WEEKLY MINERAL & GEM AUCTIONS !

A special auction set featuring a number of old classics from historic localities, and also a group of 2 dozen specimens selected form the longtime collection of Dr. Barratt Phillips, specializing in sulfides. Many really unusual and interesting pieces in this auction set! Highlights include: 1) Large matrix MOLYBDENITE ON QUARTZ2) "X TWIN" FERBERITE FROM BOLIVIA3) GREEK RHODOCHROSITE4) LARGE RUSSIAN COPPER5) AESTHETIC MEXICO ROSASITE6) ITALIAN SCHEELITE EX BEHIER7) COLORADO AQUAMARINE GEM CRYSTAL

A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual minerals specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from collections we've acquired along the way.  Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites.  We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody!
 
Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:
 
1. WATER CLEAR sherry colored TOPAZ crystal from Pakistan
2. Old classic ALEXANDRITE from Zimbabwe
3. Rare "Trapiche" habit RUBY crystal from Myanmar
4. Beautiful yellow SMITHSONITE (with Greenockite inclusions) from Greece
5. Classic GEM QUALITY LEGRANDITE crystals on matrix from Mexico
6. Fantastic, multicolor phantom "floater" FLUORITE specimen from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia
7. Rarities include:  GOLDMANITE, SAMPLEITE and VANDENBRANDEITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson