuperferolitica Mine, Santa Eufemia, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
6.5 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Pyromorphite (rich old classic)
Gute Hoffnung Mine, Bleibuir, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
12.5 x 5.1 x 3.6 cm
Bournonite w/ Calcite & Sphalerite (old classic)
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
3.3 x 2.8 x 3.3 cm
Copper coated w/ Cuprite
Itauz Mine, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
10.5 x 6.5 x 3.6 cm
Mimetite w/ Smithsonite (2 generations)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
11.2 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm
Stilbite (classic New Jersey) ex Stanchich Coll.
Moore's Station, Mercer Co., New Jersey
13.6 x 8.4 x 3.5 cm
Aquamarine
Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.7 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Unusual etched bi-colored Tourmaline
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.6 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Minyulite (rare phosphate) - very rich for species
Tom's quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
4.7 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
9.8 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm
Fluorite octahedrons w/ Calcite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
8.4 x 7.1 x 5.2 cm
Sphalerite, Baryte & Dolomite (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
12.6 x 12.3 x 8.8 cm
DT twinned Calcite on Sphalerite (Larry Conklin Coll.)
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
10.0 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Galena (superb for locale) ex Milton Lavers Collection
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
6.1 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Olmiite (NEW FIND)
Chocolate Pocket, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.5 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Phantom Fluorite w/ Quartz & Tetrahedrite
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
5.7 x 3.6 x 1.9 cm
Calcite (2009 find)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye iron mine), Hubei Province, China
9.0 x 8.8 x 6.4 cm
Fluorite w/ Calcite (both fluorescent) Orellana Coll.
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
8.6 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Fluorite (classic locale) fluorescent
Frazer's Hush Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
8.6 x 7.2 x 4.6 cm
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