Fine Mineral Auction - Aug 16, 2019

The biggest mix of old classic minerals from old mineral collections - all at Auction!  You'll pieces from newly acquired collections such as Shields Flynn (TSUMEB! & ERONGO!) and Bill Logan (RHODOCHROSITE) as well as Steve Smale (CHINA!). We are releasing more material from Burgess and Robertson collections of old classics, as well - Look for a great mix of specimens you'd expect to see at retail prices at shows!

This week's selection includes:

1. Large Chinese MALACHITE

2. Superb BROOKITE from Magnet Cove

3. Fine and rich Touissit AZURITE

4. Superb large TOURMALINE & QUARTZ from Stak Nala

5 Excellent Broken Hill STOLZITE thumbnail

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Gemmy Aquamarine xls (New Find)
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.6 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
large Tourmaline and Quartz in Cleavelandite (superb old classic!)
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.8 x 8.0 x 7.8 cm
Tyrolite (rare locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Los Picayos Mine, Niserias, Penamellera Alta, Asturias, Spain
4.1 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Gem Fluorite cuboctahedrons w/ phantoms (classic locale)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
7.1 x 6.2 x 3.4 cm
Childrenite (rare - classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
5.5 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Lazulite & Siderite (classic locale) Ted Bartels Coll.
Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
7.4 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Pyromorphite (1970s finds - classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Cumbria, England
5.4 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Phantom Fluorite on Quartz (Ted Bartels Coll)
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
11.3 x 7.8 x 4.0 cm
Stolzite (large xls) Kay Robertson Coll.
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Gemmy Calcite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.1 x 7.0 x 5.6 cm
Large Quartz xl
Hot Springs area, Garland Co., Arkansas
12.5 x 7.8 x 7.7 cm
Aragonite (classic locale)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.7 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Doubly terminated Epidote (famous finds)
Djouga diggings, Bendougou village, Kayes Region, Mali
8.5 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
Large Fluorite (Zerfass Coll.)
La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada mining area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
15.5 x 10.4 x 7.5 cm
Axinite, Schorl & Spessartine (RARE CA combo) Kay Robertson Coll.
Little Three Mine, Ramona Mining District, San Diego Co., California
3.2 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Strengite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama
7.0 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic Colorado) Kay Robertson Coll.
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Boltwoodite (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Goanikontes Claim, Goanikontes, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.0 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite & Calcite (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
5.3 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
Siderite, Fluorapatite, etc (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
6.8 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm
Large Fluorite (fluorescent)
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
15.0 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Quartz w/ Amphibole Supergroup inclusions (RARE) Charlie Key Coll.
Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
6.5 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Hydrozincite (fluorescent)
Goodsprings Mining District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada
8.3 x 5.6 x 4.9 cm
Rhodochrosite, Stilbite, etc (RARE - illustrated) Logan Coll.
Madan ore field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
5.5 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Fluorite on Galena & Sphalerite (Lillie & Bartels Coll.)
Poe Pod, Sub-Rosiclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.2 x 5.9 x 4.6 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite & Quartz (New Find)
Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qinglong Co., Guizhou, China
11.4 x 10.3 x 3.9 cm