Charlie Key Collection & Stock Liquidation auctions - August, 2011

Ends TUESDAY, Aug 30th at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone) An assortment of Specimens from the diverse dealer stock and the collections of longtime dealer Charlie Key, a specialist in minerals out of Africa for 50 years. Also included are suites from his personal collections of Rarities, Thumbnails & Indian Minerals
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superbly crystallized Enargite with Pyrite
La Libertad Mine, Quiruvilca, La Libertad Dept. Peru
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm
Aquamarine and Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Hausmannite, gem Calcite, and Andradite Garnet
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn fields, South Africa
3.6 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Gemmy Dioptase crystals on Quartz
Kunene District, Kaokoveld, Namibia
4.5 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
3.7 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm
Jouravskite (rare) - large specimen
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
9.4 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm
Manganvesuvianite and Andradite Garnet
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn fields, South Africa
8.5 x 5.2 x 2.2 cm
Inesite and orange Prehnite on Calcite
Nchwaning Mine, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
2.9 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Amethyst
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.5 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Ruby
Chumar Mines, Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, and Galena
Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.4 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Topaz - superb gem crystal from early 1980s
Klein Spitzkopje, Namibia
4.1 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Spessartine Garnet and Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
5.4 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Shattuckite and primary Malachite
Kandesei, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
5.0 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Actinolite - superb, large crystal
Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
8.4 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Gypsum
Nchwaning Mine, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.4 cm
Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
2.6 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Copper
Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia
3.3 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Celestine (rare)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn fields, South Africa
3.5 x 3.0 x 1.6 cm
Spessartine with Mica
Marienfluss, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Prehnite with Calcite
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg, Erongo, Namibia
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
Ettringite and Charlesite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
2.8 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
gemmy Fluorite crystal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.9 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Heulandite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
5.1 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Chrome Muscovite (gemmy)
Shelby, Cleveland Co., North Carolina
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Barite (Doubly-Terminated floater)
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
5.7 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
Cobaltian Calcite
Bou Azzer District, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
5.2 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Olmiite on Calcite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
6.7 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
3.3 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Gem Chalcedony ps. Fluorite
Blinkpan, Karas Region, Namibia
9.2 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm