FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Aug 22

Plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual pieces this week.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of piece from new collection acquisitions such as David Burgess and a new collection of worldwide minerals from a Midwest collector.  Lots of great pieces from Kay Robertson too!  You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time.   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!
 
Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:
 
1. Beautiful new DIOPTASE with WULFENITE from Rep. of Congo
2. RARE SCEPTER habit PEZZOTTAITE crystal from Madagascar
3. Interesting pink CHALCEDONY from the childhood home of Sandra Day O'Connor
4. Old classic Phenakite on matrix from Mt. Antero, Colorado (ex Ed Over)
5. Hard to find, attractive pinkish-red RHODOCHROSITE crystals from the Moose Mine, Colorado
6. Newly mined, unusually colored FLUORITE from Pakistan
7. Rarities include FLUORVESUVIANITE, MENDIPITE, SCHULENBERGITE and FOURMARIERITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson