FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday July 19th, 2018

Ends Thursday, July 19th, 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. Wonderful, historic, GEMMY multi-crystal group of AQUAMARINE from Brazil (ex Fred Pough Collection!!)
2. Fine quality, rich green colored, gemmy DEMANTOID GARNET crystals on matrix from Madagascar (ex Francesco Bedogné Collection)
3. Excellent LARGE CABINET display specimen of NATIVE COPPER with CUPRITE and MALACHITE from Bolivia
4. Attractive, uniquely etched purple cubic FLUORITE crystal group from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
5. Superb cyclic twinned CASSITERITE from Bolivia with a GEM QUALITY crystal!
6. Beautiful classic WULFENITE crystals on CALCITE from Tsumeb
7. Rare electric blue LINARITE on matrix from Mammoth-Saint Anthony, Tiger, Arizona!
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Copper with Cuprite and Malachite (attractive locality specimen)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
18.3 x 9.7 x 0.4 cm
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.5 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Malachite on Shattuckite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Vanadinite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Rhodonite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Morro da Mina Mine, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Antetezambato, near the town of Nosy Faly, Ambanja District, Diana Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Barite with Malachite inclusions
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
1.4 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Cassiterite (GEMMY{!} cyclic twins)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Rutile
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, Mono County, California
3.3 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite with Dolomite and Barite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
8.2 x 7.3 x 2.1 cm
Vivianite (fine quality)
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
3.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Grossular Garnet (classic material)
Jeffrey Mine ("Johns-Manville Mine"), Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
4.1 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Galena with Sphalerite
Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
11.3 x 8.3 x 7.8 cm
Rubellite Tourmaline (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Santa Rosa Mine, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
8.5 x 6.6 x 3.3 cm
Siderite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
4.7 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Barite (rare locality specimen)
Emerson, Bartow County, Georgia
8.8 x 7.8 x 6.2 cm
Goldmanite (rare Garnet species)
Rybnucek, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
3.4 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Chabazite (great color)
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
4.7 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Hydroxylellestadite (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Doushinkubo, Chichibu mining district (Chichibu mine), Nakatsugawa, Ohtaki-mura, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan (Type Locality)
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Zanazziite (very rare) on Muscovite
Murundu mine, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Anorthite (discovered prior to 1900 - great pedigree!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Alpe Pasmeda, Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Sudtirol), Italy
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear") on matrix (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
6.1 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Linarite (rare classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
San Juan Mountains, Colorado or Butte, Montana
6.3 x 5.1 x 2.6 cm
Calcite (classic twin) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Irving Materials Quarry, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Luinaite-(OH) (very rare Tourmaline species) with Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bald Hornet claim (Blue Mountain Saddle), North Bend, King County, Washington
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
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