FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Oct 11, 2012

Ends Oct 11, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Mixed old fine mineral collection specimens at auction including special selections from recent acquisitions: This auction is packed with more gem crystals and valuable old classics! Look for many pieces from the Ordway Collection and old Obodda dealer stock, in particular
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Pyrite coating Cerussite (rare - classic locale) ex Obodda
Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
5.8 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Tourmaline var. Liddicoatite ex Dr. Federico Pezzotta
Toilet well of Pezzotta home, Sahatany, Antsirabe, Madagascar
2.8 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Axinite (uncommon locale) Herb Obodda Coll.
Nausherwani mine, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
2.8 x 2.8 x 0.8 cm
Brookite ex Obodda
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
2.6 x 1.1 x 0.2 cm
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
2.4 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm
Stalactitic Calcite "flower" (rare) ex Barlow Coll.
Florida Limestone Quarry, Hernando Co., Florida
4.1 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
DT gem Aquamarine scepter (rare - New Find)
Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
3.2 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Large Stibnite wand
Wuling Mine, Jiujiang Prefect., Jiangxi Province, China
22.0 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Copper w/ Cuprite (old classic) Sal Avella Coll.
Rudabanya, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen Co., Hungary
7.8 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Petzite (rare - old Colorado)
St. Joe Mine, Gold Hill District, Boulder Co., Colorado
4.2 x 2.5 x 1.0 cm
Grossular var. Hessonite and Clinochlore (ex Andy Seibel Collection)
Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.5 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Wulfenite with Cerrusite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.5 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Barrerite (ultra rare zeolite)
Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska
6.3 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Austinite (2 varieties) ex Belsky Coll.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.5 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Apatite
Sapo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
Acanthite w/ Calcite (excellent) Stoudt Coll.
Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Watermelon Tourmaline
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
"Electric-blue" Azurite ex Urish Coll.
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
8.4 x 5.1 x 2.9 cm
Tetrahedrite casted after Engarite w/ Barite (Jaime Bird Coll.)
Julcani District, Huancavelica Department, Peru
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Titanite w/ Chalcopyrite (rare) ex Obodda
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
7.0 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm
Adamite (classic) fluorescent
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
12.2 x 10.5 x 5.5 cm
Galena (excellent)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co. Missouri
3.5 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Vanadinite w/ Calcite (uncommon AZ locale)
Grey Horse Mine, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona
6.4 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Andradite var. Demantoid (Charlie Key)
Tubussis 22 Farm, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Copper (classic locale)
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
7.8 x 6.4 x 1.4 cm
Tridymite w/ Osumilite (rare) Ordway Coll.
Funtanafigu Quarry, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Talc var. Steatite ps. After Quartz (Old German classic!)
Johannes Mine, Gopfersgrun, Bavaria, Germany
6.4 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
DT Aquamarine (uncommon locale) ex Obodda
Drot, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
4.4 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm
Scheelite on Quartz (uncommon locale)
Gharmung area, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
7.8 x 7.4 x 4.3 cm
Cordierite (uncommon French locale)
Saint-Pardoux, Menat, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne, France
1.8 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm