FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - ends Sept 19th, 2013

Ends Sept 19, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) 3 pages of FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS at LIQUIDATION AUCTION prices from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions including the large and diverse collections of Robert Trimingham, Herb Obodda, and Bob Whitmore
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Large Calcite (fluorescent)
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
17.0 x 15.0 x 12.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent)
Highway 17 roadcut, Rossport, Thunder Bay Dist., Ontario, Canada
5.0 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Topaz & Aquamarine (rare combo) ex Obodda
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Fluoro-richterite and Quartz ex Richard Hauck Coll.
Wilberforce, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
20.0 x 10.5 x 9.5 cm
Moschellandsbergite ex Jelks Coll.
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.4 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Pyromorphite (classic locale) ex Smale Coll.
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
8.0 x 5.2 x 4.6 cm
Twinned Cassiterite xl (rare) ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
4.7 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Gold in Quartz (rare locale) ex Trimmingham Coll.
Mary Hawley Mine, Jackson, Amador Co., California
4.8 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Manganite & Barite (circa 1880s) ex Obodda
Ilfeld, Harz Mts., Thuringia, Germany
7.3 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm
Large Lazulite xl (excellent)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia
7.0 x 4.1 x 4.0 cm
Smithsonite var. Monheimite ps. After Calcite (very rare)
Antler Mine, Mohave Co., Arizona
9.4 x 6.0 x 4.9 cm
Rhodochrosite (uncommon locale)
Ushkatyn No. 3 deposit, Zhayrem, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
7.3 x 6.8 x 2.9 cm
Forsterite var. Peridot
Naran-Kaghan Valley, Mansehra Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
5.1 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Gem Indicolite Tourmaline (Smale Coll.)
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Silver (old classic) Trimmingham Coll.
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
4.5 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Red gem Tourmaline on Albite (superb)
Camp Robin area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Molybdenite (rare)
Slobrekka Pegmatite, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
8.8 x 8.2 x 3.2 cm
Almandine Garnet on Biotite Schist (Fioravanti Coll.)
Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
10.5 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm
Smithsonite (Paterson Museum)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.4 x 8.1 x 4.4 cm
Celadonite-included Heulandite floater
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
5.4 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Wolframite w/ Fluorite & Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
8.4 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Dioptase on Dioptase
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Cylindrite
Poopo town, Poopo Prov., Oruro Dept., Bolivia
6.2 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Carlsbad-twinned Orthoclase xl (classic & rare Colorado)
Gunnison County, Colorado
4.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
Silver & Niccolite (Nickeline) slab (uncommon locale)
Elk Lake, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Ontario, Canada
4.4 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
Petalite (rare - classic locale)
Grotta d'Oggi Quarry, San Piero in Campo, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
1.1 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Gem bi-colored Tourmalines
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
5.9 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm (Largest)
Manganoan Calcite twins (fluorescent)
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
8.1 x 6.1 x 5.5 cm
Alabandite, Pyrite, Tremolite & Pectolite (RARE combo)
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania
7.9 x 6.0 x 4.2 cm