MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - end Aug 1, 2013

Ends August 1st, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Three pages of mineral specimens from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions.: This week features a superb type locality ALEXANDRITE, Diamond Crystal, rarities and old classics... all at liquidation prices !
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Ilvaite on Siderite ps. After Aragonite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
5.0 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Rare purple-cap Tourmaline
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
5.1 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Sylvanite on Quartz (classic Colorado)
Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek Dist., Teller Co., Colorado
7.2 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm
Crocoite (Old - Type Locality) ex Obodda Coll.
Berezovsk Mines, Ekaterinburg, Urals, Russia
9.2 x 6.0 x 2.2 cm
Chrysoberyl var. Alexandrite (Type Locality)
Malyshevo MIne, Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia
4.7 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
DT Hubnerite and Quartz (Fioravanti Coll.)
Pasto Bueno District, Ancash Dept., Peru
11.0 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper xls (excellent)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
2.6 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
Gemmy Sphalerite
Redlands Quarry, Niagara Falls, Niagara Co., New York
2.6 x 1.1 x 1.4 cm
Sperrylite (Type Locality)
Vermillion Mine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2.8 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
Grossular on Diopside
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
5.4 x 5.0 x 1.8 cm
DT Apophyllite w/ Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
7.4 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Large Microcline xl (classic locale)
Millar's Mine, Tory Hill, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
11.8 x 7.3 x 6.4 cm
Malachite stalactites (old)
Kolwezi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
13.4 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Smoky Quartz w/ phantoms (rare)
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
7.8 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Polished Rhodochrosite stalactite slice
Capillitas Mine, Catamarca, Argentina
5.4 x 3.8 x 0.5 cm
Tourmaline (doubly-terminated)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
2.9 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Quartz w/ Hematite phantoms
Itremo massif, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
14.8 x 8.8 x 5.8 cm
Franklinite & Willemite on Calcite (classic combo)
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Mordenite and Amethyst
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
8.8 x 6.4 x 6.2 cm
Pectolite
Millington Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey
14.9 x 12.0 x 8.8 cm
Spodumene var. Kunzite
Konar Province, Afghanistan
5.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Aquamarine w/ Schorl & Quartz
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
2.0 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Ilmenite (classic locale)
Madawaska Mine property, Faraday, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
7.4 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm
Smoky Quartz w/ phantoms
Smoky Bear, Lincoln Co., New Mexico
4.6 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Siderite on Albite (classic locale)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
10.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 cm
Galena w/ Pyrite & Quartz
Borieva Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Bulgaria
12.4 x 8.1 x 5.0 cm
Calcite w/ fluorescent phantom (weird!)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
8.0 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm
Smoky Quartz w/ Chlorite (uncommon locale) Belsky Coll.
Burg - Fiesch Glacier area, Goms, Wallis, Switzerland
10.5 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Pyrite "Sun"
Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois
8.0 x 7.7 x 0.6 cm