Fine Mineral Auction - Ends Aug 22

A great mix this week with new finds, classics, gem crystals, native elements and a mix of old dealers' stock that we've purchased along with many prestigious, well-rounded worldwide collections.
 
Highlights include:
 
1. Superb Chinese PYROMORPHITE from the Steve Smale Collection
2. Rare Colombian GOLD
3. Illustrated TSUMEB specimens from the Shields Flynn Collection
4. Old, rare large California KUNZITE
5. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
6. 13.3 gram GOLD nugget from California
7. Classic old-time Russian MALACHITE
8. German CINNABAR & MERCURY (circa 1840) from the Neeld Collection
9. Rare Ojuela Mine ADAMITE, FLUORITE & GOETHITE
10. Plenty of pieces from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Large Atacamite, Halloysite, Libethenite & Chrysocolla
La Farola Mine, Cerro Pintado, Copiapo Province, Atacama, Chile
17.7 x 8.2 x 3.9 cm
Calcite (unusual form - classic locale) Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
5.0 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Gold on Quartz (2017-18 finds)
Los Delirios claim, Soto Province, Santander Department, Colombia
4.9 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
Rhodochrosite & Sphalerite (rare - classic locale) Logan Coll.
Sacarimb (Nagyag), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
7.2 x 5.5 x 3.6 cm
Rhodochrosite & Quartz (classic CO) Logan Coll.
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado
5.0 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
Legrandite (classic locale)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
1.4 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Gold nugget (66.52 carats or 13.3 grams)
Our Chance Mine , Sherlock Creek, Whitlock District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa Co., California
2.2 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Smithsonite (classic Arkansas)
Monte Cristo mine, Rush, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion Co., Arkansas
3.4 x 3.3 x 1.9 cm
Large Kunzite (rare old CA classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
Pala, Pala District, San Diego Co., California
14.5 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
Chrysocolla on Malachite
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
9.7 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Leifite on Albite (Logan Coll)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.5 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent)
Rogers Mine, Madoc area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
2.2 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Mercury & Cinnabar (1840! - rare OLD classic) Neeld & Robertson Coll.
Moschellandsberg, Obermoschel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
6.6 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Jeremejevite (2010 find) Charlie Key Coll.
Ameib Farm 60, Usakos, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.5 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Lepidolite (classic locale)
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
Pyrite Concretion
Dongchuan Cu ore field, Dongchuan District, Kunming, Yunnan, China
6.9 x 6.3 x 5.1 cm
Pyromorphite (Steve Smale Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
7.7 x 7.1 x 4.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare CO) Seaman Museum & Logan Coll.
John Reed Mine, Alicante, Leadville Mining District, Lake Co., Colorado
8.4 x 7.4 x 4.6 cm
Calcite (2 generations - fluorescent)
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
9.1 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Botryoidal "grape" Amethyst
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
4.9 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Chabazite w/ Heulandite (classic locale)
Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
3.4 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Adamite, Fluorite & Goethite (rare combo)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.9 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Spinel-twinned Galena w/ Quartz
Krushev dol mine, Madan ore field, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria
5.2 x 4.1 x 3.0 cm
Rhodochrosite scalenohedron w/ Quartz (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.0 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Gypsum on Quartz
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.8 x 7.5 x 4.4 cm
Wavellite on Hematite (rare Alabama)
Augusta Ridge phosphate locality, Cherokee Co., Alabama
6.5 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm