ROCK AND MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - ends July 5, 2012

Ends July 5, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Selections from our own old stock and recent collection acquisitions, as well as several older dealer stocks we purchased! This auction includes numerous high-value specimens: including many classics from the Obodda dealer stock as well as from the Ed David, Schlichter, and other collections.
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Barite w/ Vanadinite ex Obodda
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Prov., Morocco
7.5 x 7.2 x 3.5 cm
Wulfenite (1996 find) Schlichter Coll.
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
14.4 x 8.1 x 3.9 cm
Amethystine Quartz on Feldspar ex Obodda
Rhodope Mts, Haskovo Oblast (Khaskovo Oblast), Bulgaria
9.4 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
Moolooite & Humboldtine (rare) ex Vajdak Coll.
Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
8.2 x 6.2 x 2.0 cm
Galena octahedrons (old classic) ex Obodda
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
8.9 x 6.8 x 4.5 cm
Snowflake Cerussite - rare locale
Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province, Iran
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Iridescent Chalcopyrite & Quartz ex Obodda
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
8.4 x 7.9 x 2.9 cm
Cumengite on Barite (rare - only US find)
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona
5.0 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Tantalite-(Mn) ex Obodda
Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
2.1 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm
Ruby on Marble ex Obodda
Jegdalek, Surobi District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan
2.4 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Gem DT Spodumene var. Triphane (ex Obodda)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
4.2 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Anatase (Alpine-type) & Quartz ex Obodda
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
4.1 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm
Aurichalcite on Smithsonite (classic combo) Urish Coll.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico
4.5 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
15.1 x 9.9 x 9.5 cm
Galena and Sphalerite (Webb Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
16.0 x 11.8 x 9.5 cm
Heterogenite on Chrysocolla
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
12.0 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm
K-Feldspar w/ Chlorite & Epidote (Schlichter Coll.)
Warren Brothers Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
5.8 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Hematite-tinted Calcite (uncommon locale) Schlichter Coll.
I-290/I-495 roadcut, Hudson, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
13.5 x 9.5 x 4.0 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline, Cleavelandite & Lepidolite ex Obodda
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Pakistan
2.6 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Spessartine, Smoky Quartz & Muscovite
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
10.8 x 6.8 x 3.5 cm
Stibnite
Wuling Mine, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
14.0 x 6.8 x 1.9 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent) w/ Quartz, ex Whitmore Coll.
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
8.4 x 5.8 x 4.0 cm
Chrome Muscovite (gemmy) Dr. Clifford Joesph Coll.
Yates Brooks Farm, Shelby, Cleveland Co., North Carolina
9.7 x 7.0 x 6.2 cm
Hubnerite, Quartz & Arsenopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
6.0 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm
Doubly terminated Dioptase (old), Ed Bancroft Coll.
Guchab, Grootfontein Dist., Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
3.0 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Zircon ex Obodda
Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.8 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
Beta-type-Quartz on Specularite (classic locale) Ralph Sutcliffe Coll.
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
8.5 x 7.5 x 6.0 cm
Vanadinite & Calcite (Schlichter Coll.)
Geronimo Mine (Pure Potential Mine), La Paz Co., Arizona
6.4 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Calcite (2 generations)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Hubei Province, China
4.2 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Aurichalcite with Gypsum (Consie Prince Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm