Weekly COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Dec 29,2011

Ends , Dec 29
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone) Mixed specimens including new finds and also many classics from old collections that we are liquidating: Whitmore, Obodda and mixed old dealer stocks. NOTE THAT THESE AUCTIONS WILL BILL AND SHIP, along with DEC 22 AUCTIONS, AFTER THE NEW YEAR (combined with JAN 5 auctions)
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Almandine Garnets (classic locale) Belsky Coll.
Ziller Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
18.5 x 11.4 x 8.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Esperanza Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
10.9 x 8.8 x 6.9 cm
Large Beryl xl (classic locale) Whitmore Coll.
Rice Quarry, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire
12.8 x 9.8 x 7.8 cm
Allophane (rare for locale) ex Krause
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico
2.5 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Ludlamite (classic US locale)
Blackbird Mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho
1.9 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Banded Fluorite slice
Hunan Province, China
15.9 x 11.9 x 1.6 cm
Andradite Garnet var. Melanite (excellent) - Don Belsher Coll.
New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California,
11.0 x 6.4 x 2.1 cm
Quartz included by Actinolite (ex Obodda)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
8.4 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Iridescent Galena w/ Marcasite & Sphalerite (old classic) Feist Coll.
Stoskops Mine, Baxter Springs, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas
7.4 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Calcite with Dioptase (Belsky Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.7 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Wulfenite (classic locale) Belsky Coll.
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.3 x 4.9 x 4.4 cm
Beraunite and Strunzite (Whitmore Coll., 1974)
Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire
5.5 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Quartz on Sphalerite stalactite (excellent!) ex Obodda
Huaron mines, Pasco Department, Peru
7.5 x 5.8 x 5.4 cm
Doubly terminated Topaz ex Obodda
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Pyromorphite (Urish Coll.)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
3.9 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Pyrargyrite (excellent old classic) Belsky Coll.
Colquechaca, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Bright pink Rose Quartz (NEW Find)
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm
Enargite and Pyrite on Quartz (superb) Vajdak Coll.
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
4.5 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Olmiite (excellent)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa
3.9 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite (unique color)
Tongbai Co., Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China
11.0 x 9.1 x 3.4 cm
Gem Indicolite Tourmaline
Pech, Konar Province, Afghanistan
1.9 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Mimetite (superb - Gem Pocket)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Doubly terminated gemmy Clinohumite
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
1.6 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
STEPHANITE on FLUORITE (rare combo) ex. Whitmore coll
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
6.5 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Gold nuggets (old material)
Yuba River Placers area, Nevada Co., California
1.4 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm (largest) (3 Pieces)
Chalcophyllite (old classic) ex Whitmore Coll.
Cornwall, England
4.2 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Cleavelandite
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Pakistan
3.1 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Red gem Tourmaline (NEW find!)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.9 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Large Amazonite ex. Schlichter Coll.
Park County, Colorado
8.8 x 6.6 x 5.5 cm
Superb Tunellite (rare borate - Type Locality) Ordway Coll.
U.S. Borax Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm