FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday July 26th, 2018

Ends Thursday, July 26th, 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. Newly mined ORANGE CALCITE from Poland
2. Beautiful red RHODOCHROSITE with FLUORITE from the famous Sweet Home Mine, Colorado!
3. Classic CALCITE on FLUORITE from the Annabel Lee Mine, Illinois (ex Ross Lillie Collection)
4. Interesting new FLUORITE specimen from Pakistan showing a rare and unusual "smoky" color!
5. A gorgeous and highly aesthetic specimen of AEGIRINE with QUARTZ from Malawi (ex Francesco Bedogné Collection)
6. Superb intense green colored botryoidal WAVELLITE from Dug Hill, Arkansas
7. Rarities include GORDAITE, BERTHIERITE, GUDMUNDITE and HYDROXYCANCRINITE!
8. A really cool HALITE crystal from an unknown locality with THREE MOVING WATER BUBBLE INCLUSIONS!
9. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Calcite (new find!)
Grabiszyce Quarry, Lesna, Lower Silesia, Poland
4.7 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite (new find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
6.3 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Cassiterite (new find)
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.2 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm
Dioptase
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.2 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Beryl (var: Morganite) (etched) (163 grams)
Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.8 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Pyrite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
9.1 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm
Wavellite (classic material - superb color)
Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
7.3 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Pink Opal (new find) (fluorescent)
Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru
5.7 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Chrysoprase (old classic material)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary (Glasendorf), Zabkowice (Frankenstein), Zabkowice District, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
3.9 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm
Calcite (Manganoan) on iron-coated Quartz (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Argentine Vein, Idarado Mine, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado
13.7 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Fluorapatite
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Spessartine (2017 find)
Garnet Hill, Ely, Robinson District, White Pine County, Nevada
4.1 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Prehnite (cast after Anhydrite)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
6.6 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Calcite on Fluorite (ex Ross Lillie Collection)
Bethel Level, Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois
10.3 x 6.2 x 5.1 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
3.1 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Smoky Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Gem Mines, near Florissant, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
2.0 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
5.7 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite (GEMMY crystals)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Amazonite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
3.1 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Adamite (var: Cuprian)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Gudmundite (rare)
Kriznica, Pernek, Malacky Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
4.8 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Gordaite (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Type Locality)
3.6 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Berthierite (rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
25th Unor Mine, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.8 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Hydroxycancrinite (ridiculously rare) (ex Matioli Collection)
Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Murmanskaya Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
3.4 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Hematite (botryoidal) (very rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bayerland Mine, Pfaffenreuth, Leonberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
7.2 x 6.7 x 2.8 cm
Halite (with 3 moving WATER BUBBLE inclusions!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Unknown locality (most likely New Mexico or Germany)
5.2 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
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