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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Olmiite (Charlie Key)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
4.0 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Hematite ps. After Calcite
Amonau, Wetter, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
5.4 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Ardennite-(As) Type Locality (rare)
Salm-Chateau, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
4.9 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Aesthetic Copper xls
Itauz Mine, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
5.4 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Gem Calcite xls (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
4.5 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Microcline ex Obodda
Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
7.4 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Quartz included by Actinolite ex Obodda
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
7.8 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Albite ex Obodda
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Tourmaline and Cleavelandite ex Obodda
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Pakistan
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite w/ phantoms (classsic locale) ex Obodda
Collada Mine, Siero, Asturias, Spain
10.0 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm
Apophyllite on Quartz incl. w/ Chlorite or Hedenbergite
2nd Sovietskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
11.4 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (fluorescent)
Minerva # 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
10.4 x 10.0 x 5.8 cm
Primary Malachite xls (Herb Obodda Coll.)
Betzdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Galena on Siderite (old classic)
Neudorf, Saxony, Germany
5.7 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
DT skeletal Amethyst w/ clay inclusions (rare) ex Obodda
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
4.8 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Datolite and Quartz ex Obodda
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
4.5 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Weloganite (Univ. of Arizona)
Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
8.0 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
Beryl var. Morganite ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
8.0 x 6.8 x 5.4 cm
Quartz incl. w/ Diopside (rare) ex Obodda
Zhob Valley, Quetta district, Balochistan, Pakistan
4.5 x 4.5 x 2.4 cm
Gemmy Grossular Garnets (uncommon) ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
7.0 x 6.8 x 3.6 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver vein (Stoudt Coll.)
Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.7 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Epidote and Byssolite
Hachupa Epidote Locality, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
Calcite & Stilbite on Drusy Quartz
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
17.0 x 11.8 x 9.0 cm
Orpiment
Elbrusskiy Mine, Elbrus, N. Caucasus Mts., Russia
7.5 x 6.2 x 3.0 cm
Crystallized Gold (old classic)
Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa Co., California
1.6 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm
Vanadinite on Barite ex Obodda
ACF Mine, Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Morocco
4.5 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Large Quartz xl cluster (uncommon locale)
Brooster Mine, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
21.8 x 17.0 x 10.0 cm
Gem DT Spodumene var. Triphane (ex Obodda)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
11.4 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm