MINERAL SPECIMEN AND COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1) - Ends April 9, 2015

MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS SET #1 Ends April 9, 2015
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

As always, we try to show off a very diverse mix of minerals from recent acquisitions and old collections we are dispersing. This auction features a huge GARNET suite from the Trimingham Mineral Collections as well as two special $999-reserve pieces on consignment from various owner:

A FINE, GEMMY RUSSIAN TOURMALINE
&A MAGNIFICENT LARGE EUROPEAN SILVER SPECIMEN!
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Barite (fluorescent) Trimingham Coll.
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huanuco Dept., Peru
9.7 x 7.4 x 6.4 cm
Halite on Nahcolite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California
11.8 x 10.5 x 6.4 cm
Gemmy Bastnesite-(Ce) ex Obodda
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
5.0 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite incl. w/ Barite (Tom Weisner Coll.)
Denton mine, Harris Creek Dist., Hardin Co., Illinois
5.9 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Hematite (uncommon) w/Barite (rare) Trimingham Coll.
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia
7.4 x 7.0 x 3.4 cm
Muscovite on weird Albite
Minas Gerais, Brazil
15.4 x 8.4 x 6.0 cm
Pyrrhotite w/ Galena & Quartz (excellent) ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
5.4 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Bladed Cavansite & Calcite on Stilbite (West Parker Coll.)
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
3.4 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Topaz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Maynard's claim, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
3.8 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Gem Elbaite (classic locale)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Rhodonite w/ Galena (classic)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
1.9 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Tanzanite (parallel growth crystals)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
3.4 x 2.4 x 1.0 cm
Arsenopyrite, Sphalerite & Muscovite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
6.3 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
DT Calcite xls (Trimingham Coll.)
Einheit Mine, Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
14.5 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Gemmy Elbaite on Smoky Quartz (excellent old classic)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
7.7 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
Gem Epidote & Pericline (rare combo) ex Obodda
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 7.0 x 6.3 cm
Calcite (uncommon locale - fluorescent) Payne Coll.
Gyongyosoroszi, Matra Mts, Heves Co., Hungary
8.8 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm
Elbaite on Quartz scepters (New Find)
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.4 x 9.3 x 8.5 cm
Fluorite (classic locale - fluorescent) Trimingham Coll.
Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England
13.6 x 8.9 x 4.3 cm
Selenite incl. w/ hematite "Lionfish" (Trimingham Coll.)
Crystal Falls, Menominee iron range, Iron Co., Michigan
6.4 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Marcasite "christmas trees"
Herne, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
9.8 x 7.5 x 5.8 cm
Ajoite & Copper in Quartz xl (rare)Trimingham Coll.
Messina Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa
9.6 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm
Andradite Garnet (RARE California) Trimingham Coll.
Lakeview Mts, nr Nuevo, Riverside Co., California
11.4 x 8.5 x 6.4 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
10.4 x 9.5 x 1.7 cm
Cornetite with Malachite & Chrysocolla
Star of the Congo Mine, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
10.4 x 8.5 x 5.2 cm
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