SPECIAL HOLIDAY MINERAL AUCTION: old classics and gem crystals! (ends Dec 19)

Ends Thursday Dec. 19, 2013
at 6 PM (Central Time Zone)

A Special Holiday Auction set with mineral specimens at token reserve prices, many of which are $500 or $1000 and more in value. This set includes tourmalines, gold, and old classics from the collections of Obodda, Trimingham, and Belsky.
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Grossular Garnet (uncommon) Trimingham Coll.
Warren, Grafton Co., New Hampshire
8.4 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Silver wires (excellent old classic)
Himmelsfurst Mine, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
4.5 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.6 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Red-colored Stilbite (rare)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
4.3 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Rubyjack Sphalerite, Barite & Dolomite (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Oklahoma
10.3 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Calcite w/ Copper (fine old classic) Scalisi Coll.
Quincy Mine, Houghton County, Michigan
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Linarite on Galena (excellent) ex. Jim Gebel Coll.
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
4.5 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
1984 purple cap Tourmaline w/ Morganites (Ordway Coll.)
Tourmaline Queen Mine (1984), Pala Dist., San Diego Co., California
7.2 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Barite incl. by Jamesonite "butterfly" (excellent)
Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramures Co., Romania
5.2 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Roeblingite (from "original" specimen in 1890s!)
Parker shaft, Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey
1.3 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Uvarovite & Kammererite on chromite (RARE) ex Trimingham
Ward and Lyons Mine, Camp Pardee, Calaveras Co., California
10.3 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (excellent) Trimingham Coll.
Rosiclare Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.8 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Pure Bromargyrite w/ xls! (rare)
Chanarcillo, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
4.9 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite (excellent)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Pakistan
6.2 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Manganoan Adamite (Trimingham Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.0 x 6.0 x 3.4 cm
Stibarsen (rare)
Sonora, Mexico
10.7 x 6.1 x 4.3 cm
Monazite (RARE) Trimingham Coll.
Encampment District, Carbon Co., Wyoming
7.8 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm
Euxenite-(Y) Trimingham Coll.
Encampment District, Carbon Co., Wyoming
9.3 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm