FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday July 12th, 2018

Ends Thursday, July 12th, 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. Big lilac FLUORITE cubes with SPHALERITE from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
2. A lovely crystallized LEAF GOLD specimen from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California
3. Glowing orange color, thick, tabular WULFENITE on matrix from Mexico
4. Cabinet sized, metallic, silvery STIBNITE crystal from China
5. Wonderful GEMMY TOPAZ crystal weighing 86.62 grams from China
6. Beautiful multi-colored PRECIOUS OPAL on matrix from Queensland, Australia
7. Gorgeous, gemmy, multicolor "phantom" FLUORITE on QUARTZ from Spain
8. Attractive WATERMELON TOURMALINE crystal group 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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Fluorite on Sphalerite (classic material)
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee
10.0 x 7.9 x 4.7 cm
Stibnite (good sized crystal)
Wuling Mine; Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
11.5 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Brookite (gemmy) on matrix
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
6.2 x 5.1 x 1.7 cm
"Leaf Gold" (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Eagle's Nest Mine (Mystery Wind Mine), Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California
0.8 x 0.5 x 0.1 cm
Wulfenite (ex Gary Hansen)
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Epididymite (twin) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Stilbite with Calcite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
8.5 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm
Sphalerite (GEMMY green) with Aegirine (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.1 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Barite with Calcite (old locality specimen - early 1900's) (ex Josef Vajdak and Royal Mueum in Prague Collections)
Jedova Hora (Dedova Hora; Giftberg), Nerezin, Horovice (Horschowitz; Horowitz), Bohemia, Czech Republic
9.3 x 7.2 x 5.3 cm
Spessartine Garnet (gem floater) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Navegadora Mine, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Gypsum (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Saint David area, Cochise County, Arizona
6.3 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.0 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Goethite (golden "balls" on "sprays")
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
5.3 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Olivenite with Malachite
Ibiajara district, Rio do Pires, Bahia, Brazil
1.3 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm
Genthelvite (rare) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
0.9 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Sodalite with "Ripidolite" (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
5.8 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Pyrite on Siderite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.4 x 6.2 x 5.0 cm
Tremolite (great locality specimen!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland (Type Locality)
5.0 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Cerussite (GEMMY twins!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.0 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Clinoclase (?) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada
6.1 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Strontianite on Barite with Chalcopyrite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
4.1 x 3.3 x 1.4 cm
Stellerite ("Epidesmine") (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Marlborough Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
3.8 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Ferberite on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tae Wha Mine (Tong Wha Mine), Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju (Chung Won Kum), Chungcheongbukdo (Chungchong-pukto), South Korea
3.7 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
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