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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Jeremejevite (rare)
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
1.0 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Pyrite & Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
5.9 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Wulfenite on Calcite (famous find)
Red Gem Pocket - 2003, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) on Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
9.4 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Gem Emerald Crystal (9.93 carats)
Boyaca Department, Colombia
1.1 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Fluorite, Celestine & Calcite (Nowakowski Coll.)
Newport Quarry, Newport, Monroe Co., Michigan
9.9 x 8.4 x 7.4 cm
Graphite ex Matioli Coll.
Bogala Mine, Bogala, Sabaragamuwa Prov., Sri Lanka
8.0 x 7.0 x 6.4 cm
Sphalerite (Nowakowski Coll.)
Stoneco quarry, Lime City, Wood Co., Ohio
3.8 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Ilvaite (classic locale) ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
4.4 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Datolite & Calcite (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
5.5 x 5.4 x 2.4 cm
Baryte (classic locale)
Brosso Mine, Calea, Torino Prov., Piedmont, Italy
10.1 x 6.8 x 2.7 cm
Siderite on Siderite w/ Natrolite (classic locale) Nowakowski Coll.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
6.9 x 4.9 x 4.4 cm
Unusual Galena w/ Quartz & Sphalerite (Nowakowski Coll.)
Septemvri mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria
7.1 x 5.5 x 1.7 cm
Scapolite (rare and rare locale) Nowakowski Coll.
Brigadoon Rd., Wilberforce area, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
4.6 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Doublty terminated Calcite (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
17.8 x 9.8 x 7.0 cm
Albite with schiller effect (rare locale) Nowakowski Coll.
Elephant Lake Roadcut, Hastings Co., Ontario
5.4 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Gem Tourmaline var. Elbaite (classic locale)
Santa Rosa mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.2 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Sphalerite twins (rare Canada locale) Ian Nicklin Coll.
Sa Dena Hes Mine, Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada
3.8 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm
Unusual and rare etched Calcite twin (Cynthia Payne Coll.)
Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
7.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz (Nowakowski Coll.)
Highway 17 roadcut (Rossport), Thunder Bay Dist., Ontario, Canada
12.8 x 9.4 x 8.9 cm
Diamond var. Carbonado (rare Brazil) Matioli Coll.
Rio Paraguacu, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
1.5 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Calcite (classic locale - fluorescent) Cynthia Payne Coll.
La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Hainaut Province, Belgium
6.2 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Spessartine & Albite ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Large Diopside xl (Charlie Key Coll.)
Slyudyanka, Irkutskaya Oblast', Siberia, Russia
10.1 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite cleavage octahedron w/ hydrocarbons (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
4.8 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Gemmy color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent) Soregaroli Coll.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
10.7 x 9.5 x 6.0 cm
DT Aquamarine & Muscovite ex Obodda
Raikot, Chilas, Diamar Dist. Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
12.4 x 8.1 x 5.9 cm
Large Diopside xls (classic locale) Nowakowski Coll.
Yates mine, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
9.5 x 9.1 x 9.0 cm