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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Pyromorphite (John Schneider Coll.)
Resuperferolitica Mine, Santa Eufemia, Cordoba, Spain
5.8 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Columbite (rare old classic) Univ. Arizona
Epping, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire
4.7 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Babingtonite w/ Quartz
Qiaojia, Yunnan Province, China
6.8 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
DT Smoky Quartz Herkimer "diamond" ex Ed David Coll.
Herkimer County, New York
7.2 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm
Calcite (2 generations - excellent)
Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
9.4 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm
Hematite "iron roses" and Quartz
Lechang Mine, Guangdong Province, China
7.2 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic locale)
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
4.3 x 3.7 x 1.4 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. After fossilized mollusc
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
5.3 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Dioptase (Type Locality) on DT Calcite - rare combo
Altyn-Tyube, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
4.5 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm
Rhodochrosite (uncommon locale)
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
1.6 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
Schorl and Albite ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Realgar incl. in DT twinned Calcite (excellent)
Shimen Mine, Changde Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
5.0 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite cleavage octahedron (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.0 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Calcite (excellent)
Leiping Mine, Chenzhou Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
9.9 x 8.9 x 5.8 cm
Apatite (rare locale) & Biotite Fioravanti Coll.
Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
9.5 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) w/ spinel-twinned Copper ex Stoudt Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
10.1 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Lepidolite ball & rough (Bill Larson/Pala Intl. Coll.)
Stewart Mine, San Diego Co., California
5.8 x 5.0 x 5.3 cm (Rough) (2 Pieces)
Manganoan Calcite "ball" w/ Quartz ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
6.38 x 6.7 x 5.0 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hunan Prov., China
10.3 x 5.6 x 3.4 cm
Calcite incl. with & coated with Duftite (excellent)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
15.5 x 9.5 x 6.4 cm
Gem Quartz coated w/ hematite (rare)
Itrongay, Betroka Dist., Tulear Prov., Madagascar
13.0 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Quartz on Fluorite (fluorescent)
El Hammam Mine, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
8.3 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
Amethyst (excellent) Charlie Key Collection
Saltman Amethyst locality, Sweden, Oxford Co., Maine
16.0 x 9.8 x 5.5 cm
Aquamarine/Heliodor (rare) Charlie Key
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Calcite xl (rare) Larry Krause
Balmat, St. Lawrence Co., New York
3.9 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Celestine (fluorescent)
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio
4.5 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
Copper w/ Calcite & Epidote (old classic) Sal Avella Coll.
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
6.8 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
DT floater Ruby crystals (old), ex. Mullane Coll.
Ampanihy District, Tulear Province, Madagascar
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Floater hematite-included Calcite rhomb (Miller Coll.)
Jaipur Division, Rajasthan, India
7.0 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Silver wire (rare Colorado) ex Obodda
Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado
2.4 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm