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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Quartz w/ Pyrite ex Obodda
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
11.7 x 11.0 x 7.0 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Muscovite
Minh Tien Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
4.6 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Crystallized Gold
Placer County, California
2.1 x 2.0 x 0.5 cm
Klebelsbergite & Stibnite
Pereta Mine, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.9 x 1.9 x 1.0 cm
Gemmy Wulfenite (classic locale)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm
Realgar (2005 find)
No. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania
7.5 x 5.8 x 4.3 cm
Manganese Dendrites in Limestone
Limestone quarries, Blumenberg, Eichstatt, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
11.2 x 5.7 x 0.8 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.0 x 5.8 x 3.6 cm
Coronadite (uncommon locale)
Rosh Pinah Mine, Karas Region, Namibia
4.6 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Smithsonite ps. After Calcite (classic locale)
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.5 x 8.0 x 6.2 cm
Large Baryte w/ gemmy xls (Madrid Coll.)
Meikle Mine, Elko Co., Nevada
14.0 x 12.5 x 6.5 cm
Pyrite (classic locale) Orellana Coll.
Ambas Aguas (Ambas Aguas II), Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain
18.4 x 10.8 x 9.3 cm
Dioptase
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo
8.4 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
large Wulfenite cluster (classic old locale) ex D.R. Kennedy Coll.
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.5 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm
Large Andradite Garnet var. Melanite (Orellana Coll.)
La Judia Mine, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
14.9 x 12.5 x 8.8 cm
Amethyst on crystallized Calcite (rare combo for locale)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
7.3 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
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