FINE MINERALS AUCTIONS emphasizing "Old Classics & Rarities" - ends Nov 21

Ends Nov 21, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Another large LIQUIDATION AUCTION of fine pieces from our inventory and from HUGE recent mineral collection acquisitions including the large and diverse collections of Robert Trimingham, Herb Obodda, & others
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Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Calcite & Strontianite (all fluorescent!) Trimingham Coll.
Mahoning Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
11.5 x 8.5 x 5.4 cm
Calcite (classic AZ) fluorescent! (Trimingham Coll.)
Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal Co., Arizona
7.0 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Anapaite (extinct locale) Carmichael Coll.
Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
3.5 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm
Cornwallite (uncommon CA locale) Trimingham Coll.
Murdock Mine, Last Chance Dist., Nevada Co., California
8.4 x 5.3 x 2.9 cm
Chrysocolla on Tenorite (self-collected - Urish Coll.)
Copper Mtn., Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona
2.8 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm
Copper in Gypsum (Urish Coll.)
Mission Mine, Pima Co., Arizona
3.0 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm
Calcite on Fluorite (fluorescent)
Moscona Mine, Villabona, Asturias, Spain
7.3 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm
Fluorite, Barite & Calcite
Moscona Mine, Villabona, Asturias, Spain
11.3 x 8.5 x 5.0 cm
Apophyllite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
17.4 x 11.4 x 4.0 cm
Large Amethyst scepter (Kenya)
Baobab Mine, Kitui Dist., Eastern Prov., Kenya
12.5 x 9.7 x 6.8 cm
Sphalerite twins & Dolomite (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.4 x 8.0 x 4.8 cm
Copper octahedrons (rare locale)
Chuquicamata Mine, Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Erythrite (Trimingham Coll.)
Mount Cobalt Mine, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
9.2 x 7.0 x 2.3 cm
Gem Fluorite xls (classic locale) Trimingham Coll
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, Durham, England
11.4 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
Copper in Calcite (old classic)
Copper Country, Houghton Co., Michigan
3.8 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
6.0 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Stepped-growth Calcite w/ included Hematite (rare)
Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
6.0 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Enargite w/ Pyrite (classic locale) Trimingham Coll.
Quiruvilca, La Libertad Department, Peru
5.9 x 4.9 x 2.4 cm
Coloradoite (rare telluride) Fersman Museum
Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit, Tashkent Viloyati, Uzbekistan
3.0 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite (rare Colorado)
Canon City District, Fremont Co., Colorado
5.8 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
Gem Tanzanite crystal (38.03 carats)
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania
2.4 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
Smoky Quartz (Bill Larson/Pala Prop. Coll.)
Audrey Lynn Mine, Cahuilla Dist., Riverside Co., California
12.0 x 10.2 x 7.0 cm
Gem DT twinned Calcite xl (Trimingham Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
8.0 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Pyromorphite &Goethite (uncommon combo)
San Luis Mine, Guazapares, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.1 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Gem-tipped Scheelite (fluorescent)
Mt. Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Provence, China
6.9 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Chalcophyllite (old classic) John Calvert Coll.
Cornwall, England
6.8 x 5.4 x 3.1 cm
Gadolinite-(Y) twinned xl Fioravanti Coll.
Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
4.3 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
Johnbaumite-M ( Type Locality) ex American Museum
Sitapur, Chhindwara Dist., Madhya Pradesh, India
4.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Copper w/ Cuprite & Gypsum (excellent) Trimingham Coll.
Ray, Pinal County, Arizona
13.9 x 11.0 x 2.4 cm
Primary Malachite (excellent)
Star of Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
9.4 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm