MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Oct 16, 2014

Ends October 16, 2014
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
This week's auction features many old classic and rare specimens from recent collections we've purchased (including the large and very diverse mineral collections of Trimingham, Obodda, and Soregaroli). There are plenty of unique pieces and classic specimens, both rarities and and gem crystals! Enjoy!
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Realgar in Calcite (rare - self-collected) Soregaroli Coll.
Mt Washington mine, Vancouver Isl., British Columbia, Canada
13.5 x 11.3 x 6.5 cm
Fluorapatite (Trimingham Coll.)
Pedras Altas, Capim Grosso, Bahia, Brazil
7.7 x 5.5 x 5.4 cm
Large cubic DIAMOND crystal - 19.53 carats
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
Goethite xls & Quartz (old classic) Trimingham Coll.
Restormel Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England
8.2 x 6.5 x 5.0 cm
Gem Topaz & Cleavlandite on Microcline ex Obodda
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
8.3 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Axinite-(Fe) with Chlorite (uncommon) ex Obodda
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
8.7 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm
Gem Calcite xls w/ Prehnite (excellent & uncommon assoc.)
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.1 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Scapolite xls (fluorescent) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Maple Leaf, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Calcite (excellent old classic)
Blackstone Mine, Shullsburg, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin
9.8 x 8.0 x 4.8 cm
V-twin Cerussite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.1 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Emerald (old classic locale)
Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia
3.3 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Tourmaline on Tourmaline
Momeik, Mogok, Mandalay Division, Burma
2.4 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Calcite w/ Galena & Sphalerite (Cynthia Payne Coll.)
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
6.8 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Schorl & Smoky Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Pyrite ps. After Pyrrhotite
Hecla Rosebud Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada
2.8 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Gemmy Cobaltoan Calcite xls
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Hematite in Quartz (RARE Colorado xls!) Trimingham Coll.
Red Feather Lakes, Larimer Co., Colorado
9.4 x 8.9 x 6.3 cm
"Mushroom" Schorl ex Obodda
Momeik, Mogok, Mandalay Division, Burma
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Vivianite on fossilized mollusc (Trimingham Coll.)
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
6.3 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
Datolite nodule included by Copper (fine!) ex. Soregaroli Coll.
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
4.9 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Enargite w/ Pyrite (Soregaroli Coll.)
San Cristobal Mine, Junin, Peru
7.3 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Gemmy Epidote xls ex Obodda
Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
6.4 x 3.7 x 1.0 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
4.8 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Spessartine & Fluorapatite (excellent) Soregaroli Coll.
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu, Baltistan, Pakistan
2.4 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Cinnabar w/ Metacinnabar (rare combo) Ed Oyler Coll.
New Idria Mine, San Benito Co., California
4.9 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Idocrase (Vesuvianite) (old - Type Locality) Ex Sorbone Museum
Monte Somma (Vesuvius), Naples Prov., Campania, Italy
6.9 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Almandine Garnets on Biotite Schist
Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
13.5 x 9.0 x 3.8 cm
Vivianite w/ Muscovite & Pyrite
Jocao pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.1 x 6.4 x 1.8 cm