MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - ends Dec. 13th, 2012

Ends Dec 13, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Three pages of mixed fine minerals and classic mineral specimens for liquidation, from old collections; and in particular a diverse selection from Herb Obodda old dealer inventory buyout and museum exchanges!
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Schorl & Cleavelandite ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
4.4 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
DT Rhodochrosite (excellent) ex Marilyn Dodge
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.5 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
Gartrellite (rare - ex Gartrell Collection)
Ashburton Downs (TYPE LOC.), Western Australia, Australia
5.9 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm
Pyrargyrite & Harmotome (Type Locality) rare old combo
Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
5.1 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm
Rubellite tourmaline with Quartz
Malkhan pegmatite field, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberia, Russia
4.2 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Iceland spar Calcite (Type Locality) Fioravanti Coll.
Helgustadir Mine, Reydarfjordur, Iceland
2.0 x 1.9 x 0.9 cm
Gemmy Anglesite xls on Galena
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco
7.3 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm
Cassiterite twins (classic locale) ex Obodda
Zinnwald, Krusne Hory Mts, Bohemia, Czech Republic
2.6 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Chabazite twins (rare) Will Henderson Coll.
Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada
2.8 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Smithsonite (Ruggiero Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namiba
4.7 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Large crystallized Silver in Silver/Cobalt (ex Durkos & Hauck)
Beaver Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
10.5 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm
Tourmaline altering to Lepidolite & Tourmaline
Jacare Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.1 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Siderite with Quartz (old classic)
Devon, England
4.4 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Gypsum var. Selenite (New Find - excellent)
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
14.4 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Hidalgoite (rare arsenate) Ed Bancroft Coll.
Gold Hill Mine, Tooele Co., Utah
6.4 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Barite and Orpiment
Quiruvilca, La Libertad Department, Peru
5.8 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
White cap Amazonite (rare)
Flat Rock, Crystal Peak, Park & Teller Cos., Colorado
7.4 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Azurite on Malachite (old classic) Dartmouth Coll.
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
12.5 x 11.0 x 6.4 cm
Scheelite (fluorescent - 2 colors) & Quartz
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
8.5 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
Hematite ps. after Marcasite (Whitmore Coll.)
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Egypt
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Primary Malachite (Ed Bancroft Coll.)
Emke Mine, Onganja, Windhoek Dist., Namibia
5.2 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Gemmy Epidote w/ Byssolite ex Obodda
Hachupa Epidote Locality, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan
6.4 x 4.4 x 1.0 cm
Gemmy Realgar xl (Will Henderson Coll.)
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Humboldt Co., Nevada
1.8 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm
Amethyst/Smoky Quartz w/ clay inclusions Charlie Key
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.5 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Dolomite epimorph after Calcite ex Obodda
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
5.3 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
Zoisite (rare) & Quartz ex Obodda
Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
3.0 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Fluorite cuboctahedron (rare CO locale) Henderson Coll.
Ransom Mine, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado
3.0 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Superb Ajoite included in phantom Quartz ex Henderson
Messina Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa
3.0 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Gem Tourmaline ex Obodda
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
7.4 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
8.7 x 7.0 x 5.8 cm