MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - ends June 5, 2014

Ends June 5, 2014
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) This week's auction features another great mix of modern and old classics, from recent collections we've purchased (Trimingham, Obodda, etc.). Note some historic US and European pieces, in particular! Enjoy!
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Copper incl. in Smithsonite (uncommon)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.0 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Wolframite ps. Scheelite (classic) ex Trimingham Coll.
Old Mine Park, Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
7.5 x 6.6 x 4.8 cm
Morganite (RARE NM) Trimingham Coll.
Harding Mine, Taos Co., New Mexico
6.9 x 5.7 x 3.0 cm
Bornite, Pyrite & Quartz (Trimingham Coll.)
Steward Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
9.0 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite
Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco
8.8 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
DT floater Titanite xl ex Obodda
Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Tulear Prov., Madagascar
3.4 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm
Epidote ex Obodda
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
3.4 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm
Millerite on Chalcedony (excellent)
Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky
3.8 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Quartz w/ Amethyst phantoms & Epidote
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Sichuan Province, China
11.4 x 7.4 x 3.0 cm
Cerussite w/ Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.9 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
Goethite & Quartz (rare combo) Trimingham Coll.
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
8.4 x 6.5 x 4.0 cm
Copper ps. After Laumontite (rare pseudo) Trimingham Coll.
Franklin Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan
8.0 x 5.5 x 3.0 cm
Almandine & Quartz (rare CA) Trimingham Coll.
Strawberry Mine, Timber Knob, Madera Co., California
10.9 x 5.8 x 5.4 cm
Gem Topaz ex Obodda
Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
7.0 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Manganoan Calcite pagodas (fluorescent!)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
15.0 x 11.4 x 5.2 cm
Rare yellow Zoisite (46.18 carats) ex Obodda
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Bastnesite-(Ce)
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
3.2 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Grossular Garnet
Sandare, Kayes Region, Mali
5.1 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Fluorapatite, Wolframite & Muscovite
Panasqueira, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
5.8 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver (rare NM)
Silver City District, Grant Co., New Mexico
2.5 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm
Hematite & Manganite (Charlie Key)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
5.7 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Orange Creedite w/ Fluorite (fluorescent)
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
7.3 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
Native Copper (rare, old Bisbee) Dartmouth College
Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.8 x 5.4 x 1.3 cm
Orpiment (classic 2001 find)
Cut 62, Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
7.9 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm
Iridescent Goethite stalactite
Tharsis, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
8.4 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Amethyst scepters incl. w/ hematite (Charlie Key)
Orange River, Warmbad, Karas Region, Namibia
8.8 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm
Matrix Amethyst scepter
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.3 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Silver wires on Acanthite
Hongda Mine, Lingqiu Co., Shanxi Prov., China
6.4 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm
Epididymite, Albite, Aegirine, Rhodochrosite & Serandite
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Wulfenite
Red Gem Pocket - 2003, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
2.4 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm