SPECIAL post-TUCSON EDITION FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - ends April 2, 2015

SPECIAL post-TUCSON AUCTION Ends April 2, 2015
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We present here a wide mix of old classics and new finds, including fine mineral specimens from the Trimingham and Obodda Mineral Collections which we are dispersing. Note some major gem crystals and old classics, in this week's mix! Also, there is an excellent suite of unusual and rare PSEUDOMORPHS in this set from the Trimingham Collection
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Andradite var. Demantoid (rare large matrix piece)
Soghan, Baft District, Kerman Prov., Iran
10.9 x 6.9 x 6.2 cm
Red gem Tourmaline (Jan. 2015 find)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.3 x 5.4 x 2.4 cm
Bloedite (Zinn & Van Tichelen Coll.)
Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, California
4.9 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm
Wollastonite (uncommon locale) Matioli Coll.
Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary Dist., Tulear Prov., Madagascar
5.1 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Drusy Quartz
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.1 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Copper ps. After Cuprite (rare Bisbee) Urish Coll.
Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
2.9 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Manganoan Smithsonite (rare) Wes Parker Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.1 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Quartz ps. After Orthoclase (RARE Nevada) Trimingham Coll.
Ruby Mountains, Elko Co., Nevada
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Electric-blue Azurite & Malachite (superb)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Kyanite ps. After Garnet (RARE Nevada) Trimingham Coll.
Gilbert Canyon District, Elko Co., Nevada
3.9 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Amazonite and Smoky Quartz
Two Point Claim, Teller County, Colorado
11.4 x 8.1 x 7.7 cm
Quartz ps. After Fluorite (RARE Nevada) Trimingham Coll.
Aurora District, Mineral Co., Nevada
7.2 x 5.0 x 1.4 cm
Pyrochlore octahedron (Matioli Coll.)
Tatarskii Massif, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Ruby (fluorescent) Matioli Coll.
Ganesh Himal deposit, Somdang, Bagmati Zone, Nepal
2.2 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Stibnite (rare Arkansas) Michael Howard Coll.
Antimony Bluff Mine, Gillham, Sevier Co., Arkansas
4.2 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite (fluorescent) Trimingham Coll.
Touissit, Jerada Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
11.8 x 8.0 x 6.5 cm
DT Calcite twin (rare - excellent) Trimingham Coll.
Mercur District, Tooele Co., Utah
8.4 x 7.2 x 5.4 cm
Fossil tree trunk replaced by Agate
Unknown
12.3 x 11.5 x 1.3 cm
Kesterite with Mushistonite (rare combo)
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Dist., Sichuan Province, China
1.6 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Native Arsenic (classic locale) Van Tichelen Coll.
Brosso Mine, Canavese Dist., Torino Prov., Piedmont, Italy
10.3 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Vanadinite w/ Calcite (Trimingham Coll.)
San Carlos Mine, San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.9 x 8.9 x 4.8 cm
Vayrynenite (1.93 carats) ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
0.9 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Dioptase on Chrysocolla after Calcite (rare AZ) Trimingham Coll.
Christmas Mine, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona
7.4 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
superb Mellite crystal (rare) fluorescent (Matioli Coll.)
Csordakuti Mine, Bicske-Zsambeki Basin, Fejer Co., Hungary
4.2 x 3.6 x 1.9 cm
Brucite (uncommon locale)
Basic Refractories Mine, Gabbs District, Nye Co., Nevada
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Cassiterite twin (old classic) ex Obodda
St Agnes District, Cornwall, England
5.2 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Pyromorphite (superb) ex. Ralph Clark Coll.
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
4.0 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Tanzanite w/ Graphite, etc. ex. Graw collection
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
4.1 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Native Antimony & Native Arsenic (Soregaroli Coll.)
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
9.3 x 6.8 x 1.9 cm
Nagyagite (Type Locality) and Rhodochrosite (old classic) Matioli Coll.
Sacarimb (Nagyag), Hunedoara Co., Romania
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
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