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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Smithsonite
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
6.9 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
DT Calcite on Galena (rare) Dick Heck Coll.
Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.0 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
Dumortierite (rare - fluorescent) Chris Korpi Coll.
Dehesa, San Diego Co., California
4.3 x 4.2 x 1.0 cm
Wulfenite w/ Calcite
Red Gem Pocket - 2003, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
5.0 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Stellerite & Drusy Quartz (old, rare classic)
Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia
9.8 x 7.8 x 3.5 cm
Large Topaz xl (1.7 pounds!) Nowakowski Coll.
Wah tu Wah Mine, Gaoligong Mts, Nujiang A.P., Yunnan Province, China
9.0 x 7.9 x 7.0 cm
Rhodonite
San Martin Mine, Chiurucu, Ancash Dept., Peru
3.4 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Rutilated Quartz (excellent) Sensel & Hauck Coll.
Ibitiara, Bahia, Brazil
12.0 x 10.4 x 5.5 cm
Calcite w/ Mottramite (Rob Smith Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
14.0 x 7.8 x 5.0 cm
Babingtonite & Prehnite on Quartz
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Sichuan Prov., China
9.8 x 8.4 x 4.4 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite (ex Belsky)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.1 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm
Floater Andradite, xls Obodda Collection
Dashkesan Co-Fe deposit, Daskasan District, Azerbaijan
2.8 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Ilvaite (Smithsonian Coll.)
Laxey Mine, Owyhee Co., Idaho
2.9 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Ilmenite (classic locale) Schlichter Coll.
Madawaska Mine, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Gem, bi-colored, Tanzanite
Melelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania
5.0 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm
Wulfenite (Marilyn Dodge Coll.)
Gleason Mine, Kofa District, Yuma County, Arizona
2.7 x 2.4 x 0.7 cm
Gemmy Aquamarine & Schorl on Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.0 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Quartz w/ Chlorite ex Schlichter Coll.
Graubunden, Switzerland
11.8 x 6.3 x 4.0 cm
floater Tourmaline with Quartz (R.Whitmore Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
3.8 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Mushroom Tourmaline
Momeik, Kyaukme District, Shan State, Burma
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Azurite (Dr. Ed David Coll.)
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco
7.7 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Manganoan Adamite (Stoudt Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Galena, Quartz, Sphalerite & Chalcopyrite
Madan, Rhodope Mts., Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
10.8 x 7.8 x 4.4 cm
Sphalerite twin w/ Dolomite & Galena
Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
4.0 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Gold in Quartz
16 to 1 Mine, Alleghany, Sierra Co., California
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Nadorite (rare - Type Locality) Bruce Wood Coll.
Djebel Nador, Constantine Province, Algeria
4.4 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Iridescent Chalcopyrite sphenoids ex Obodda
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
10.0 x 6.4 x 2.8 cm
Scorodite (rare old classic) Ydren Coll.
Kiura Mine, Oita Prefect., Kyushu Region, Japan
6.5 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm
Aquamarine w/ Quartz ex Obodda
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.0 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
DT Barite xls (old classic) ex Obodda
Frizington, Cumbria, England
7.0 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm