MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - end May 30, 2013

Ends May 30, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS from several old collections that we have acquired: including many old classics, beautiful display pieces, and even some gem crystals. Collections include Fioravanti, Vajdak, Obodda and more!
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Japan-law twin Quartz (excellent) Marilyn Dodge Coll.
Mina Tiro Estrella, El Capitan Mts, Lincoln Co., New Mexico,
2.0 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Vanadinite (2 generations) Urish Coll.
Pure Potential Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.9 x 6.4 x 3.9 cm
Acanthite and Polybasite? (Fioravanti Coll.)
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
6.2 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm
Spessartine & Smoky Quartz on Microcline (Bill Larson Coll.)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
3.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Mooreite (rare - Type Locality) Ex Obodda
North ore body, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
10.5 x 8.6 x 5.2 cm
Rutile w/ Goethite & Hematite
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia
7.4 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Spinel-twinned Gold in Quartz
Sierra County, California
3.8 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Indicolite Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite (excellent) ex Obodda
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
5.2 x 4.0 x 3.4 cm
Telluronevskite (ultra rare - Type Locality) Vajdak Coll.
Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Kosice Region, Slovakia
2.4 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Sylvanite (Carmichael Coll.)
Emporer Mine, Fiji
8.2 x 3.5 x 1.4 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite (excellent)
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco
9.4 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm
Ruby on Marble
Jegdalek, Surobi Dist., Kabul Prov., Afghanistan
8.2 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm
Vesuvianite (classic locale) Marilyn Dodge Coll.
Webster prospects, Sanford, York Co., Maine
2.9 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Agate ps. After Gastropod (rare and fine) - Jurassic-age
Mesa County, Colorado
5.3 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
Calcite incl. w/ Hematite (Miller Coll.)
Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.8 x 5.8 x 4.5 cm
Manganite, Calcite & Ettringite (Willy Israel Coll.)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
5.6 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm
Copper & Silver halfbreed nugget (Dartmouth Coll.)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
3.3 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Botyroidal Malachite (old classic) ex Dartmouth Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
4.9 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite on Calcite (rare combo) Charlie Key
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
6.0 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm
Amethyst with Hematite ex Hauck Coll.
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
9.4 x 7.5 x 6.4 cm
DT Malachite ps. After Azurite (Marty Zinn Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.3 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Adularia w/ Quartz & Apophyllite
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
16.7 x 10.8 x 2.4 cm
Milky Quartz (uncommon locale) Schlichter Coll.
Diamond Ledge (Stafford Springs), Stafford, Tolland Co., Connecticut
11.1 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
DT Smoky Quartz scepter (Charlie Key)
Orange River, Warmbad, Karas Region, Namibia
6.7 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Ettringite
N'Chwaning mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
4.5 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Orange Creedite
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
6.4 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Gem Aquamarine on Albite, ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Bi-colored Calcite xls (rare locale) Albert Sebela Coll.
Shelburne Falls, Franklin Co., Massachusetts
7.9 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
DT, twinned Calcite (rare locale) Consie Prince Coll.
Hoxie, Lawrence Co., Arkansas
13.0 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm