MINERAL COLLECTION & STOCK LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - ends Sept 27, 2012

Ends Sept 27, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Mixed old mineral collection specimens plus special selections from recent acquisitions: This auction is packed with more gem crystals and valuable old classics! Look for many notable, high-value classic mineral specimens from the mineral collections of: Herb Obodda, Ernie Schlichter, and Irenee DuPont.
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Hausmannite and Calcite
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Galena, Siderite & Quartz (old classic)
Pfaffenberg Mine, Neudorf, Harzgerode, Harz Mts, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
5.4 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Amethyst w/ movable bubble
Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.0 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Unusual Smoky Quartz (Schlichter Coll.)
Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
13.0 x 8.9 x 5.0 cm
Pyromorphite and Cerussite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
7.0 x 5.4 x 3.0 cm
Bi-colored DT Sapphire
Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
3.5 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Lepidolite (2008 find)
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.5 x 5.9 x 2.5 cm
Topaz (classic locale - rare)
Naegi district, Gifu Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
2.7 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Specularite on Hematite (Sutcliffe Coll.)
6th West Orebody, Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
8.4 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite (DuPont & Univ. of Delaware Coll.)
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
12.4 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm
Polished Opal nodule
Virgin Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada
8.0 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
DT Tourmalines (old classic) Univ. of Delaware Coll.
Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Calcite (classic locale) Ex Borland Coll.
Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope Dist., Weardale, Co. Durham, England
4.9 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Gypsum
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
13.5 x 12.5 x 10.4 cm
Amazonite
Teller County, Colorado
5.0 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Fluorite octahedrons
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
5.0 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.0 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Etched Fluorite & Rubyjack Sphalerite (Consie Prince)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.8 x 9.8 x 9.8 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
5.1 x 3.0 x 1.2 cm
Floater Gypsum crystals (Lewadney Coll.)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
8.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
Campo del Cielo meteorite (81 grams)
Campo del Cielo, Chaco & Santiago del Estero Prov., Argentina
4.2 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
Fluorapatite (classic locale)
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia
6.8 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Pink Fluorite
Bratschi, Goscheneralp, Uri, Switzerland
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Beryl on Albite (rare loc.) self-collected by Al Ordway
Adam's Rib Mine, Chihuahua Valley, Warner Springs Dist., San Diego Co., California
8.3 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm
Fluorite on Quartz (excellent)
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
4.5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
DT gem Topaz crystal (New Find) - 205 grams
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
5.9 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm
Agate ps. After Gastropod (rare and fine) Jurassic-age
Mesa County, Colorado
4.4 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
DT Rhodonite (excellent xl)
Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm
Pezzottaite (Rare beryl - Type Locality)
Sakavalana Mine, Ambatovita, Fianarantsoa Prov., Madagascar
1.1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Muscovite rosette (Larry Krause)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm