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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Hematite
Irhoud Mine, Safi Province, Doukkala-Abda Region, Morocco
12.4 x 7.8 x 5.4 cm
Smoky Quartz (Schlichter Coll.)
Plum Creek Property, Lolo Pass, Missoula Co., Montana
8.9 x 8.0 x 6.8 cm
Calcite twin on Calcite
Mine No. 884, Leiping, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
9.9 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Aegirine ex Obodda
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Pyrostilpnite (rare silver sulfosalt)
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
5.5 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm
Cassiterite & Quartz (Borland Coll.) ex Obodda
Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England
7.2 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
Gemmy Epidote w/ Byssolite ex Obodda
Hachupa Epidote Locality, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Calcite (classic locale) Schlichter Coll.
Schlema District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
7.9 x 5.8 x 5.4 cm
Gem Celestine (classic locale) ex Obobba
Scofield Quarry, Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan
2.6 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Amethyst (old classic)
Namarisawa, Ashio-machi, Honshu Island, Japan
4.8 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite, Apatite & Muscovite on Albite ex Obodda
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
13.4 x 9.0 x 3.8 cm
Pyrite on Calcite (New Find)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye iron mine), Huangshi Prefect., Hubei Province, China
15.5 x 10.5 x 7.9 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Willemite xls (excellent) fluorescent
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.4 x 5.7 x 2.0 cm
Quartz ps. After Aragonite w/ Chlorite (rare) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
8.0 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm
Spessartine Garnet
Navegadora Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.0 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Tourmaline w/ Cleavelandite (RARE LOCALE) ex Ordway Coll.
Jensen Quarry, Jurupa, Riverside Co., California,
2.8 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Quartz scepters w/ Feldspar (NEW find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
7.7 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm
Fluorite (classic locale) ex Obodda
Frazers Hush Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
5.9 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Pyromorphite (old classic) Al Ordway Coll.
Bad Ems District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
2.8 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite octahedrons on Quartz
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
19.9 x 7.8 x 3.4 cm
Quartz incl. w/ Hedenbergite on Andradite ex Obodda
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo Mining District, Dalnegorsk, Russia
9.4 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Heulandite w/ Stilbite & Quartz
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
3.8 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Dyscrasite (excellent - classsic locale)
Uranium Mine No. 21, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
3.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Zircon (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
1.4 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Smithsonite w/ Sphalerite (rare)
Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Marion Co., Arkansas
10.4 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.8 x 7.5 x 6.2 cm
DT floater Herkimer Quartz "diamonds" (Schlichter Coll.)
Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
4.4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm (largest) (4 Pieces)
Fluorite cuboctahedrons and Quartz
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
10.0 x 8.9 x 4.5 cm
Spodumene on Microcline (rare) ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
6.8 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm
DT floater Sapphire
Zazafotsy Quarry, Ihosy District, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
3.1 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm