FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end May 2, 2013

Ends May 2, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Fine Mineral Specimens including rarities, classics, and gem crystals from our slow liquidation of old mineral specimens from several mineral collection acquisitions: including the old Herb Obodda dealer stock.
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Skeletal Gold octohedron
Majuba placer, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada
1.2 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Gem Fluorapatite on Muscovite
Panasqueira, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
10.6 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
Gemmy Grossular Garnets (classic locale)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
2.8 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
huge Microcline xl w/ Tourmaline & Smoky Quartz
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
21.9 x 20.4 x 18.8 cm
Fluorite w/ Barite (rare old classic) both fluorescent
Saxony, Erzgebirge, Germany
18.4 x 12.4 x 7.8 cm
Scapolite (moderate fluorescence)
Bancroft area, Ontario, Canada
9.4 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Smoky Quartz coated w/ Conichalcite, Malachite & Quartz
Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
4.9 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
Gismondine, Chabazite & Aragonite (rare combo) Fioravanti Coll.
Osa quarry, Osteria dell'Osa, Rome, Latium, Italy
10.5 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Rhodochrosite
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite w/ Galena (Webb Coll.)
Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.4 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Schorl w/ Smoky Quartz (Charlie Key)
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
5.4 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
Sphalerite on Dolomite (old classic) Feist Coll.
Mid-Continent Mine, Treece, Tri-State Dist., Cherokee Co., Kansas
10.4 x 7.4 x 3.4 cm
Copper xls w/ Analcime (Sal Avella Coll.)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
7.2 x 6.8 x 4.0 cm
"Grape Juice purple" Amethyst (Charlie Key)
Goboboseb Mts., Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.6 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
3.0 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Rubyjack Sphalerite & Calcite (old classic) Feist Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State Dist., Jasper Co., Missouri
5.4 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Rhodochrosite, Kutnohorite, Quartz & Chalcopyrite (Urish Coll.)
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
10.4 x 7.7 x 4.0 cm
Velvet Malachite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong Province, China
11.9 x 8.8 x 7.8 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
6.4 x 6.1 x 6.0 cm
Epidote and Prehnite
Diakon, Cercle de Boufalabe, Kayes Region, Mali
5.8 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Boulder Opal
Quilpie, Queensland, Australia
9.6 x 6.8 x 3.4 cm
Gem Topaz xls on Cleavelandite ex Obodda
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
14.5 x 12.4 x 8.8 cm
Gem DT Celestine (classic locale) ex Schlichter Coll.
Scofield Quarry, Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan
10.3 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm
Cuprian Adamite (fluorescent)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.8 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
Gemmy Fluorite w/ Barite (both fluorescent)
Moscona Mine, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
7.4 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
Matrix Pyrite "Sun" in shale
Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois
16.4 x 10.9 x 1.8 cm
Dioptase, Shattuckite & Primary Malachite (Charlie Key)
Kaokoveld, Kunene Region, Namibia
6.7 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Superb DT Amethyst scepter (Charlie Key)
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.0 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Rhodochrosite & Quartz w/ Fluorite (fluorescent)
Sunnyside Mine, Silverton Dist., San Juan Co., Colorado
7.9 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
Cavansite and Stilbite
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
14.9 x 10.8 x 3.4 cm