MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - ends Aug 14, 2014

Ends Aug 14, 2014
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) We are liquidating Fine Mineral Specimens at auction, including some things last seen a decade ago from old collections we are dispersing. Highlights this week include old classic mineral specimens from the mineral collections of museums, new finds, and pieces from the old mineral dealer stock of Herb Obodda .

Also look for a few fine TSUMEB mineral specimens of high value $$ on page three!
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Quartz & Hedenbergite (rare combo)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
7.7 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
"Electric blue" Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Chizhou Prefect., Anhui Prov., China
6.0 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Microcline, Calcite & Ferrosalite (rare) Trimingham Coll.
Yates mine, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
14.4 x 6.2 x 5.4 cm
Calcite (ex Jean Hamel & Jaime Bird Coll.)
Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
6.8 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
unusual interrupted growth Quartz w/ Apophyllite
Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Russia
7.4 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
Manganoan Calcite pagodas (fluorescent!)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
12.0 x 10.5 x 7.4 cm
Quartz (Russell Jones Coll.)
Mt Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
14.4 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Apophyllite, Stilbite & Chalcedony
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
5.8 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Beryllonite & Quartz (rare combo) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
5.4 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
Gem Epidote, ex Obodda
Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
6.3 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
Cavansite with Stilbite
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
2.5 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. After fossilized mollusc
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Molybdenite (rare locale) ex Rich Kosnar Coll.
Buckwheat pit, Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey
3.4 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Galena & Sphalerite ex Obodda
Madan, Rhodope Mts., Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
6.8 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Gem DT Spodumene var. Triphane (ex Obodda)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Prov., Afghanistan
4.1 x 3.3 x 1.0 cm
Native Bismuth nugget (Philadelphia Academy)
Chorolque Mine, Atocha-Quechisla Dist., Potosi Dept., Bolivia
4.0 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Sphalerite & Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
8.8 x 8.8 x 6.8 cm
Hedenbergite ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
8.4 x 7.0 x 4.2 cm
Titanite & Chlorite ex Obodda
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
6.8 x 6.4 x 5.4 cm
Hematite ex Obodda
Itabira, Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.4 x 5.8 x 2.4 cm
Andradite var. Demantoid (classic locale) ex Obodda
Malenco Valley, Sondrio Prov., Lombardy, Italy
5.8 x 5.3 x 0.7 cm
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.3 x 5.0 x 1.8 cm
Cobaltoan Smithsonite on Galena (excellent)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.8 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Azurite & Malachite (New Find from Laos)
Sepon Mine, Vilabouly Dist., Savannakhet Prov., Laos
12.7 x 7.9 x 5.7 cm
Malachite ps. after large Azurite xls
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
9.5 x 7.4 x 6.8 cm
Helvine & Garnet (rare old combo) Trimingham Coll.
Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
4.8 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) on Chalcedony ex Obodda
Kavalerovo Mining District, Dal'negorsk, Russia
7.9 x 6.8 x 5.8 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent), Barite & Calcite ex Obodda
Jaimina Mine, Caravia District, Asturias, Spain
8.4 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Reticulated Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.5 x 5.5 x 1.9 cm
Amazonite ex Obodda
Kenticha Mine, Sidamo-Borana Province, Ethiopia
5.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm