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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Epidote (ex Kay Robertson and Lazard Cahn Collections)
Paschietto, Val d'Ala, Piedmont, Italy
5.7 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Cassiterite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Berggiesshubel, Bad Gottleuba-Berggiesshubel, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Montgomeryite, Fairfieldite, et al. (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer District, Custer County, South Dakota
3.3 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm
Pyromorphite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
6.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Smoky Quartz ("Closed Gwindel") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar lake area, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
4.7 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Grunerite (amphibole species) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Michigamme, Marquette Iron Range, Marquette County, Michigan
8.3 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite (GEM quality) (2 specimens) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm & 1.8 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Grossular Garnet (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
4.3 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Elpidite (rare) (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
10.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
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