FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - ends Aug 2, 2012

Ends Aug 2, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Three pages of specimens from our inventory and special selections from recent collection acquisitions. This week features many rare and classic specimens from collections such as Obodda, Stoudt, Belsky, and others. Look also for several notable California pieces from major collections, such as a gold and large smoky quartz.
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Alpha-Duftite (rare form) Feinglos Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Tanzanite w/ Laumontite (rare) & Graphite
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania
5.0 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Gibeon meteorite (art cut - 25.72 carats)
Gibeon, Mariental District, Hardap Region, Namibia
2.7 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm
Iridescent Pyrite on Marble (rare)
Mogok, Mandalay Division, Burma
4.0 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Smoky Quartz
Akchatau Mine, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
5.8 x 4.0 x 3.4 cm
Wulfenite (classic locale) Jaime Bird Coll.
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
5.5 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
DT floater Quartz xls (one-time find) Jaime Bird Coll.
State Route 72 roadcut, New Britain, Hartford Co., Connecticut,
2.6 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Unusual bi-colored gemmy Tourmaline (Bill Larson Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.5 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Barite (rare for locale) Vajdak Coll.
4th level, Prokop Mine, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.2 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Wulfenite & Coronadite ps. After Wulfenite Schlichter Coll.
Glove Mine, Amado, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
11.4 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm
Celestine
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia
8.8 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm
Calcite (classic locale)
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7.9 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
Spodumene w/ Quartz & Tourmaline ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
7.8 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Weird phantom Quartz crystal
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.5 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Manganoan Calcite & Arsenopyrite (New Find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
11.4 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm
Orthoclase w/ Muscovite ex Obodda
Strzegom-Sobotka Massif, Lower Silesia, Poland
9.3 x 7.8 x 6.0 cm
"Electric-blue" Azurite (old classic) ex Obodda
Chessy, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
7.0 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Rhodochrosite & Pyroxmangite (classic CO) Urish Coll.
F Level, Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
4.3 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
Sulfur (classic locale) ex Obodda
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
9.4 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
Aquamarine, Quartz, Albite & Muscovite ex Obodda
Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
9.0 x 6.5 x 5.8 cm
Calcite (classic locale) Consie Prince Coll.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.9 x 6.3 x 3.0 cm
Smithsonite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Kunzite on Microcline ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
10.9 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm
Cerussite, Quartz & Galena (old) ex Obodda
Badenweiler, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
8.5 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Primary Malachite (classic locale)
Lavrion (Laurium) District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
5.0 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Cavansite on Stilbite (excellent)
Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India
7.5 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Galena w/ Sphalerite (Smithsonian & Ed David Coll.)
Galena, Picher Field, Tri-State Dist., Cherokee Co., Kansas
7.0 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Manganite on Quartz (circa 1880s)
Ilfeld, Harz Mts., Thuringia, Germany
6.2 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Dioptase w/ Calcite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.3 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm