FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING PIECES FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday November 30th, 2017

Ends Thursday, November 30th, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with new material we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with 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. A RARE 200 YEAR OLD specimen of APATITE from Woolley Farm, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
2. Butterfly twinned crystals of PHOSPHOPHYLLITE on matrix from Boliva
3. A wonderful gemmy, multicolored FLUORITE specimen from Erongo, Namibia
4. Gemmy cranberry-red and purplish-silver colored bicolor TOURMALINE from Brazil
5. An attractive butterfly twinned crystal of FERBERITE from the Tasna Mine, Bolivia
6. An interesting and rare fluorescent gemmy OPAL specimen from Oregon
7. PAGE 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Ferberite (twin) with Marcasite
Tasna Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Tourmaline (bicolor) (7.51 grams)
Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Chrysoberyl (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.7 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm
Wire Silver (4 pieces)
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
2.5 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm to 1.0 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
Rhodochrosite
Wutong (Wudong) Mine, Liubao ("Babu"), Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
4.8 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
Hematite
Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.8 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Amazonite
Teller County, Colorado
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Sphalerite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
7.8 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Prehnite (ex Obodda)
Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
5.3 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
Grossular
Dionboko, Arrondissement Diakon (Diako), Commune Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes Region, Mali
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Opal (fluorescent!)
Opal Butte, Morrow County, Oregon
2.8 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Gypsum ("Desert Rose")
near Oued Souf, ("City of a Thousand Domes"), El Oued Province, Algeria
12.4 x 11.2 x 10.7 cm
Brucite (good color)
Balochistan, Pakistan
7.0 x 5.7 x 1.0 cm
Copper
Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
8.3 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Corundum (var: Ruby)
Winza, Mpapwa, Mpapwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
1.3 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Fluorite (GEM quality with dodecahedron mod)
Llamas Quarry, Duyos, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
1.6 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Pyrite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
8.3 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
3.7 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Agate
Chihuahua, Mexico
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Turquoise
Kingman, Hualapai Mts, Mohave County, Arizona
1.9 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm
Ruby Spinel
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
0.5 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Chamosite ("Thuringite") pseudomorph after Almandine
Michigamme Mine, Michigamme, Marquette iron range, Marquette County, Michigan
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Opal (with fine color flash)
Carbonera Mine, La Trinidad, Mun. de Tequisquiapan, Queretaro, Mexico
1.5 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Vesuvianite (rare locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Olmstedville, Minerva Township, Essex County, New York
4.4 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite on Barite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine, Grossschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm
Titanite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Val Nalps, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrheintal, Graubunden, Switzerland
3.6 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
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