NEW YEAR's FIRST FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTION !

Ends Jan 3, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Three pages of mixed fine minerals and classic mineral specimens for liquidation, including a diverse selection of OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS, and old MUSEUM PIECES from the Giancarlo Fioravanti and Herb Obodda collections!
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Topaz & Quartz (old classic) Univ. Of Naples & Fioravanti Coll.
Schneckenstein cliff, Kielberg, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
8.5 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Calcite incl. w/ sand (French classic) Fioravanti Coll.
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
6.4 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Skutterudite (1970s) Fioravanti Coll.
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco
4.8 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm
Pyrrhotite (classic) Consie Prince Coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.7 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Rosasite w/ Calcite (2009 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.0 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm
Galena & Marcasite on Melnikovite (uncommon) Stoudt Coll
Olkusz, Malopolskie, Poland
9.0 x 8.0 x 4.3 cm
Pyrite sun
Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois
11.0 x 10.7 x 0.8 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.5 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Dioptase on Plancheite
Mindouli, Pool Region, Republic of Congo
3.2 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Clinozoisite (rare for locale) ex Obodda
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
1.7 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Pyrrhotite w/ Calcite Stoudt Coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.0 x 4.6 x 3.0 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Quartz/Amethyst scepter with Hematite inclusions Charlie Key
Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia
6.8 x 3.0 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite cuboctahedron (fluorescent)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
8.9 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm
doubly-terminated Heulandite incl. w/ Celadonite ex Obodda
Chalisgaon, Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
10.5 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Gemmy Legrandite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
1.5 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Ilmenite (Type Locality) ex Obodda
Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia
1.8 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
Smithsonite (excellent)
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.4 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
Grossular Garnet (old - classsic locale circa late 1800s)
Ziller Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
9.0 x 6.2 x 3.4 cm
Smoky Quartz
Smoky Bear Claims, Lincoln Co., New Mexico
5.5 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Cylindrite - only cylindrical crystallized species (type locality)
Poopo Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
6.1 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Bi-colored Willemite from Tsumeb
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.0 x 7.0 x 5.3 cm
Gem Topaz ex Obodda
Katlang, Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
5.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Smithsonite (Fioravanti Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
8.4 x 5.9 x 2.9 cm
DT Gem Quartz xl (excellent) Ron Coleman Coll.
Ron Coleman Mine, Jessieville, Garland Co., Arkansas
9.5 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm
Citrine (New Find)
Mansa District, Luapula Province, Zambia
7.7 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Thomsenolite (rare halide - Type Locality)
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivigtut, Kitaa Province, Greenland
5.4 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Zircon (rare - old locality)
Zirconia (Tuxedo Station), Henderson Co., North Carolina
3.8 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Metazeunerite (rare) ex Barstow and Fioravanti Coll.
Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just District, Cornwall, England,
5.9 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Orpiment (classic locale) Fioravanti Coll.
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Humboldt Co., Nevada
7.5 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm
Twinned Titanite xl
Mulla Ghori, Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
3.4 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm