SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S MINERAL AUCTION: old classics and gem crystals! (ends Jan 2nd)

Ends Thursday Jan 2, 2013
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Another Special Holiday Auction set with a huge variety of mineral specimens at token reserve prices, including MANY $500-and-up specimens. This set includes tourmalines, gold, and old classics from the collections of Obodda, Trimingham, and Belsky, and also features a $4000 emerald in matrix .
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Grossular Garnet (rare) Trimingham Coll.
nr. Jacumba, Jacumba District, San Diego Co., California
9.9 x 7.4 x 5.0 cm
Phenakite (Trimingham Coll.)
Mount Wheeler Mine, White Pine Co., Nevada
6.6 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Helvine, Spessartine & Muscovite (Trimingham Coll.)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
7.3 x 6.8 x 1.6 cm
Dumortierite (Trimingham Coll.)
Dehesa, San Diego Co., California
11.4 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm
Apophyllite on Quartz (RARE locale) Trimingham Coll.
Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur Co., Oregon
8.4 x 5.6 x 3.8 cm
Apophyllite on Stilbite (Trimingham Coll.)
Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
10.4 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Bi-colored gemmy Tourmaline (2009 Find)
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.1 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Acanthite on Polybasite (Stout Coll.)
Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico
3.2 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Epidote (old classic) Belsky Coll.
Knappenwand, Untersulzbach valley, Salzburg, Austria
3.9 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite ex. Belsky Coll.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
Indicolite, Muscovite & Albite ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
8.0 x 5.4 x 4.9 cm
Rhodonite w/ Quartz & Calcite
San Martin Mine, Chiurucu, Ancash Dept., Peru
8.0 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Ilmenite
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Pakistan
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Pink Fluorite (fluorescent)
Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
9.6 x 7.4 x 3.4 cm
Pyrrhotite on Magnesite (old classic)
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Stilbite
Malmberget, Gallivare, Lappland, Sweden
8.8 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Vauxite stalactites! (VERY rare - Type Locality)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Empressite (very rare)
Joe Mine, Tombstone District, Cochise Co., Arizona
3.9 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Spinel octahedron (fluorescent) Trimingham Coll.
Ketuti, Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
3.4 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale) Univ. of Delaware
Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
5.5 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Titanite ex Obodda
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
3.9 x 2.5 x 1.0 cm
Forsterite var. Peridot ex Obodda
Naran-Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
3.4 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent) Trimingham Coll.
Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico
8.3 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Variscite var. Redondite (uncommon locale)
Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
8.6 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Stibnite on Quartz (rare California combo) Trimingham Coll.
McLaughlin Mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California
8.9 x 5.4 x 3.7 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
9.0 x 8.0 x 3.0 cm
Spessartine Garnet ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
3.1 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Silver in Dolomite (American Mus. & Carmichael Coll.)
Nova Scotia Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
7.2 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm