FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end May 9, 2013

Ends May 9, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Fine Mineral Specimens including rarities, classics, and gem crystals from our slow liquidation of old mineral specimens from several mineral collection acquisitions: including the old Herb Obodda dealer stock.
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Andradite (var. Demantoid) Garnets (Charlie Key)
Tubussis Farm 22, Karibib Dist., Erongo Region, Namibia
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
large Pyromorphite xl (Hansen Coll.)
Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.1 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Linarite (classic locale)
Grand Reef Mine, Graham Co., Arizona
11.4 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Gemmy DT Vesuvianite xl (classic locale)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
2.4 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Vesuvianite (New Find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A. R., China
6.0 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
Doubly terminated red Beryl (29.64 carats)
Wah Wah Mts., Beaver Co., Utah
2.0 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Primary Malachite w/ Shattuckite (excellent) Charlie Key
Kaokoveld, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.7 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite & Muscovite (excellent) Charlie Key
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
3.1 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
Dioptase (excellent) Charlie Key
Christoff Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Galena (Feist Coll.)
Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
6.8 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Schorl (Charlie Key)
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
5.2 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm
Aquamarine and Schorl (Charlie Key)
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
7.4 x 6.4 x 6.0 cm
Amethyst (new Kenya locality)
Baobab Mine, Kitui Dist., Eastern Prov., Kenya
6.1 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Calcite on Galena (superb)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
9.4 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Calcite on Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Villabona, Asturias, Spain
9.8 x 9.3 x 3.8 cm
Octahedral Fluorite (fluorescent)
Ruyuan fluorite mine, Shaoguan Prefect., Guangdong Prov., China
18.5 x 12.4 x 6.0 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz
Xiefang Mine, Ganzhou Prefect., Jiangxi Prov., China
7.0 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Dolomite (Modena Univ. & Fioravanti Coll.
Traversella, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.9 x 7.1 x 4.0 cm
Talc and Magnesite (rare locale) Univ. of Delaware
Waterbury Talc Mine, Waterbury, Washington Co., Vermont
6.8 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Calcite twins (fluorescent) Korpi Coll.
Dalen-Kjorholt Mine, Brevik, Telemark, Norway
9.2 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
DT floater rutilated Quartz (Fioravanti Coll.)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.1 x 2.9 x 2.9 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
5.1 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm
Rare green petrified Wood (Cr-rich)
nr. Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona
6.9 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Bi-colored DT Sapphire (92.05 carats)
Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Prov., Sri Lanka
4.7 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Wulfenite (Harold Urish - self-collected)
Glove Mine, Amado, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
3.8 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm
Amethyst on Feldspar (Charlie Key)
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.9 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm
Gartrellite ex Will Henderson Coll.
Ashburton Downs (TYPE LOC.), Western Australia, Australia
1.8 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
large Spinel xl (348 grams)
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
7.8 x 6.0 x 3.4 cm
Microlite & Tourmaline ex Obodda
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
10.6 x 7.5 x 6.8 cm
Siderite ps. After Aegirine (rare)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm