MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTION - ends Aug 15, 2013

Ends August 15, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
2 pages of FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATIONS from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions.: This week features a few VERY rare old classics from the noted collections of Herb Obodda (a Franklin , NJ, mineral owned by Henry Heuland in 1832!) and Giancarlo Fioravanti (a major old Colorado matrix Rhodochrosite in ore vein), plus other high-value display pieces from a museum collection (in particular, a copper with HUGE crystals!) and other acquisitions... all at liquidation prices !
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Wulfenite windowpane crystal w/ Mimetite
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico
3.2 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
Anglesite on Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
Galena (excellent) Ross Lille Coll.
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
6.5 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm
Andradite Garnet var. Demantoid (classic locale)
Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
5.1 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Large Wulfenite (classic locale)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
17.3 x 11.8 x 2.8 cm
Fulgurite ("frozen lightning")
Great Sand Sea, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
11.1 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm
Vesuvianite (New Find)
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A. R., China
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Andradite Garnet (rare) ex Obodda
Mullah Yusef, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
Linarite (classic locale)
Grand Reef Mine, Graham Co., Arizona
4.4 x 4.4 x 3.0 cm
Cornetite w/ Malachite
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
6.2 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Murdochite, Plattnerite, Quartz, Fluorite & Galena (rare combo)
Sunshine no. 3 Adit, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
6.1 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Dioptase w/ Apophyllite (classic AZ)
Christmas Mine, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona
9.4 x 7.3 x 7.1 cm
Large Wavellite (uncommon Florida locale)
Clear Spring Mine, Homeland, Polk Co., Florida
15.5 x 10.4 x 6.4 cm
Afghanite (doubly terminated), ex Obodda
Koksha Valley, Badakshan Province, Afghanistan
7.5 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Olmiite and Oyelite
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
3.9 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Calcite (Miller Co.)
Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa
3.4 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ rare associations (Fioravanti Coll.)
Sunnyside Mine, Silverton Dist., San Juan Co., Colorado,
14.4 x 10.5 x 7.8 cm
Hydrozincite (classic Nevada) fluorescent
Goodsprings District, Clark Co., Nevada
14.4 x 9.4 x 6.8 cm
Rose Quartz (2011 find)
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.0 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Magnesite (rare old classic)
Evvia Island (Euboea), Sterea Hellas Dept., Greece
9.2 x 7.8 x 5.4 cm
Quartz scepters (cute)
Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia
5.1 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Stilbite (classic locale)
Partridge Island, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
12.4 x 6.4 x 1.3 cm
Azurite (New Find)
Kamiangafiele, nr. Lubumbashi, Katanga, Rep. of Congo
5.4 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Apophyllite w/Mozartite inclusions
Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
8.4 x 7.0 x 6.4 cm
Amazonite & Smoky Quartz
Moat Mountain, Carroll Co., New Hampshire
7.4 x 5.0 x 2.9 cm
Annabergite (classic locale)
Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
5.9 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
Uvite, Magnesite & Quartz
Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm