FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end June 22nd, 2017

Ends Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with plenty of new discoveries we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. You'll even find a few fossils, carving and gemstones mixed in every now and then. Of course we have plenty of pieces from the famous and historic Willard Wulff collection, along with dealers' inventories and other private collections that we're liquidating. 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 include:
1. Worldwide classics from the Kay Robertson collection!
2. A showy and aesthetic matrix specimen of gemmy AXINITE-(Fe) from Pakistan
3. A SUPERB, LARGE and HISTORIC piece of SYNTHETIC QUARTZ from Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey
4. Excellent rich green gemmy ANDRADITE (DEMANTOID) GARNET crystals on matrix from Madagascar
5. GEMMY twinned crystals of golden DOLOMITE with GEM MAGNESITE from Brumado, Brazil
6. An unusual and attractive piece of crystallized GOETHITE from Colorado forming and interesting "cast"
7. Rarities include BELYANKINITE, MCNEARITE, SCHMIEDERITE, APACHITE with RUIZITE, and PINAKIOLITE!
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Fluorite (GEM twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Durham, England
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Sapphire
Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
2.6 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Silver
Porco Mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
4.1 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Mcnearite (extremely rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Gabe Gottes Mine, Sankt Jakob vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France (Type Locality)
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Schmiederite (very rare) (ex Matioli)
Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
4.2 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Apachite with Ruizite (incredibly rare) (ex Matioli)
Christmas Mine (Inspiration Mine), Christmas area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona (Type Locality for Both Species)
5.0 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Dioptase
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
11.2 x 6.6 x 4.3 cm
Spinel (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
5.8 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Diopside (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Dolomite (twins) with GEM Magnesite
Pomba pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
2.3 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Danburite (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
3.0 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (good quality)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Emerald in matrix
Mitchell County, North Carolina
10.8 x 9.8 x 6.8 cm
Linarite with Galena and Anglesite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.6 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Lapis / Lazurite in Calcite (ex Dr. Miguel Romero Collection)
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
6.3 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm
Microcline with Albite
Lakeview Lode, Park County, Colorado
5.2 x 4.9 x 2.7 cm
Aegirine (big crystals)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
13.8 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Hematite (var: "Specularite") with Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK
5.1 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Pinakiolite (exceptionally rare)
Langban, Filipstad, Vaermland, Sweden (Type Locality)
8.0 x 7.6 x 3.5 cm
Gormanite with Greifensteinite and Childrenite (rare)
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 3.6 x 1.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Jim Robison Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
8.6 x 6.7 x 5.8 cm
Chromian Clinochlore ("Kammererite")
Krop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzerum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
3.6 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.8 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (2010 find)
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
5.1 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Belyankinite (incredibly rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Medvezh'ya Berloga pegmatite (Pegmatite No. 13), Tyul'bnyunuai River Valley, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (Type Localiy)
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
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