FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Thursday April 11th, 2019

Ends Thursday, April 11th, 2019
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)


We have a great selection of material that we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for new goodies from recent shows / discoveries along with new collection acquisitions to appear in the coming weeks. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. We'll still have selections from various collections we've obtained including the newly acquired collection of David Burgess along with pieces from Rolando Gioia, Geary Murdock and plenty of pieces from Kay Robertson along with various 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 very attractive piece of the new Indonesian "GRAPE CHALCEDONY" / "GRAPE AGATE" specimens
2. Rarely seen fluorescent pink CHALCEDONY from the childhood home of Sandra Day O'Connor
3. Wonderful, gemmy, RICHLY colored BLUE OPAL specimen from Peru
4. GEM quality pink FLUORITE crystals from Pakistan
5. Beautiful, gemmy, multicolor banded FLUORITE from New Mexico
6. Unusual MOGANITE / CHALCEDONY pseudomorph after a FOSSILIZED SNAIL SHELL from the Sahara Desert
7. Rarities include FERROKESTERITE, KLEINITE, FRESNOITE with STRONTIOJOAQUINITE and ELPIDITE,
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European and North American localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Amethyst ("Fenster" scepter)
Purple Hope No. 4 claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
3.8 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Copper ("leaf") (unique locality specimen)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
9.0 x 6.7 x 3.3 cm
Fluorite (GEM quality) (95.84 grams)
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Ferrokesterite (twin) (exceptionally rare)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
1.7 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Andradite Garnet (Geode / "Coconut") (new find)
Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
6.3 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Blue Opal (Copper-bearing) (48.41 grams)
Acari Mine, Caraveli Province, Arequipa, Peru
6.6 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Smoky Quartz "casts" after Laumontite
Buck Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado
8.0 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Kleinite (very rare classic material)
McDermitt Mine, Opalite District, Humboldt County, Nevada
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Evan Jones)
Mun. de Nacozari de García, Sonora, Mexico
5.3 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm
Dolomite on Quartz (ex David Burgess Collection)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
8.4 x 7.8 x 3.7 cm
Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
12.2 x 6.7 x 6.2 cm
Fresnoite with Strontiojoaquinite (very rare)
Junnila Mine, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
5.9 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm
Opal (highly colorful) (3.73 carats)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Moganite / Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fossil Snail
Dakhla, Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira, Western Sahara, Morocco
1.7 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Purple Quartz (var: Chalcedony / Agate) ("Grape" Chalcedony / Agate)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
6.3 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Dolomite (GEMMY twins) on Quartz
Pomba Pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
6.6 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Rose Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Cyanotrichite (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Peacock Mine, Leadore District, Lemhi County, Idaho
8.3 x 5.8 x 4.3 cm
Bismuth (rare classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia
3.2 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Vanadinite
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa County, Arizona
2.9 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.9 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Pink Chalcedony (flourescent) (unique locality)
Antelope Canyon (Valley) (part of the childhood home of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor), Round Mountain, Greenlee County, Arizona
9.1 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Calcite with Calcite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
13.6 x 10.3 x 4.7 cm
Fluorite (multi-color crystals) (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Judith Lynn Claim, Pine Canyon deposit, West Burro Mts, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico
9.7 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Felix Mine, Azusa, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles County, California
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Descloizite with Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Cuprite (var: Chalcotrichite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona
5.7 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
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