FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Thursday April 25th, 2019

Ends Thursday, April 25th, 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 and Dr. William Logan 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. Beautiful blue-green colored "butterfly" twinned PHOSPHOPHYLLITE on matrix from Bolivia
2. Rarely seen RUBY crystal from North Carolina
3. Wonderful pink "rosettes" of RHODOCHROSITE on QUARTZ from China
4. Classic gemmy blue crystals of HAUYNE on matrix from Germany
5. Attractive, thick, blocky twinned FERBERITE specimen from Bolivia
6. Unusual bicolored CHALCEDONY from Morocco
7. A cool old CARBONATE-RICH FLUORAPATITE ("Francolite") from Cornwall
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European and North American localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Aurichalcite with Hemimorphite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Barite (fluorescent) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rottleberode, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
7.6 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm
Hydroxylherderite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Adamite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Gold Hill Mine, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
6.2 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Olivenite (old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Wheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Fluorite with Calcite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Heights Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK
3.8 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Fluorapatite (var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite) ("Francolite") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Grenfell Lode, Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
4.4 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm
Descloizite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Berg Aukus, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy cyclic twins) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Wutong (Wudong) Mine, Liubao ("Babu"), Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
9.1 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
5.3 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Aquamarine (rich color) on Microcline (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Ardeth Lake Area, Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise County, Idaho
14.4 x 9.9 x 5.2 cm
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna Mine, Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
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