FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Dec 11, 2014

ends Dec 11, 2014
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN and MINERAL COLLECTION Liquidation auctions: Here you will find many old classic and rare specimens from recent collections we've purchased (in particular, we continue dispersing the large and very diverse mineral collections of Bob Trimingham, Herb Obodda, and Art Soregaroli). There are plenty of unique pieces and classic specimens, both rarities and and gem crystals we seldom see for sale - especially at auction. Enjoy!
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Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent!) ex Obodda
Dal'negork, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
7.6 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare old classic locale) Trimingham Coll. Circa 1900
Sacarimb (Nagyag), Hunedoara Co., Romania
7.6 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Analcime (excellent, sharp crystal)
Tunguska River Basin, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
5.5 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Calcite twin ex. Cynthia Payne Coll.
Montclair, Essex Co., New Jersey
4.3 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Strontianite (excellent) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Magnesite mine, Salzburg, Austria
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Pokerchip Calcite xls (Cynthia Payne Coll.)
Dal'negork, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite
Bou Azzer District, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
3.9 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Calcite w/ Orpiment & Realgar
Shimen Mine, Changde Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Vesuvianite (RARE Texas!) Philadelphia Academy
Sierra Diablo Mts, Culberson Co., Texas
9.0 x 6.4 x 5.9 cm
Almandine Garnet (rare locale)
Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
8.1 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Almandine Garnet on Biotite Schist
Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
7.8 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
Arsenopyrite w/ Calcite - sharp for locale! (Cynthia Payne Coll.)
Level 12, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.8 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Epidote (rare Mexico) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico
6.9 x 6.3 x 3.9 cm
Krohnkite & Brochantite (Dr. Mark Bandy collection circa 1930s)
Bench C-2, Chuquicamata Mine, Antofagasta Region, Chile
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Meneghinite (rare), Sphalerite & Calcite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Pucarrajo Mine, Ancash Department, Peru
9.0 x 7.4 x 7.0 cm
Brookite (rare CA) Trimingham Coll.
Brookite occurrence, Mad River Rock, Trinity Co., California
6.9 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Crystallized leaf Gold (uncommon locale)
Mt Kare, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
1.3 x 1.2 x 0.1 cm
Pyrite cuboctahedrons on Mn-Calcite (Soregaroli Coll)
2 Level, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
11.5 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm
Magnesiochromite (rare CA locale) Trimingham Coll.
Pillikin Mine Area 5, El Dorado Co., California
9.2 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Aquamarine & Muscovite
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
14.0 x 7.3 x 7.2 cm
Tetrahedrite, Galena & Sphalerite (excellent) Trimingham Coll.
Krushev dol mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria
8.3 x 8.0 x 3.8 cm
Kammererite (Chrome Clinochlore)
Kop Krom Mine, Erzerum Province, Turkey
5.0 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Hematite ps. After Almandine Garnet (rare)
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
2.6 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Large Calcite w/ Ilvaite - unusual combination (Cynthia Payne Coll.)
Verchniy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
12.0 x 8.5 x 5.0 cm
Svenekite in Uraninite (rare & RARE locale) Vajdak Coll.
Lill Mine, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.7 x 6.5 x 4.0 cm
Quartz on Hubnerite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Dept., Peru
6.8 x 6.5 x 6.4 cm
DT Rutile (classic locale)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
5.0 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Realgar & Calcite
Shimen Mine, Changde Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
5.8 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm
Hendricksite (rare), etc Rich Kosnar Coll.
Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey
12.5 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm
Azurite (uncommon Bisbee locale) Graeme Coll.
Junction Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.4 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm