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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Rutile & Brookite incl. in Quartz ex Obodda
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.5 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm
Fluorite, Aquamarine & Muscovite ex Obodda
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.5 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm
Fluorite (self-collected by R. Barstow) ex Obodda
Heights Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
5.6 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
9.5 x 6.4 x 4.0 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (old classic) Fioravanti Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namiba
7.7 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Calcite (2009 find)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye Iron Mine), Hubei Province, China
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Eudialyte (rare pocket-growth xl)
Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
3.4 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Gahnite (Fioravanti Coll.)
Tiriolo, Catanzaro Province, Calabria, Italy
7.3 x 5.7 x 3.0 cm
DT Sapphire (55.80 carats) Fioravanti Coll.
Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
3.9 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Aquamarine with Schorl (Charlie Key)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Nambia
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Gem DT Spodumene var. Triphane (ex Obodda)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
7.0 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm
Hematite
Irhoud Mine, Safi Province, Doukkala-Abda Region, Morocco
12.4 x 7.0 x 5.2 cm
Gormanite (ultra rare phosphate)
Linopolis, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.8 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm
Fluorapatite (classic Canada locale)
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
DT Quartz (excellent) Schlichter Coll.
Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford Co., Maine
5.4 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Botallackite (classic locale) ex Barstow & Fioravanti Coll.
Levant Mine, St Just District, Cornwall, England
9.4 x 4.4 x 1.1 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite and Celestine (classic locale)
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio
6.4 x 5.4 x 3.1 cm
Schorl (Schlichter Coll.)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Nambia
8.0 x 5.4 x 4.9 cm
Polished Malachite eyes (Schlichter Coll.)
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
5.0 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm
Stilbite (Schlichter Coll.)
Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
10.4 x 8.8 x 3.9 cm
Smithsonite (uncommon color)
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
6.3 x 5.5 x 2.0 cm
Milky Quartz (Schlichter Coll.)
Moosup, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut
11.4 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
large Bixbyite w/ Topaz
Solar Wind Claim, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
Peridot, Magnetite & Calcite (rare combo) ex Obodda
Manshera, Naran-Kagan Valley, Kohistan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
4.4 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm
Dioptase w/ Smoky Quartz (Charlie Key)
Christoff Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.4 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
large DT sceptered Quartz w/ enhydros
Cong Ly, Hunan Province, China
22.4 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Bi-colored gemmy Tourmaline (classic locale) Smale Coll.
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Ruby on Mavinite (rare mica)
Mysore District, Karnataka, India
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Gem Phlogopite on Marble (both fluorescent) ex Obodda
Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
6.5 x 6.0 x 6.3 cm
Tanzanite (54.08 carats) Fioravanti Coll.
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania
2.4 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm