FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTION - ends Dec 12

Ends Dec 12, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
NOTE A LARGE NUMBER OF OLD CLASSICS AND RARE SPECIES!

 Despite the ice storm that locked Dallas down, we managed to get up a late set of really diverse classics and rare species, mostly from the large collections of Dr. Robert Trimingham and Herb Obodda. Enjoy!
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Calcite on Rhodochrosite
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.8 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm
Gem Fluorite xls w/ Siderite (old classic) Trimingham Coll.
Cornwall, England
11.4 x 9.5 x 5.0 cm
Dolomite (fluorescent) Trimingham Coll
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.6 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (uncommon Colorado) ex Trimingham Coll.
Mt. White, Chaffee Co., Colorado
7.4 x 5.0 x 4.4 cm
Copper in Calcite (Stevenson & Carmichael Coll.)
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.9 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Quartz (fluorescent)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
4.7 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Cuprian Adamite w/ Olivenite (Triminingham Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.3 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
DT floater Smoky Quartz xls (excellent)
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
3.4 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Cuprite coated Copper (old)
Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona
6.1 x 3.2 x 1.4 cm
Chalcedony ps. After Stibnite (very rare CA) Trimingham Coll.
Wildrose Spring, Panamint Mts, Death Valley Natl.Park, Inyo Co., California
8.9 x 7.9 x 5.9 cm
Aquamarine, Schorl & Orthoclase (excellent)
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
4.5 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Calcite helectite (Urish Coll.)
Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
9.3 x 6.5 x 5.4 cm
Dravite (old classic) ex Greenbank Coll.
Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York
5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm
Wulfenite (old classic) Trimingham Coll.
Erupcion Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.0 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm
Carved Rhodochrosite bird
Argentina
11.8 x 7.4 x 5.5 cm
Clinoenstatite (rare) ex Obodda
Astor valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.8 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Stilbite (rare old classic locale) Obodda Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
11.5 x 7.9 x 2.8 cm
Sylvite (Ordway Coll.)
Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California
11.9 x 9.2 x 6.0 cm
DT Barite xl (uncommon locale) Trimingham Coll.
Brukkaros Complex, Karas Region, Namibia
9.5 x 6.8 x 2.4 cm
Bi-colored Francolite (RARE South Africa) Trimingham Coll.
Wondergat sinkhole, Richtersveld Dist., N. Cape Prov., South Africa
9.4 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
Chabazite (uncommon locale) Carmichael Coll.
Sydrugota, Eysturoy island, Faroe Islands, Denmark
9.1 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
2.4 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm
Pyrrhotite w/ Siderite ex Obodda
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
6.4 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Wavellite
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
5.0 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite (Trimingham Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.4 x 5.0 x 4.4 cm
Spessartine & Muscovite on Albite (excellent) ex Obodda
Raikot, Chilas, Diamar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.8 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Gadolinite-(Y) - a superb xl, ex. Fioravanti Coll.
Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Bustamite (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
ZC Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
7.9 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Chalcedony ps. After Fluorite (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Liskeard Dist., Cornwall, England
5.4 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Esperite (Rare - Type Locality) - fluorescent Ex Elling Coll.
Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey
10.4 x 8.0 x 4.8 cm