FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - ends Sept 20, 2012

Ends Sept 20, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Mixed mineral specimens from our inventory plus special selections from recent collection acquisitions. This auction is packed with more than the usual gem crystals and valuable old classics! Look for many notable, high-value classic mineral specimens from the mineral collections of: Herb Obodda, Bill Larson, and others.
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Quartz & Hematite phantoms (rare) ex Obodda Coll.
Lupoto Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
7.5 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite octahedrons
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
7.1 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
"Imperial" Topaz (5 grams)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.1 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Amazonite with Albite
Kenticha Mine, Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia
8.4 x 7.0 x 4.3 cm
Large Stibnite "wand"
Wuling Mine, Jiujiang Prefect., Jiangxi Province, China
21.6 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Orange Creedite (NEW find)
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennesse
10.0 x 8.0 x 6.8 cm
Large Creedite
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
23.0 x 14.5 x 13.4 cm
gem Tourmaline (Bill Larson Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
5.5 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Anglesite (rare locale, old classic)
Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
6.2 x 4.6 x 3.0 cm
Cinnabar, Dolomite & Quartz
Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
3.7 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Datolite nodule included by Copper
Delaware Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
3.9 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Acanthite octahedrons (superb) Obodda Coll.
Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
1.9 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Tourmaline ex Obodda
Malkhan, Chitinskaya Oblast', Eastern Siberia, Russia
6.7 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Apophyllite with Calcite and Quartz ex. Trinchillo Sr. Coll.
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
10.0 x 9.3 x 6.4 cm
Wulfenite w/ Calcite (uncommon locale)
Ahmad Abad, Yazd Province, Iran
5.0 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Gibbsite (New Find)
Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China
3.5 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
Cuprian Austinite
Level 5, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.8 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
11.0 x 8.1 x 7.5 cm
Bixbyite & Topaz
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
3.4 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Rhodochrosite
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Gypsum crystal with 3 movable bubble inclusions
Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
18.4 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Galena octahedrons w/ Chalcopyrite (ex Schlichter Coll.)
St. Joseph Lead District, Missouri
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Amazonite with Feldspar
Kenticha Mine, Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia
7.1 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls & Calcite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.4 x 5.8 x 2.9 cm
Barite and Orpiment
Quiruvilca, La Libertad Department, Peru
4.8 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
Perovskite (RARE Colorado) ex. Schlichter Coll.
White Earth District (Powderhorn District), Gunnison Co., Colorado
1.2 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Alstonite (Type Locality) on Pyrite
Brownley Hill Mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
2.0 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Mimetite (var. Campylite) with Barite - superb, old classic
Drygill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
8.0 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Anhydrite w/ Calcite (Consie Prince Coll.)
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 cm