MIXED MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - ends Sept 5th, 2013

Ends Sept 5, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) 3 pages of FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS at LIQUIDATION AUCTION prices from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions.: This week features many old classics from the Obodda, Fioravanti, and other collections (including a piece from Sir Robert ferguson, circa 1800).
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Gem Zoisite on Quartz
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan
6.8 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Calcite (old classic)
Egremont, Cumbria, England
11.3 x 9.5 x 5.0 cm
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.0 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Dolomite (classic locale)
Azcarate Quarry, Eugui, Navarre, Spain
7.4 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm
Dioptase (Charlie Key)
Christoff Mine, Kaokoveld, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.8 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Red gem Tourmalines
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Olivenite (rare sharp crystals)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.6 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Crystallized Copper (excellent) Cranbrook Inst.
Copper Country, Keweenaw County, Michigan
3.2 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Nambulite (rare) w/ Rhodonite (Josef Vajdak Coll.)
Gozaisho Mine, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefect., Honshu Island, Japan
5.1 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm
Gibbsite
Xianghualing ore field, Chenzhou Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
5.4 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite (2012 find)
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Lombardy, Italy
5.3 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Digenite on Quartz (Bill Henderson Coll.)
Mount Gunson Copper mines, South Australia, Australia
4.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
6.4 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm
Calcite (rare old varietal)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico
5.0 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Anapaite in fossil mollusc
Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Gem Aquamarine w/ Cleavelandite (excellent) ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
10.8 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite octahedrons (rare - old Nevada) fluorescent
Manhattan District, Nye Co., Nevada
11.8 x 9.0 x 9.0 cm
Hauerite (rare Mn sulfide)
Destricella Mine, Raddusa, Catania Prov., Sicily, Italy
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Drillbit-twinned Cinnabar xls on Dolomite
Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
4.5 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Tinzenite (rare Axinite Group mineral) w/ Quartz
Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Liguria, Italy
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Wire Silver collection
Hongda Mine, Lingqiu Co., Shanxi Province, China
20.8 x 16.0 x 2.1 cm (Case Size)
Rhodochrosite on Manganite (rare, old locale)
Moanda Mine, Haut-Ogooue Province, Gabon
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Yellow Fluorite (2006 find)
Tongbai Co., Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China
18.4 x 12.4 x 4.0 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite
Tule Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
9.2 x 8.5 x 8.0 cm
Azurite (classic locale)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.9 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm
Superb gemmy Gypsum xls (fluorescent)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
6.0 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
Silver xls (old classic)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
5.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Sperrylite (rare locale) Fioravanti Coll.
Mokopane (Potgietersrus), Limpopo Prov., South Africa
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Aquamarine xls on DT Smoky Quartz w/ Schorl (Rare combo)
Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
5.9 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Large Prehnite plate
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Sichuan Province, China
19.8 x 14.0 x 4.0 cm