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
Filter By

Cuprite-coated rail Copper (Mullane Coll.)
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
7.4 x 6.4 x 0.8 cm
Vanadinite on Goethite (Urish Coll.)
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknes Region, Morocco
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Betafite ex Larry Krause
Silver Crater Mine, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
3.4 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Gem Spodumene var. Triphane (ex Obodda)
Pech, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
3.5 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
Dioptase on Quartz (Charlie Key)
Christoff Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
Amethyst (excellent) ex Obodda
Kedon, Magadanskaya Oblast, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
3.4 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.3 x 7.5 x 3.6 cm
Calcite, Galena and Sphalerite (old classic) Urish Coll.
Mid-Continent Mine, Treece, Tri-State Dist., Cherokee Co., Kansas
8.7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Barite with Mimetite (Urish Coll.)
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico
6.9 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
gemmy Apatite on Albite (RARE for locale)
Salgadinho, Paraiba, Brazil
8.0 x 6.5 x 4.0 cm
Calcite (Evan Jones Coll.)
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
6.0 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Polished Datolite Nodule (Nowakowski Coll.)
Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan
9.3 x 9.3 x 3.7 cm
Siderite on Gypsum (Jaime Bird Coll.)
Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
3.9 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Benitoite, Neptunite and Joaquinite (Jaime Bird)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
5.4 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite w/ sulfide phantoms (Jaime Bird)
Moscona Mine, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
5.5 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Pyrite octahedrons (excellent) Jaime Bird Coll.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
4.5 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Smoky Quartz (Jaime Bird)
Switzerland
4.7 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Barite (Jamie Bird Coll.)
Sterling Mine, Stoneham, Weld Co., Colorado
4.0 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm
Smithsonite (excellent) Jaime Bird Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.8 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Pyrite octahedrons on Sphalerite (old classic) Jaime Bird Coll.
French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Hematite iron rose (Jaime Bird Coll.)
St Gotthard Massif, Ticino, Switzerland
1.9 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm
Pyrite (old classic) Jaime Bird Coll.
Trabzon Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Pyrite cubes (classic locale) Jaime Bird Coll.
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.5 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Chrysocolla and Malachite (ex Obodda)
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
7.5 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm
Iridescent, large Covellite, Enargite, Quartz (Whitmore Coll.)
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana
11.3 x 7.1 x 3.0 cm
Fluorite (1988 find - fluorescent) Larry Krause
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.4 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
Shattuckite and Quartz (Charlie Key)
Kaokoveld Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
6.8 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Joseite-B (rare Te sulfide) Vajdak Coll.
Good Hope Mine, Hedley, British Columbia, Canada
5.2 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
excellent Schorl crystal ex Obodda
Basha Valley (Basha Nala), Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
9.1 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
very large Lavender-colored Calcite (fluorescent)
Fongjiashan Mine, Near Daye, Hubei province, China
22.0 x 13.0 x 12.0 cm