MINERAL SPECIMENS LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Oct 18, 2012

Ends Oct 18, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Mixed old fine mineral collection specimens at auction including special selections from recent acquisitions: This auction is packed with more gem crystals and valuable old classics! Look for many good pieces from the old Obodda dealer stock, in particular.
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Variscite (uncommon for locale)
Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
6.2 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Azurite rose (classic Bisbee) Simpson and Stoudt Coll.
Campbell Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Tetrahedrite var. Schwatzite (old - Type Locality)
Reither Kogel, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Tyrol, Austria
5.9 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm
Calcite (unusual form - fluorescent) Dick Heck Coll.
Minerva # 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
9.2 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Morganite & Muscovite on Cleavelandite ex Obodda
Papra Mine, near Paprok, Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
8.4 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
Quartz with phantom (rare) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
8.0 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
Rose Quartz (rare) ex Obodda
Parun pegmatite field, Wama District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
5.0 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
10.9 x 8.4 x 2.5 cm
Lazurite on Marble ex Obodda
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Prov., Afghanistan
6.4 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Rutilated Quartz (art cut - 14.57 carats) ex Obodda
Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.9 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Galena (fine old classic) Feist Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
10.0 x 9.8 x 5.0 cm
Acanthite ps. After Pyrargyrite (rare, superb TN)
La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
2.4 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Kermesite (Type Locality) ex Obodda
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Braunsdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
2.4 x 2.4 x 0.9 cm
Malachite-coated Cuprite (old classic) ex Obodda
Chessy, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
1.3 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
6.2 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
Red tipped Tourmaline
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Silver with Copper (excellent old classic)
Copper Country, Houghton County, Michigan
2.6 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Red Quartz w/ Sphalerite
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
12.0 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Grossular Garnet var. Hessonite & Diopside
Ala Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.4 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Gold nugget (rare Namibia)
Ondundu gold deposit, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Anglesite (rare - classic locale)
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
2.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline (1984 pocket)
Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala District, San Diego Co., California
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Calcite incl. w/ Marcasite
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa
7.4 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
Manganoan Calcite (classic AZ) Jaime Bird Coll.
3440-6C Stope, Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal Co., Arizona
5.0 x 3.3 x 1.9 cm
Andradite Garnet (var. Demantoid) on Microcline & Quartz
Tubussis Farm 22, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.0 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm
Wulfenite (classic AZ) Urish Coll.
Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona
5.6 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Amethyst ps. After Calcite (rare form) Jaime Bird Coll.
Guanajuato, Guanajauto, Mexico
8.9 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Dioptase (Charlie Key)
Christoff Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Amethyst scepter (Charlie Key)
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.7 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Shattuckite on Smoky Quartz (Charlie Key)
Kaokoveld Mine, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.9 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm