FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTION - ends May 22

Ends May 22, 2014
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) This week's auction features 2 pages of specimens from our inventory, new mineral acquisitions and special selections from recent collections we've purchased (Trimingham, Obodda, etc.). There are plenty of unique pieces, classic specimens, interesting localities, rare minerals and hard to find material in this week's auction! Enjoy!
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Color-zoned Fluorite on Siderite (classic locale)
Panasqueira, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm
Miguelromeroite (Rare Arsenate)
Veta Negra Mine, Copiapo Prov., Atacama Region, Chile
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Tantalite-(Fe) twin (Trimingham Coll)
Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Catapleiite w/ Natrolite & Aegirine
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.3 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm
Ludlockite (rare - Type Locality) Rob Smith Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
1.0 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (classic locale)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
2.3 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Smithsonite w/ Ankerite (rare) ex Robert Rybnicky Coll.
Kamariza Mines, Lavrion Dist., Attiki Prefect., Greece
8.5 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm
Cassiterite, Arsenopyrite, Quartz & Siderite
Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
4.4 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Crystallized leaf Gold (uncommon locale)
Mt Kare, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
1.4 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm
Xocomecatlite (rare Cu-tellurate) Dr. R.J. Bowell Coll.
Trixie Mine, East Tintic District, Utah Co., Utah
6.0 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm
Large Calcite twin (old classic) Feist Coll.
Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Cherokee Co., Kansas,
19.8 x 9.8 x 7.8 cm
Bornite, Pyrite & Quartz (Trimingham Coll.)
Steward Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
9.2 x 8.5 x 4.3 cm
Weird yellow Sapphire (14.43 carats)
Passara Gem Mine, Badulla, Uva Prov., Sri Lanka
1.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Bizarre etched Elbaite (22 grams)
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Lorandite (rare/old - Type Locality) & Realgar Univ. of Arizona
Allchar, Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite w/ Smithsonite (circa 1900)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.5 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Molybdenite w/ Quartz & Epidote (Ralph Merrill Coll.)
Garnet Hill, Calaveras Co., California
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Quartz xls (excellent) American Museum
St Gotthard Massif, Uri, Switzerland
10.9 x 8.4 x 6.4 cm
Aegirine w/ Microcline ex Obodda
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
11.0 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Pyrite on Barite (Trimingham Coll.)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
9.8 x 7.4 x 4.6 cm
Galena & bi-colored Fluorite (Trimingham Coll.)
Slitt Vein, Blackdene Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
10.4 x 6.9 x 4.3 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite and Celestine (Trimingham Coll.)
White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio
9.9 x 6.4 x 6.2 cm
Fluorite (Trimingham Coll.)
Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.8 x 8.7 x 4.8 cm
Pyromorphite on Malachite (large plate)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
19.4 x 13.8 x 6.8 cm
Cavansite on Stilbite (large plate)
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
23.9 x 13.8 x 5.7 cm
Hematite-included Calcite
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
17.5 x 11.4 x 5.8 cm
Large Quartz on Fluorite (Whitmore Coll.)
Weardale, Co. Durham, England
26.9 x 23.4 x 8.4 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
4.9 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm
Esperite, etc (4 color fluorescence) Trimingham Coll.
Parker Shaft, Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey
6.4 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Gem Fluorapatite xls on Siderite
Barroca Grande Mine, Panasqueira, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm