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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Gem Amethyst xls (Consie Prince)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
4.8 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
Stilbite on Mordenite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
16.4 x 13.0 x 5.5 cm
Twinned Calcite xls
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Hubei Province, China
8.4 x 8.0 x 2.8 cm
Barite, Sphalerite, Fluorite & Calcite (Consie Prince)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.9 x 8.4 x 4.8 cm
Barite on Manganoan Dolomite
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huanuco Department, Peru
5.0 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite and Mimetite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.9 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
Spessartine Garnets on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
9.0 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm
Quartz w/ Hedenbergite inclusions (NEW find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
6.5 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
Arsenian Vanadinite ("Endlichite") ps. Wulfenite Stoudt Coll.
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.8 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite on Barite (Dick Heck Coll.)
Minerva # 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
12.9 x 7.5 x 6.4 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite cuboctahedrons
Changlong Xiang Mine, Ganzhou Prefect., Jiangxi Prov., China
6.8 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Emerald (old classic) Ed Bancroft Coll.
Emerald mines, Tokovaya river, Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia
6.0 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Andradite Garnet (classic AZ)
Stanley Butte, Graham County, Arizona
6.8 x3.1 x 2.6 cm
DT Quartz w/ Rutile & Hematite inclusions (Ed Bancroft Coll.)
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Iridescent Goethite stalactite
Tharsis, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
9.8 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Babingtonite
Babingtonite occurrences, Qiaojia Co., Yunnan Province, China
7.0 x 5.8 x 2.4 cm
Molybdenite on Quartz
Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A. R., China
7.4 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
9.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Spessartine Garnet and Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
7.0 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
Meteorite (iron octahedrite)
Barringer Crater, Canyon Diablo Meteorite, Navajo Co., Arizona
5.2 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Tourmaline & Quartz ex Bill Larson/Pala Intl.
Pala Chief Mine, San Diego Co., California
1.8 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Quartz ps. After Siderite or Pyrite (rare)
Bedford Consols, Tavistock District, Devon, England
9.5 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Calcite, rare pseudomorph to Sulfur (ex Stoudt Coll.)
Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
8.8 x 6.5 x 4.0 cm
Chlorite & Quartz (old classic) ex Obodda
Achmatovsk Mine, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia
9.2 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Bi-colored gemmy Tourmaline (Pala Intl. Coll.)
Ikalamavony Pegmatite Field, Matsiatra, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
5.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm
Pyrargyrite and Calcite (old classic)
St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Arsenopyrite (excellent TN)
Potosi Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.5 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm