MIXED MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS - ends Sept 5th, 2013

Ends Sept 5, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
3 pages of FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS at LIQUIDATION AUCTION prices from our inventory and from recent collection acquisitions.: This week features many old classics from the Obodda, Fioravanti, and other collections (including a piece from Sir Robert ferguson, circa 1800).
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Color-zoned Adamite (Stoudt Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexicoc
4.4 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz w/ Chalcopyrite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
16.8 x 8.4 x 6.4 cm
Lepidolite
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.0 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Large Cerussite xl
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
11.5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Hopeite (rare phosphate) Fioravanti Coll.
Broken Hill Mine, Central Province, Zambia
2.9 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Veszelyite xls (New Find - rare!)
Malipo Co., Wenshan A.P., Yunnan Province, China
3.5 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
Large Rhodochrosite (old classic!) ex Whitmore Coll.
Emma Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
19.8 x 9.6 x 9.0 cm
gemmy Tourmaline ex Whitmore Coll.
Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.8 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
10.5 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm
Drusy Quartz on Barite (Whitmore Coll.)
Sugarbowl Pocket, Murray mine, Elko Co., Nevada
10.3 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Silver on Amethyst (classic Colorado)
Amethyst Vein, Creede Dist., Mineral Co., Colorado
2.8 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Sphalerite twins & Quartz
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
6.5 x 5.7 x 5.0 cm
Brookite
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Russia
1.9 x 1.1 x 0.2 cm
Cerussite
Tusmeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
4.6 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Schorl (self-collected by Bob Whitmore)
Beech Hill road cut, Wentworth, Grafton Co., New Hampshire
12.3 x 9.0 x 5.4 cm
Gem Scapolite xls
Scapolite locality, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
7.0 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (largest) (5 Pieces)
Gem DT Spodumene var. Triphane (ex Obodda)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
4.4 x 3.3 x 1.0 cm
Tanzanite w/ Pyrite (rare combo)
Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.7 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Gemmy Grossular Garnets ex Obodda
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
4.5 x 4.1 x 1.0 cm
Calcite with Pyrite
Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri
5.3 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Native Bismuth (classic locale)
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Queensland, Australia
6.8 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Barite (classic Nevada)
Northumberland Mine, Nye Co., Nevada
14.0 x 10.0 x 2.5 cm
Large spinel-twinned Galena & Sphalerite (excellent)
Madan, Rhodope Mts., Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
19.4 x 12.0 x 8.0 cm
Cassiterite w/ Quartz (Belsky Coll.)
Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Fluorite
Ozark-Mahoning Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
9.2 x 8.5 x 4.2 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A. R., China
11.0 x 9.4 x 4.0 cm
Etched "ice" blue Topaz w/ Lepidolite
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 5.0 x 3.9 cm
Fluorite w/ Calcite (fluorescent) Whitmore Coll.
Hill-Ledford Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
15.7 x 15.0 x 5.0 cm
Smoky Quartz w/ unusual inclusions
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
3.9 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm