MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS ! - end Jan 17, 2013

Ends Jan 17, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Three pages of mixed fine minerals from old collections and dealer stocks we are selling at liquidation, including many OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS, and old MUSEUM PIECES from the Giancarlo Fioravanti and Herb Obodda collections!
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Barite (classic locale)
Mine No. 18, Paleokamariza, Lavrion, Attiki, Greece
4.1 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Plancheite (Type Locality - rare) & Dioptase
Sanda Mine, Mindouli, Pool Department, Republic of Congo
8.0 x 5.5 x 2.9 cm
Superb floater Pyrite pyritohedron (Fioravanti Coll.)
Falcacci stope, Rio Marina Mine, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
3.4 x 2.9 x 2.9 cm
Malachite (old classic - 1800s) ex Fioravanti Coll.
Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia
7.0 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
Vieille Montagne, Moresnet, Verviers, Liege Province, Belgium
9.5 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
Hilarion Min, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
5.5 x 4.5 x 1.0 cm
Calcite "Cave Pearls" (classic locale) ex Fioravanti Coll.
Fluminimaggiore, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm (Largest) (2 Pieces)
Rubellite Tourmaline
Malkhan, Chitinskaya Oblast', Eastern Siberia, Russia
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
V-twin Rutile (Schlichter Coll.)
Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina
1.7 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm
Gaspeite (rare carbonate) on Nickeloan Dolomite
132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia
2.6 x 2.5 x 0.9 cm
Topaz & Smoky Quartz (old classic) Fioravanti Coll.
Murzinka Mine, Ekaterinburgskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Russia
8.2 x 7.2 x 4.8 cm
Scheelite, Quartz & Zinnwaldite (old) Fioravanti Coll.
Zinnwald, Krusne Hory Mts, Bohemia, Czech Republic
8.8 x 8.3 x 3.7 cm
Skeletal Gold octohedron
Majuba placer, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada
1.0 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Chalcocite (uncommon locale)
Mount Gordon Mine, Queensland, Australia
3.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Rhodochrosite (Minette Coll.)
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.7 cm
Scorodite (rare) Marilyn Dodge Coll.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.3 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm
Doubly terminated Anatase (excellent) Henderson Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
2.3 x1.1 x 1.2 cm
Catapleiite (classic locale)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.8 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
Milarite (Type Locality) on Adularia
Giuv Valley, Tujetsch, Grischun, Switzerland
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Nailhead Calcite (classic locale)
Pribram, Pribram, Czech Republic
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Speckled blue Halite (New Find)
Intrepid Potash Mine, Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico
4.0 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Aragonite with Kutnohorite (classic locale)
Levane, Bucine, Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy
4.4 x 3.9 x 2.1 cm
Superb Tunellite (rare borate - Type Locality)
U.S. Borax open pit, Boron, Kern Co., California
3.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Gem Richterite ex Obodda
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
1.5 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Vivianite, Hureaulite, Leucophosphite, Jahnsite, etc.
Hagendorf South, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, German
10.2 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Hemimorphite (classic locale)
Sa Duchessa Mine, Sardinia, Italy
4.6 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Phosphosiderite and Barbosalite (Tony Nikischer Coll.)
Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Co., South Dakota
7.9 x 6.9 x 5.4 cm
Adularia twins w/ Chlorite (classic locale)
Cristallina Valley, Medel Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
8.8 x 8.4 x 3.4 cm
Amazonite ex Obodda
Kenticha Mine, Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia
7.1 x 5.8 x 3.0 cm
Quartz on Chrysocolla (classic material)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
11.4 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm