MINERAL SPECIMEN AND MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (Set 1) - Ends April 30, 2015

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

This auction features another diverse classic minerals suite from the Trimingham Mineral Collections plus add-ons such as: A FINE, GEMMY SILLIMANITE tn, CALIFORNIA VESUVIANITE CRYSTAL of ridiculous size, A GOLDEN GEM TANZANITE CRYSTAL & A SUITE OF EXCEPTIONAL RARE SPECIES!
As always, we try to show off a very diverse mix of minerals from recent acquisitions and old collections we are dispersing.
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Fishtail Calcite twin (Rare) Wright Coll.
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karagandy Prov., Kazakhstan
3.7 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Pyrite ex Obodda
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
15.1 x 11.4 x 7.8 cm
Dioptase (Type Locality) on Calcite ex Obodda
Altyn-Tyube, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
9.7 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Aegirine
Mt Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
4.8 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Watermelon Tourmaline (Smale Coll.)
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Bournonite & Sphalerite (classic old locale) ex Obodda
Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
11.8 x 7.8 x 3.3 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Albite ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
7.8 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm
Nickelskutterudite var. Smaltite (Rice Northwest Museum)
Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany
10.9 x 7.5 x 4.0 cm
Rare gem yellow Zoisite (31.68 carats)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Leaf Gold (RARE Brazil) Matioli Coll
Santo Antonio do Matupi, Amazonas, Brazil
2.4 x 1.5 x 0.1 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) & Mottramite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.4 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Spessartine Garnet & Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
7.4 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Gem Sillmanite xl (rare - 3.55 carats) ex Obodda
Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
1.7 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Large matrix Baryte (rare old locale) Trimingham Coll.
Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, Cumbria, England
16.4 x 11.8 x 10.0 cm
Quartz w/ Chlorite inclusions (LaBonte & Nowakowski Coll.)
Ojibway Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
13.5 x 8.2 x 4.5 cm
Smithsonite & Aurichalcite (RARE old combo) Trimingham CoLL
Kipushi Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
11.5 x 11.3 x 3.8 cm
Wulfenite on Calcite (Schlichter Coll.)
Red Gem Pocket - 2003, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
1.9 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
Chalcedony var. Agate nodule (classic locale) Nowakowski Coll.
High Rock Bay, Keweenaw Point, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
7.0 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
Cubanite (excellent thumbnail matrix specimen)
Henderson No. 2 Mine, Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada
2.2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Montebrasite twin (excellent) Matioli Coll.
Telirio claim, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 2.5 x 0.8 cm
Smithsonite ps. After Calcite (very rare AZ) Trimingham Coll.
Antler Mine, Mohave Co., Arizona
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
6.2 x 2.9 x 2.9 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) on Hematite (Michigan!) ex Nowakowski Coll.
Homer Mine, Mineral Hills, Iron Co., Michigan
13.7 x 8.5 x 7.0 cm
Leiteite (ultra-rare - Type Locality) Marty Zinn Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.9 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Bi-colored Elbaite w/ Lepidolite (excellent miniature!)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
4.4 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Large Vesuvianite xls (important odl USA classic) ex. Trimingham Coll.
nr. Clio, Plumas Co., California
12.3 x 10.0 x 7.0 cm
Esperite (Type Locality) & Franklinite slab (Van Tichelen Coll.)
Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey
8.5 x 5.8 x 0.9 cm
Gem Aquamarine xls on K-Feldspar
Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
7.4 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
Witherite (fluorescent) on Baryte (Trimingham Coll.)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.4 x 9.4 x 5.8 cm
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