MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - end July 25, 2013

Ends July 25, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Three pages of mineral specimens from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions.: This week features plenty of unique historic and rare pieces such as a fine Colorado Rhodochrosite and an old TriState Galena; classic display specimens, and pedigreed pieces, all at liquidation prices !
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Sulfur (Dave Stoudt Coll.)
San Felipe, Mexicali, Baja California Norte, Mexico
7.1 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Orpiment (classic 2001 find)
Cut 20, Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
7.8 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm
Stalactitic botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang Mine, Xinyang Prefect., Henan Prov., China
2.8 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm
Calcite on Aurichalcite w/ Hemimorphite (old classic)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.8 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm
Gemmy Aquamarine xls
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.9 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Quartz w/ Chlorite inclusions ex. Philadelphia Academy
Rutherford County, North Carolina
12.4 x 8.9 x 6.9 cm
Galena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite & Dolomite (superb, old classic)
Joplin Field, Tri-State Dist., Jasper Co. Missouri
19.4 x 14.5 x 9.5 cm
Smoky Quartz w/Fluorite
Smoky Bear, Lincoln Co., New Mexico
11.4 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Calcite (classic Tsumeb)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.4 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Quartz
Hot Springs area, Garland Co., Arkansas
12.0 x 8.2 x 5.5 cm
Ramshorn Gypsum (classic)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.0 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (classic Colorado)
Sunnyside Mine, Silverton District, San Juan Co., Colorado
5.8 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Stibnite and Quartz (uncommon locale)
Lane County, Oregon
7.0 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
"Black Jack Zinc" (Sphalerite) - old Colorado
Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado
7.8 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm
Augite w/ Chabazite (rare combo)
Highway 62N Road cut, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
7.1 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Cassiterite var. Stream Tin
Durango, Mexico
3.9 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
DT phantom Quartz w/ clay/hematite incluions (Hauck Coll.)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Fossil Ammonite
Morocco (Devonian Period)
5.9 x 4.7 x 1.2 cm
DT Calcite and Stilbite (rare - classic locale)
Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey
9.7 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Yellow Wavellite (rare) Clyde Hardin Coll.
Mauldin Mt., Montgomery Co., Arkansas
7.9 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Amazonite
Florissant Area, Teller Co., Colorado,
6.6 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
7.0 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Amethyst stalactite
Artigas Department, Uruguay
14.9 x 6.3 x 5.5 cm
New York City pegmatite drill core
New York City, New York
7.2 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm
Gem penetration-twinned Fluorite
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, Durham, England
1.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Cassiterite twin (uncommon locale) ex Obodda
Modoto, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia
3.8 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Native Lead (rare) Vajdak Coll.
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
2.4 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Silver wires w/ Quartz & Acanthite (very rich)
Imiter Mine, Quarzazate Province, Morocco
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls with Mimetite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
11.0 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Aragonite xls in geode (fluorescent)
nr. Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana
11.9 x 10.4 x 8.0 cm