FINE HISTORIC MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Ends Thursday April 16, 2020

This week's special large auction set features great selection of minerals including MANY historic classics, only available from old collections! We are pulling out backstock from our warehouse as we sort more goodies during a slower month, and offering up things for auction that we have long held back from major collections including: pieces from the Senator Dr. Miguel Romero Collection, a Ross LIllie collection Illinois Calcite, Kay Robertson's classics, Ken Roberts' Pseudomorphs, Iceland rarities, and some major cabinet sized display pieces!

 

Highlights this week include:

 

1. Huge , dramatic ILLINOIS CALCITE STALACTITE, ex Lillie Collection

2. Old classics from France and Iceland

3. Classic, rare old NOVACEKITE from the Miguel Romero Collection

4. Large rare COPPER from Zambia

5. Fine ZEOLITES from India including CAVANSITE & STILBITE

6. historic PSEUDOMORPHS

7. important  CASSITERITE xls from Bolivia

8. NEW FIND of crystallized AUSTRALIAN COPPER

9. Rare large Hawaii CALCITE stalactite

10. "Dragon" COPPER from the Ray Mine

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Huge, important USA Calcite stalactite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Knight Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
33.5 x 16.2 x 9.0 cm
Winning Bid: $950
Crystallized Copper 'dragon' (classic AZ)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
11.5 x 7.9 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Baryte (classic COLORADO locale)
Hartsel District, Park Co., Colorado
10.8 x 7.8 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Azurite w/ Malachite (special 1997 find)
Seabra, Bahia, Brazil
8.0 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Serpierite (RARE CA) Kay Robertson Coll.
Lucky Lucy Mine, Darwin Mining District, Inyo Co., California
6.8 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Twinned floater Magnetite xl, ex Kay Robertson Coll.
Bom Sucesso Creek, Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Chalcedony ps. After Halite (RARE AZ) Kay Robertson Coll.
Lake Pleasant area, Yavapai Co., Arizona
4.9 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Clinochlore ps. Afer Fluorite (RARE Swiss) Kay Robertson Coll.
Goscheneralp, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
4.2 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $137
Ulexite ps. After Borax xls (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Boron pit, Boron, Kern Co., California
4.1 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Chalcedony ps. After Halite (RARE KS) Kay Robertson Coll.
nr. Green, Clay County, Kansas
1.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Talc ps. After Enstatite (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Bamble, Telemark, Norway
5.8 x 5.1 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Chloraptite ps. After Childrenite (rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.5 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $10
DT floater gem Kunzite (2018 find - 15 grams)
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
4.2 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Novacekite-I (RARE 1970s find) ex.Dr. Miguel Romero Coll.
Pedra Preta pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
5.9 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Siderite (classic France) Eric Asselborn Coll.
Allevard, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
5.8 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $441
Prehnite w/ Epidote (classic France) Eric Asselborn Coll.
La Combe de la Selle, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
9.3 x 7.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $470
floater Copper xls (NEW FIND)
Rocklands Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
4.0 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Stilbite on drusy Quartz (rare old classic) Eric Asselborn Coll.
Iceland
11.3 x 9.7 x 8.5 cm
Winning Bid: $148
Amazing Stilbite & Chalcedony stalactites
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
13.5 x 9.8 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,650
Bipyramidal and pseudocubic Wulfenite xls (Gary Weaver Coll.)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
15.5 x 7.5 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Cerussite "bowtie" (rare style - classic locale)
Montevecchio Mines, Guspini, South Sardinia Prov., Sardinia, Italy
7.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Gem Smoky Quartz gwindel
Switzerland
3.9 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Chalcocite, Djurleite & Chalcopyrite (rare combo)
Tonglushan Mine, Daye, Hubei, China
3.8 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Rhodonite - superb thumbnail cluster
Morro da Mina mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Plancheite
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.0 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $221
DT Quartz w/ faden (uncommon Arkansas style)
nr. Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas.
10.6 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Large Calcite stalactite (RARE Hawaii! - fluorescent)
Laie Concrete Quarry, Oahu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii
15.5 x 9.5 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $795
Amethyst cast after Anhydrite (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Akasri Quarry, Sidi Rahal, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco
12.0 x 10.0 x 9.3 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Gypsum w/ sand inclusions (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Great Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma
10.5 x 8.9 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Aragonite (2 generations - fluorescent) Ken Roberts Coll.
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
15.4 x 11.3 x 7.8 cm
Winning Bid: $196