FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Jan 8, 2015

ends Jan 8 , 2015
at 6:30 PM
NEW YEAR'S AUCTION!(Central Time Zone) 3 PAGES of 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 Dr. 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!

This auction features some fine tourmalines and a remarkable old Tiger Mine leadhillite specimen.
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Montgomeryite (RARE xls) with Variscite, Crandallite, Wardite( ex Hauck)
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah
7.9 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Native Copper with drill scar (rare) Soregaroli Coll.
Quincy No. 8 Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan
6.7 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Chalcocite (Trimingham Coll.)
Rocket Pocket, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin
7.7 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Mimetite (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
5.4 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Elbaite (classic locale - 1972 find)
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
4.9 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Zircon (uncommon locale) Nowakowski Coll.
Alter Pedroso, Portalegre District, Portugal
7.2 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Silver xls (superb old-timer)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
2.3 x 2.0 x 0.7 cm
Large Datolite w/Chalcopyrite (New Find)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
13.8 x 11.3 x 7.3 cm
Elbaite on DT Quartz (New Find)
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.5 x 5.7 x 2.6 cm
Native Copper w/ Malachite (classic locale)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
10.1 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Gypsum w/ Glauconite (RARE Maryland) Hazen & Nance Coll.
Popes Creek, Potomac River, Charles Co., Maryland
7.8 x 7.8 x 5.3 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
9.2 x 8.0 x5.2 cm
Smoky Quartz encl. Riebeckite & Rutile ex Obodda
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4.8 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Mohawkite (polished)
Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan
4.8 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Barite, Cerussite & Galena (classic locale)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
10.4 x 8.5 x 5.9 cm
Gemmy Rubellite (classic locale)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Conichalcite on Calcite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.7 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Pyrite on Calcite (fluorescent)
Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper Co., Indiana
5.8 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Wulfenite
Red Gem Pocket - 2003, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
3.4 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
Chalcedony ps. After fossilized snail
Dakhla, Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Western Sahara, Morocco
2.4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Amethyst ex Obodda
Kedon, Magadanskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
3.8 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Calcite, Chalcopyrite & Marcasite
Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
7.0 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
Acanthite (superb miniature)
Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico
2.8 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm
Cerussite on Cerussite (rare style) Soregaroli Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.0 x 5.6 x 3.5 cm
Calcite (rare - excellent)
Bambori well, Aurangabad Dist., Maharashtra, India
7.1 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
DT gemmy bi-colored Elbaite ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
4.5 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Galena (classic locale)
Heights Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
11.9 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm
Grossular Garnet (classic Mexico) Soregaroli Coll.
Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico
5.4 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Japan-law twin Quartz xl
PC Mine, Jefferson Co., Montana
4.1 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm
Tennantite var. Binnite ex. Bern Museum & Fioravanti Coll.
Lengenbach Quarry, Imfeld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
4.4 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm