MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Oct 4, 2012

Ends Oct 4, 2012
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
Mixed old mineral collection specimens plus special selections from recent acquisitions: This auction is packed with more gem crystals and valuable old classics! Look for many pieces from the Conklin Collection and old Obodda dealer stock, in particular, as well as a giant basketball-sized amazonite plate
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gem Tourmaline (NEW find!)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
11.3 x 8.4 x 4.6 cm
Sulfur
El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
12.0 x 11.5 x 6.0 cm
Manganoan Calcite (classic locale)
Idarado mine, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado
6.0 x 5.0 x 4.8 cm
large Halite cluster
Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California
29.5 x 22.5 x 8.4 cm
very large Amazonite and Albite
Large George, Teller County, Colorado
24.9 x 20.2 x 10.4 cm
Gemmy Aquamarine & Schorl on Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.4 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Spodumene var. Kunzite (gem "floaters")
Urucum Mine, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.8 x 2.4 x .05 cm (largest)
Vanadinite (self-collected - Urish Coll.)
180 ft Level, Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome Dist., Yuma Co., Arizona
5.1 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm
Snowflake Cerussite - rare locale
Nakhlak Mine, Anarak District, Esfahan Province, Iran
4.5 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Wulfenite (classic locale)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.5 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Gemmy Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
6.0 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (excellent) Dick Heck Coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.8 x 7.5 x 6.9 cm
Boulder Opal
Quilpie, Queensland, Australia
12.5 x 9.3 x 5.3 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver (Seaman Museum)
Kearsarge Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
large Wavellite (excellent)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
24.1 x 20.4 x 12.4 cm
"Electric blue" Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
14.8 x 8.5 x 8.0 cm
Anatase on Smoky Quartz (Hansen, Smithsonian and Oslo Univ. Coll.)
Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
4.8 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm (largest) (4 Pieces)
Gypsum
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.0 x 5.5 x 3.0 cm
Gem DT Spodumene var. Triphane xls ex Obodda
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
4.5 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm (largest) (3 Pieces)
Phenakite (rare) & Spessartine ex Obodda
Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.8 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Schorl (Charlie Key)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.0 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Muscovite ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
2.2 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper xls
Itauz Mine, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
4.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm (largest) (2 Pieces)
Bi-colored Tourmalines (Univ. of Arizona Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
4.4 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (largest of 2)
Adamite (excellent) fluorescent
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.4 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm
Galena on Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz Russell Jones Coll.
Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope Dist., Weardale, Co. Durham, England
7.4 x 7.0 x 5.3 cm
Velvet Malachite balls (old classic) Dan Caudle Coll.
Cole Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
6.1 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm