END OF THE YEAR FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday December 20th, 2018

Ends Thursday, December 20th, 2018
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)


Our final auction of 2018! We have a great selection of material that we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for new goodies from recent shows / discoveries along with new collection acquisitions to appear in the coming weeks. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. We'll still have selections from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Paolo Matioli, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key, Geary Murdock and plenty of pieces from Kay Robertson along with various dealers' inventories. 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! Enjoy!

Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Beautiful unique, bi-colored, purple and yellow AMETRINE slice from Bolivia
2. Lovely pink spherical RHODOCHROSITE on QUARTZ from Peru
3. A classic, THICK / blocky AZURITE ROSE from the 1980s from China
4. "FLOATER" GEM TWINNED SPODUMENE from Brazil (ex Rolando Gioia Collection
5. New discoveries from Peru include a piece of the so-called "COCONUT" ANDRADITE GARNETS and a lovely PINK OPAL
6. "Sand" CALCITE from South Dakota and CALCITE with MALACHITE from Tsumeb (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
7. Gorgeous COLOR CHANGE "phantom" FLUORITE from France (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European and North American localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Fluorite (color change "phantom" crystal) (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
3.7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Titanite with Diopside (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Val di Susa, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
6.0 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Calcite with Malachite (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
13.2 x 9.3 x 3.8 cm
Euxenite-(Y) (rare locality specimen) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Lower Surrey Quarry, 7 km from the summit of Trout Creek Pass, Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Acanthite (ex Rukin Jelks Collection)
Veta San Carlos, Mina Proano, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
3.3 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Dolomite (GEMMY twins) on Quartz
Pomba Pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
6.3 x 5.7 x 4.0 cm
Aragonite (Cuprian) (ex Matioli Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Turqoise (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sleeping Beauty Mine, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona
5.2 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
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