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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Rhodochrosite (Spiromitros Coll.)
Madem-Lakko Mine, Stratoni, Chalkidiki Prefect., Macedonia Dept., Greece
6.4 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Brochantite on Chalcocite (VERY RARE for locale) ex Belsky
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
10.2 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm
Fluorite with Calcite (Dick Heck Collection)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.6 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
Rhodochrosite on Drusy Quartz (classic locale)
Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
9.0 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Unique Lapis ps. After Scapolite (Lockhart Coll.)
Kiran, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
7.4 x 6.8 x 5.8 cm
Rosasite w/ Gypsum
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.4 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Hemimorphite (New Find)
Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
5.0 x 4.1 x 2.4 cm
Red gem Tourmaline
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Quartz with Pyrite ex Obodda
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
14.5 x 12.9 x 4.0 cm
Rare Smoky Quartz xls w/ Barite (Sutcliffe Coll.)
Haile Moor Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
9.0 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Andradite Garnet
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
10.1 x 7.7 x 3.2 cm
Calcite and Dolomite (Schlichter Coll.)
Frontier Quarry, Lockport, Niagara Co., New York
8.5 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Velvet Malachite (classic Bisbee) Mullane Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
10.7 x 8.0 x 4.5 cm
Tourmaline on Smoky Quartz (Univ. of Delaware Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California
9.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Goshenite Beryl, Tourmaline & Quartz ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
9.4 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Gem DT Kunzite (Ordway Coll.)
Vanderberg Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
14.0 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Vesuvianite crystal (Ed Bancroft Coll.)
Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Hematite-included Calcite
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.4 x 10.5 x 5.5 cm
Large Stibnite wand
Wuling Mine, Jiujiang Prefect., Jiangxi Province, China
19.3 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
"Invisible" cuboctahedral Fluorite xls
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
9.0 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Gemmy DT Axinite (excellent) Ordway Coll.
Puiva, Saranpaul, Prepolar Urals, Russia
6.0 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Aquamarine xl spray (rare habit) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm
Celestine (classic locale) Schlichter Coll.
Scofield Quarry, Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan
4.5 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
green Willemite (fluorescent) Mullane Coll.
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey
9.8 x 8.5 x 5.8 cm
Kunzite/Triphane crystal ex Obodda
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
6.4 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
Mushroom Tourmaline (Herb Obodda Coll.)
Mogok, Mandalay Division, Burma
2.4 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm