MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end July 18, 2013

Ends July 18, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Three pages of specimens from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions. This week features plenty of unique historic and rare pieces, classic display specimens, and pedigreed pieces ; all at liquidation prices !
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Heulandite (excellent)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
9.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 cm
Rose Quartz & Schorl (2011 find)
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.4 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
"Imperial" Topaz (30.86 carats total)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
6.1 x 2.1 x 1.9 (largest) (2 Pieces)
Atacamite
La Farola Mine, Copiapo Prov., Atacama Region, Chile
5.5 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
Cuprian Austinite (rare locale)
Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm
Smithsonite ps. After Dolomite (classic locale) Jamie Bird Coll.
Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas
2.4 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Olmiite (2008 find)
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
6.4 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Cassiterite & Quartz (old classic) ex Obodda
St Agnes District, Cornwall, England
11.4 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm
Babingtonite & Prehnite on Quartz
Qiaojia County, Zhaotong Prefect., Yunnan Prov., China
11.4 x 5.4 x 5.0 cm
Chalcedony ps. After Fluorite (Charlie Key Coll.)
Ysterputs Farm 254, Karasburg Dist., Karas Region, Namibia
11.1 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Apatite, Quartz & Pyrite on Enargite (uncommon association)
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
3.1 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent!) w/ Sphalerite & Galena
2nd Sovietskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
11.8 x 10.3 x 7.0 cm
Fluorite octahedrons on Quartz
Jiangxi Province, China
13.4 x 9.4 x 5.5 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
4.5 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Amethyst w/ Calcite & Pyrite
Cavnic Mine, Maramures Co., Romania
12.0 x 11.7 x 6.4 cm
Calcite on Barite (excellent aesthetics)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
14.8 x 9.4 x 7.5 cm
Fergusonite-(Y)
J.G. Gole Quarry, Madawaska, Nipissing Dist., Ontario, Canada
2.8 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
Drillbit-twinned Cinnabar on Quartz
Hunan Province, China
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm
DT floater Herkimer Quartz "diamonds" (Schlichter Coll.)
Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
4.1 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm (largest) (6 Pieces)
Orpiment
Elbrusskiy Mine, Elbrus, N. Caucasus Mts., Russia
4.4 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm
Salammoniac (Marilyn Dodge Coll.)
Ravat Village, Yagnob River, Zeravshan Range, Tajikistan
2.7 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Spessartine Garnets
Nani Hill, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania
2.2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Gold nuggets (old CA finds) -12 grams
Mother Lode District, Sierra Nevada Mts., California
1.9 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm (largest) (3 Pieces)
Calcite (old classic) Miller Coll.
Cumbria, England
8.9 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Proustite xls (old - excellent)
St. Andreasberg, Harz Mts., Lower Saxony, Germany
1.9 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Spessartine, Smoky Quartz & Muscovite on Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
7.8 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm
Hematite-included Quartz (uncommon locale)
Old Mines area, Washington County, Missouri
12.4 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm
Brookite (classic locale) ex Smithsonian
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas
5.3 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm
Aquamarine
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm