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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Rhodochrosite (ancient locale) Camichael Coll.
Rothenberg Mine, Oberneisen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.1 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Hematite "iron rose" (classic locale) ex Obodda
St Gotthard Massif, Uri, Switzerland
3.9 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Sphalerite on Siderite (RARE locale!) Trimingham Coll.
Vanishing Derelict Copper Prospect, King Co., Washington
8.5 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Spinel-twinned Galena xls (RARE locale)
Double Rainbow Mine, Deadwood, Lawrence Co., South Dakota
5.3 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Gold in vial (with Bouglise provenance) ex. Harvard & Obodda Coll.
Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Russia
7.5 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm (vial)
Gem Emerald crystal on Calcite
Muzo Mine, Boyaca Department, Colombia
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Aquamarine on Quartz ex Obodda
Raikot, Chilas, Diamar Dist., Northern Areas, Pakistan
6.8 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Cavansite with Stilbite
Wagholi Quarry, nr. Pune, Maharashtra, India
7.3 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
Brazilianite on Feldspar (Trimingham Coll.)
Linopolis, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Vivianite
Morococala Mine, Oruro Department, Bolivia
10.4 x 7.0 x 5.8 cm
Benitoite, Neptunite & Natrolite (old classic) Trimingham Coll.
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
4.4 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm
Hydroxylherderite (Marty Zinn Coll.)
Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.9 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Beryl var. Morganite (Trimingham Coll.)
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
4.9 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Bi-colored gem Tourmaline on Quartz (Trimingham Coll.)
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh Dist., Nuristan Prov., Afghanistan
4.4 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Steenstrupine-(Ce) w/ Aegirine ex. Copenhagen Museum
Tasseq Slopes, Ilimaussaq complex, Kitaa Prov., Greenland
3.0 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Raspite w/ Stolzite (classic combo) Trimingham Coll.
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
4.8 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Chalcopyrite, Quartz & Pyrite (Cowan Coll.)
Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Grant Co., New Mexico
8.4 x 5.7 x 4.9 cm
DT Allanite-(Ce) (classic locale) ex Trimingham Coll.
Olden Township, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada
6.8 x 6.6 x 2.4 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Apophyllite (Smale Coll.)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
10.2 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
Grossular Garnet, Titanite & Clinochlore, ex Trimingham Coll.
Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Prov., Liguria, Italy
10.3 x 5.8 x 5.1 cm
Valleriite slab (large example of this rare sulfide)
War Eagle Mine, Whitheorse Copper Belt, Yukon Territory, Canada
15.0 x 12.3 x 1.5 cm
Uvarovite & Kammererite on chromite (RARE) ex Trimingham
Farmer Swanton Mine, Newcastle area, Placer Co., California
8.3 x 7.0 x 4.5 cm
Ludlamite (1980s finds) Stoudt Coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.2 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm