MINERAL SPECIMEN AND COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1) - Ends June 11, 2015

Ends June 11, 2015
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
We are pleased to present, as always, a REALLY diverse mixed group of mineral specimens including rare species and unusual finds and locality pieces. This week's fine mineral auctions feature new mineral acquisitions and special selections from recent mineral collections we've purchased including the Nowakowski collection of US and Canadian classics with emphasis on Ontario and REE minerals; Obodda old dealer inventory; and mixed deaccessions. Look for a very fine gem EMERALD and an old Santa Rosa Mine TOURMALINE in this set.
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Cuprian Adamite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.8 x 6.8 x 6.5 cm
Fossil Ammonite (Jurassic Period) Nowakowski Coll.
Sierra del Muerte, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
8.4 x 7.4 x 1.5 cm
Biotite (Nowakowski Coll.)
Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
7.9 x 6.4 x 5.5 cm
Calcite (Nowakowski Coll.)
Benchmark Quarry, St Johnsville, Montgomery Co., New York
7.3 x 7.0 x 4.8 cm
Pyrolusite, Quartz & Hematite (Nowakowski Coll.)
Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga Co., Michigan
10.4 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
Celestine (Nowakowski Coll.)
Stoneco Portage Quarry, Portage, Wood Co., Ohio
6.1 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm
Allanite coating Scapolite (rare combo and rare locale) Nowakowski Coll.
Rt 18 Roadcut, nr Minden, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
6.7 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm
Natrolite, Quartz, Sphalerite & Chalcopyrite (Nowakowski Coll.)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
8.9 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm
Schorl & Cleavlandite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltiststan, Pakistan
6.0 x 5.5 x 2.4 cm
Vanadinite (excellent) ex Obodda
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
4.2 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Limonite ps. After Siderite w/ Quartz (rare) ex Obodda
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.4 x 9.3 x 3.9 cm
Azurite "sun"
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia
4.3 x 4.1 x 1.7 cm
Chloroxiphite (rare), Mendipite, etc (British Museum)
Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England
4.5 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm
"Electric-blue" Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
10.3 x 8.7 x 1.7 cm
Bi-colored Elbaite
Malkhan, Chitinskaya Oblast', Eastern Siberia, Russia
5.4 x 4.9 x 4.0 cm
Bi-colored Beryl, Schorl and Feldspar (Soltau Coll.)
Davib East Farm, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.0 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Calcite on Prehnite (classic locale)
Fanwood Quarry, Watchung, Somerset Co., New Jersey
12.8 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm
Pyrolusite (rare Brazil locale!) Matioli Coll.
Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12.5 x 8.5 x 6.0 cm
Electric-blue Azurite w/ Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
1.6 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Amethyst (Trimingham Coll.)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
8.7 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Marcasite on Galena (Trimingham Coll.)
Shullsburg, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin
9.0 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm
Quartz incl. w/ Hematite (Nowakowksi Coll.)
Strzegom-Sobotka Massif, Lower Silesia, Poland
9.4 x 7.1 x 6.0 cm
Calcite coated with Fe-oxides (Nowakowski Coll.)
Saint-Philippe Quarry, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada
9.4 x 9.4 x 4.8 cm
Malachite (Nowakowski Coll.)
Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
10.4 x 8.2 x 6.8 cm
Amethyst (rare Michigan) Nowakowski Coll.
W.O Quarry, Norway, Dickinson Co., Michigan
11.9 x 11.9 x 3.8 cm
Calcite & Sphalerite (classic locale) Wolfe Coll.
Joplin, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
6.8 x 6.8 x 4.1 cm
Pyrite Concretion
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
7.1 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm