FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday August 16th, 2018

Ends Thursday, August 16th, 2018
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 Tucson 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 Willard Wulff, Francesco Bedogne, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key 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. Large, fine quality, thick Baveno Twinned MICROCLINE crystal with SCHORL from Pakistan
2. Attractive multi-color OPAL in PETRIFIED WOOD from Indonesia
3. A gorgeous and rarely seen specimen of silvery twinned CERUSSITE on matrix from Kimbedi, Rep. of Congo
4. GEM QUALITY nearly colorless modified cubic crystals of FLUORITE on BARITE from the Jaimina Mine, Spain
5. An interesting polished slab of NATIVE SILVER in RHODOCHROSITE from the Uchucchacua Mine, Peru
6. Classic specimen of HEMATITE ("Kidney Ore") from Cumbria, England, UK
7. Fine quality, gemmy, rich orange colored SPESSARTINE GARNET from the Escondido pegmatite, Brazil (ex Francesco Bedogné Collection)
8. Good-sized, gemmy, beautiful green colored BRAZILIANITE crystals with ALBITE from Brazil (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
9. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Cerussite (twinned) (good locality specimen)
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
7.0 x 6.6 x 5.7 cm
Dioptase with Mottramite
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
5.6 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
Microcline (large Baveno twin) with Schorl
Raikot, Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.0 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
Wulfenite with Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.6 x 7.3 x 3.6 cm
Calcite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Native Silver in Rhodochrosite (polished) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
4.7 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite with Ferberite and Calcite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite Carving, Fish
Jiangxi Province, China
24.61 grams, 38 x 37 x 24 mm
Aquamarine with Muscovite
Huya Village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China
7.1 x 5.2 x 1.7 cm
Malachite
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Phosphophyllite (classic butterfly twins) (2010 find)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Fluorite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
13.2 x 8.6 x 3.3 cm
Brazilianite with Albite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.8 x 7.1 x 5.1 cm
Leifite on Serandite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Stibnite ("bent" crystals)
Wuling Mine; Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
6.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
9.3 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm
Franckeite (rare rich sample)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
6.5 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
Andradite with Epidote and Diopside
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
4.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Chalcedony ("Blue Holly Agate") (rare material)
Ngabu village, Chiwawy-Nsanje District, Malawi
7.5 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Axinite-(Fe) (classic material from the type locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France (Type Locality)
6.5 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Scapolite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bear Lake diggings (Gibson Road Western occurrence), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
7.3 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Amphibole (var: Byssolite) (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Knappenwand, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Scheelite (fluorescent) with Quartz (rare fine specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Furstenberg, Schwarzenberger Kuppel, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
3.3 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Dravite Tourmaline (odd locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Coed-Ely Colliery, Coed Ely, Rhondda-Cynon-Taff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
3.0 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Mesolite (fine specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy
7.3 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm
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