FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - ends Dec. 20, 2012

Ends Dec 20, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Three pages of mixed fine minerals and classic mineral specimens for liquidation, from old collections; including a number of old classics and a gem tourmaline all valued over $1000
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Classic floater Azurite rosette (Urish Coll.)
Czar Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.8 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm
Botryoidal Malachite (Urish Coll.)
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
9.5 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Wulfenite (excellent) Urish Coll.
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
9.0 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Cuprite xls & Chalcotrichite on Native Copper Urish Coll.
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
4.0 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
Rhodochrosite, Pyrite & Sphalerite (classic Colorado) Urish Coll.
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado
9.4 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm
Cerussite & Galena (classic locale) Urish Coll.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
5.4 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Gypsum var. Selenite (Urish Coll.)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.0 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
Cuprian Calcite helectite (Urish Coll.)
Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
11.4 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
Aquamarine w/ Albite (uncommon locale) ex Obodda
Muchara Nala, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Pakistan
6.7 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Brazilianite ex Henderson Coll.
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
"Electric-blue" Azurite w/ Malachite (Urish Coll.)
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
6.4 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm
Cuprite-coated Copper (classic locale)
Chimney Rock Quarry (Bound Brook Quarry), Somerset Co., New Jersey
13.3 x 8.0 x 1.2 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver (Consie Prince)
New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.9 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
Olivenite & Turquoise on Quartz (rare old combo) ex Obodda
Horni Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.4 x 5.2 x 4.0 cm
Rhodonite xls in Calcite Lazard Cahn & Fioravanti Coll.
Franklin, Sussex Co. New Jersey
6.8 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Native Antimony xl (rare) Henderson Coll.
Murchison Mine, Gravelotte, Limpopo Province, South Africa
1.7 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
DT Amethyst xls ex Univ. of Delaware Coll.
North Carolina
4.3 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm (largest) (4 Pieces)
Rhodonite w/ Quartz Brent Lockhart Coll.
Chiurucu Mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Department, Peru
8.5 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Smoky Quartz w/ Hematite (uncommon AZ locale)
Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona
7.4 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Amazonite - ex Obodda
Kenticha Mine, Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia
8.0 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
Rare green petrified Wood (Cr-rich)
nr. Winslow, Navajo Co., Arizona
4.8 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Vesuvianite xls
Eden Mills Quarries, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont
1.8 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Tessin-habit Quartz (rare) ex Obodda Coll.
Cavnic Mine, Maramure? Co., Romania
9.4 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Calcite on Fluorite (both fluorescent) ex Obodda
Bad Lauterberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
6.5 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
Franklinite, Calcite, Rhodonite & Willemite Fred DeVito Coll.
Franklin, Sussex Co. New Jersey
9.4 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm
Pyromorphite (1990s finds)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
2.9 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Lazurite on Marble (excellent miniature)
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
4.7 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
5.4 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm
Malachite ps. After Cuprite octahedron (old classic)
Chessy, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
1.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Maucherite (Type Locality) & Chalcopyrite
Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
4.4 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm