MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTION - ends Aug 15, 2013

Ends August 15, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
2 pages of FINE MINERAL LIQUIDATIONS from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions.: This week features a few VERY rare old classics from the noted collections of Herb Obodda (a Franklin , NJ, mineral owned by Henry Heuland in 1832!) and Giancarlo Fioravanti (a major old Colorado matrix Rhodochrosite in ore vein), plus other high-value display pieces from a museum collection (in particular, a copper with HUGE crystals!) and other acquisitions... all at liquidation prices !
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Red Beryl
Wah Wah Mts., Beaver Co., Utah
2.4 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Quartz ps. After Barite in Chalcedony geode
Tichka Massif, High Atlas Mts, Morocco
21.0 x 19.4 x 16.8 cm
Copper (excellent old classic with large crystals)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
14.0 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm
"Raspberry" Grossular Garnet
Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico
2.8 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Malchite ps. After Azurite (classic Bisbee) Stoudt Coll.
Campbell Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
6.0 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Tarbuttite (Type Locality)
Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia
4.2 x 3.9 x 3.0 cm
Botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
5.5 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Descloizite
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Namibia
7.8 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
Groutite (rare US locale for species )
Robert Mine, Cuyuna Range, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota
7.4 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite on Sphalerite (Congressman John Culberson Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
13.5 x 10.8 x 6.0 cm
Willemite, Plancheite & Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.1 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Graphite (old - rare)
Road cut nr. Suffern, Rockland Co., New York
12.9 x 7.4 x 7.0 cm
Sulfur
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
6.8 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm
Aragonite
Wenshan Mine, Yunnan Province, China
8.8 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Minium, Cerussite, Galena & Barite ex. Fioravanti Coll.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
6.9 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Rutile ps. After Brookite (old classic) Columbia Univ.
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas,
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Wulfenite
Red Gem Pocket - 2003, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Hematite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Phantom Calcite xl (Wes Parker Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
5.8 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Calcite on Smithsonite
Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Marion Co., Arkansas
19.0 x 10.0 x 8.7 cm
"Turkey fat" Smithsonite
Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Marion Co., Arkansas
2.3 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Calcite, Chalcopyrite & Malachite (Chris Cowan Coll.)
San Pedro Mine, New Placers Dist., Santa Fe Co., New Mexico
7.9 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline
Morro Redondo Mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.8 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite (excellent color and fluorescence)
Rat Tail Pocket, Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, County Durham, England
10.4 x 7.4 x 3.5 cm
Native Antimony
Matilde Mine, La Vinuela, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain
4.4 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (Chris Cowan Coll.)
Hanover #2 Mine, Hanover-Fierro Dist., Grant Co., New Mexico
3.1 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm