FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday December 14, 2017

Ends Thursday, December 14, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A large auction set with special pieces from old and rare localities, new gem finds, and old collections all mixed together as we process and liquidate at auction many fine mineral collections. Enjoy! Look for incredibly rare old pieces from the Kay Robertson collection, each week, mixed with other old classics and pieces from new mineral discoveries!


Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Fine Swiss SMOKY QUARTZ from a famous 1966 find
2. Selection of RHODOCHROSITE, TOURMALINE & CALCITE specimens
3. NEW crystallized GOLD from a rare Colombia locale
4. Classics and rarities from the Paul Zerfass and Kay Robertson Collections
5. Rare and rich old Czech PHARMACOLITE
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Gemmy Bubblegum Tourmaline cluster (Herb Obodda Coll.)
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
2.4 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Vanadinite (Harkness Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
3.8 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Cassiterite, Quartz, Muscovite & Calcite (rare for locale - Soregaroli Coll.)
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
8.3 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Chenevixite
Bali Low prospect, Ashburton Downs Station, Western Australia, Australia
8.0 x 6.6 x 3.3 cm
Quartz var. Chalcedony geode w/ Hyalite Opal fluorescent!)
Las Trancas, Mun. de Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.6 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm (largest of 2)
Baryte
Campos de golf area, Atamaria, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Union, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
12.9 x 7.4 x 6.0 cm
DT Calcite on Galena (Bill Hevron Coll.)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
4.0 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Calcite on Amethyst (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Irai, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4.4 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Calcite & Mimetite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
9th Level, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.1 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Rhodochrosite & Bertrandite, Smoky Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Coll.)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
6.0 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Azurite in Granite (rare and unusual!)
Azurite locality, K2, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.1 x 5.2 x 1.6 cm
Gem Crocoite (Type Locality) w/ Pyromorphite ex Robertson Coll.
Berezovskoe Au Deposit, Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals, Russia
1.0 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Goethite (rare combo - old classic)
Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Hubnerite & Quartz (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Ancash Department, Peru
7.5 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm
Kutnohorite ps. After Calcite (RARE) Charlie Key
N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.5 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
Inyoite w/ Meyerhofferite (2005 find)
Monte Azul deposit, Sijes, Los Andes department, Salta, Argentina
9.8 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Lepidolite & Cleavelandite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
4.1 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Emerald (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
3.7 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Bindheimite ps. After Bournonite (RARE - classic locale) ex Robertson Coll.
La Sanguinede mine, Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France
5.1 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Gemmy Fluorite xls stalactite (rare - fluorescent) Kay Robertson Coll.
Sedling Mine, Cowshill, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
5.2 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Unusual two-toned Calcite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Sphalerite w/ Chalcopyrite & Quartz (superb old combo)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
8.0 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm
Crystallized Leaf Gold (NEW Find)
Los Delirios claim, Soto, Santander, Colombia
3.4 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Heart-shaped gem Tanzanite (2.40 carats)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Clinochlore var. Pennine w/ Rutile (RARE) Kay Robertson Coll.
Rimpfischwang range, Findel glacier, Zermatt, Wallis, Switzerland
2.4 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
Almandine Garnet on Schist (classic locale)
Otz valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
10.7 x 5.5 x 4.6 cm
Rubyjack Sphalerite & Calcite (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.8 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Quartz "prases" included by Hedenbergite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
10.3 x 6.7 x 5.6 cm
Large DT Smoky Quartz (uncommon locale) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.6 x 9.6 x 7.1 cm
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