Weekly COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Aug 4, 2011

Ends Thursday, August 4 at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) 60 Mixed specimens from classic localities, new discoveries, and old collections including Stoudt, Hauck, Mullane, Whitmore and many pieces from the old dealer stock of Herb Obodda
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Bornite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite & Quartz (Ydren Coll.)
East Colusa Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
5.2 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm
Fluorite on Muscovite (Herb Obodda)
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit, Pakistan
9.1 x 5.7 x 5.6 cm
Doyleite and Gibbsite (polymorphs) John Fender Coll.
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
14.0 x 6.9 x 3.0 cm
Natrolite on Polylithionite (excellent) Schlichter Coll.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
5.4 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite (old classic) Schlichter Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
6.4 x 5.2 x 5.0 cm
Pyromorphite (ex Sorbonne and Gary Hansen Coll.)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Limousin, France
5.0 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Gemmy bi-colored DT Tourmaline (Herb Obodda)
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
5.6 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Anhydrite (Consie Prince)
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
13.5 x 10.2 x 5.8 cm
Chalcedony and Fluorite (rare old piece circa 1890s)
Aden, Yemen
10.4 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Brookite and Quartz (excellent) Schlichter Coll.
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas
3.4 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Pyromorphite on Dipyramidal Quartz (rare - old classic locale) Jack Halpern Coll.
Wheal Alfred, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England
8.9 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Topaz (Schlichter Coll.)
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Pink Halite (Al Ordway Coll.)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California,
5.4 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Iridescent Chalcocite (classic find)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Stibnite (uncommon locale) Vajdak Coll.
Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
4.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
DT, floater Blodite xl (Al Ordway Coll.)
Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo Co., California
5.4 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Gemmy Orpiment (Consie Prince)
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
5.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Barite (classic locale) Al Ordway Coll.
Styggedals-gangen, Herre, Bamble (Bamle), Telemark, Norway
6.1 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Heulandite (rare locale) Al Ordway Coll.
Krummer See, Pitz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
4.5 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Tincalconite ps. Borax and Hanksite (Type Locality for both) Al Ordway Coll.
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California,
10.4 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
Sulfur
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
12.3 x 9.4 x 7.0 cm
Pseudocubic and bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.4 x 8.8 x 5.5 cm
Quartz w/ Hedenbergite inclusions on Andradite (NEW find)
Huanggang Mine, (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
8.2 x 6.1 x 1.5 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico
5.1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite on drusy Quartz
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
8.4 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
Classic color-zoned Fluorite (Roy Smith Coll.)
Minerva # 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
5.3 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Amethyst and Smoky Quartz scepters
Crystal Park, Elkhorn Hot Springs area, Beaverhead Co., Montana
3.9 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Grossular Garnet and Diopside (classic locale) Dave Bristol Coll.
Ala Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.1 x 6.4 x 4.4 cm
Azurite and Malachite (old classic) Mullane Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
8.5 x 7.2 x 3.4 cm
Descloizite (rare locale) Rob Smith Coll.
Auros, Otavi, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
8.4 x 6.4 x 2.4 cm