FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday December 21st, 2017

Ends Thursday, December 21st, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

This week's auction is filled with new material 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, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with 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. Classic rich orange colored GROSSULAR on matrix from the Jeffrey Mine, Quebec, Canada
2. An attractive RHODOCHROSITE specimen from the Champion Mine, near Lake City, Colorado (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
3. Beautiful green colored FLUORAPATITE crystals included ACTINOLITE ("BYSSOLITE") from Pakistan
4. Rarities include species such as UMANGITE and KOCHSANDORITE
5. Fine quality, matched pair of rich, beautiful green colored VARISCITE from Lucin, Utah
6. Assorted specimens from Brazil from the collection of Rolando Gioia
7. PAGE 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Grossular (classic material)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
9.1 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Fluorapatite included with "Byssolite" (new find)
Ganadao (Gandahab), Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
4.6 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Rhodochrosite with Pyrite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Champion Mine, near Lake City, Cinnamon Pass, Park District, Hinsdale County, Colorado
6.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Variscite (2 piece set)
Lucin, Pilot Range, Box Elder County, Utah
7.5 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm and 7.4 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm
Pyrite on Dolomite
Mesage Mine, Saint-Pierre-de-Mesage, Vizille, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
4.7 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm
Tourmaline
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Topaz with Albite ("Cleavelandite") (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pedra Azul pegmatite district, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.1 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
14.0 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Topaz (old classic) (ex Lindemann Collection)
North of Miass, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Ruby Spinel ("Star of David" Twin)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Morganite (GEM quality)
Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.1 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Prehnite ("finger cast")
Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.6 x 6.1 x 3.8 cm
Spessartine
Garnet Hill, Ely, Robinson District, White Pine County, Nevada
4.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Kyanite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Barra de Salinas district, Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14.5 x 4.1 x 2.0 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
2.1 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Tourmaline (pink and green) on Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suauui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Fairfieldite (classic material)
Foote Mine, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Umangite (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
San Francisco deposit, Puerto Alegre, Famatina, Famatina department, La Rioja, Argentina
3.7 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm
Kochsandorite (extremely rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Coal Mine, Many, Bicske-Zsambeki Basin, Fejer Co., Hungary (Type Locality)
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
4.7 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm
Gudmundite (rare)
Kriznica, Pernek, Malacky Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
3.6 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Cacoxenite (rare locality)
Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama
4.1 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Hilgardite (rare)
Choctaw Salt Dome, Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana (Type Locality)
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Chalcoalumite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
3.3 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
Mopungite (very rare) (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine, Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Dendrites in Limesonte (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Limestone quarries, Blumenberg, Eichstaett, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
9.1 x 5.2 x 0.4 cm
Azurite "Flower" (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Malbunka Cu Mine, Gardiner Range, Areyongo, Northern Territory, Australia
3.1 x 2.9 x 0.9 cm
Hemimorphite on Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Kreuth, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria
6.3 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Precious Opal (multicolor flash) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
White Cliffs, Yungnulgra Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.2 x 4.6 x 1.6 cm
Hydroxylapatite with Hornblende (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Oksoyekollen, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
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