Weekly COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Aug 18, 2011

Ends Thursday, August 18 at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Mixed specimens from classic localities, new discoveries, and many classics and gem crystals from the old dealer stock of Herb Obodda, plus two large and highly fluorescent China calcites at the end of this set
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Gold octahedrons (Mark Mauthner Coll.)
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada
2.2 x 1.6 x 0.4 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (Jason New Coll.)
Esperanza Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
9.3 x 8.4 x 5.8 cm
Dolomite (rare for locale) ex Obodda
Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
9.0 x 7.0 x 6.4 cm
Pyrite (classic locale) Urish Coll.
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Smoky Quartz on Microcline (Hauck Coll.)
Pikes Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
6.5 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Feldspar
Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
5.9 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm
Wulfenite (1960s) ex Urish Coll.
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
3.2 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Copper xls (superb, old classic)
Lake Superior Copper District, Michigan
9.0 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Malachite stalactite (excellent - 1980s find)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong Prov., China
6.4 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Gemmy Sphalerite and Aegirine
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.5 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
DT floater Smoky Quartz xls (Belsky Coll.)
Switzerland
3.9 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Indicolite Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite (NEW Find)
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
Cuprite xls (excellent) on Copper (Belsky Coll.)
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm
Schorl on Muscovite schist (Whitmore Coll.)
Biermann (Bethel) quarries, Bethel, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
12.4 x 10.0 x 4.0 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite (old classic) ex Obodda
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
7.5 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm
Titanite (ex Obodda)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm
Andradite Garnet and Quartz (rare locale) ex Obodda
Quebrada Rio Seco, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru
4.7 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Native Copper (old, weird form) ex Humboldt Univ.
Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior District, Michigan
8.0 x 7.6 x 5.0 cm
Wulfenite on Calcite (classic) ex Obodda
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.6 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Pyromorphite with Wulfenite (rare - classic locale) Mullane Coll.
San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico
6.1 x 4.1 x 4.5 cm
Carrollite octahedron (excellent) ex Obodda
Kambove, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
1.4 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
Calcite & Siderite on Quartz (OLD) ex Obodda
Siebenburgen (Transylvania), Romania
8.6 x 6.0 x 3.3 cm
Novakite (ultra rare - Type Locality) Vajdak Coll.
Cerny Dul (Schwarzenthal), Krkonose Mts, Bohemia, Czech Republic
3.0 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver (old classic) ex Obodda
Chanarcillo, Copiapo Prov., Atacama Region, Chile
2.5 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Biotite (circa 1800 - ex. Col. J. Neeld Collection)
Massachusetts
9.8 x 6.5 x 2.0 cm
Albite var. Oligoclase (ca. 1800s) Humboldt Univ. and ex Obodda
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway
7.4 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm
Pyrite in Schist (old classic) Mullane Coll.
Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont
7.4 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Legrandite with Smithsonite (Urish Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm
Gem twinned Calcite on Sphalerite (Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
10.5 x 9.4 x 5.5 cm
Calcite (ex Obodda)
Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
6.7 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm