FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday June 28th, 2018

Ends Thursday, June 28th, 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. Beautiful cherry red RHODOCHROSITE crystals with QUARTZ and SULFIDES from the Sweet Home Mine
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3. Classic Trapiche Habit EMERALD from Colombia
4. Rarely seen reverse pseudomorph of QUARTZ replacing TOURMALINE from Brazil
5. Gemmy, rarely seen PURPLE COLORED BARITE from Flagstaff Mountain, Washington
6. Attractive GEM QUALITY doubly-terminated QUARTZ on BI-COLORED TOURMALINE from Brazil
7. A large single PYRITE pyritohedron from the Spruce Claim, King County, Washington
8. Rarities include MENDIPITE, SPANGOLITE and PYROXMANGITE
9. Page 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson collection
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Emerald (Trapiche habit)
Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopu Mining District, Boyaca Department, Colombia
0.6 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
1.6 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Fluorite (GEMMY twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Durham, England
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Pyrite (good quality)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Lilac Fluorite (classic material) (ex Peter Seroka Collection)
Cenovec / Zinnwald (Cinvald), Erzgebirge; Krusne Hory Mts (Ore Mts), Germany & Czech Republic
7.6 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Topaz (classic material)
Tepetate, Mun. de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosu, Mexico
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic material)
Tetrahedrite Stope, Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Polylithionite "rose" on Aegirine (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.6 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
Calcite (classic material)
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosu, Mexico
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Linarite on Galena
Sunshine no. 2 Adit, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico
1.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Gypsum (hard to find material)
Salar de Uyuni, Nor Lipez Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
11.8 x 9.3 x 7.8 cm
Stilbite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Robert Batic Collection)
Oldwick Quarry, Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
5.6 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Spessartine (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Calcite (twinned crystals) with iron inclusions
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.1 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Mendipite (rare)
Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
6.6 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite with Barite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Cacoxenite with Kidwellite (rare locality)
Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama
7.7 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Aquamarine (rare locality specimen)
Hogg Mine (Oxford Mine), La Grange, Troup County, Georgia
6.8 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Smoky Quartz (found at 13,000 feet) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Mile 16, Pikes Peak Auto Highway, El Paso County, Colorado
2.9 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Barite (rare purple color) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Flagstaff Mountain, Northport, Northport District, Stevens County, Washington
2.5 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Copper (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Smoky Quartz (GEM "Gwindel") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Val Giuv, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrheintal, Graubunden (Grisons; Grischun), Switzerland
6.3 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Spangolite with Brochantite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico
4.0 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
Scheelite (with negative faces) 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
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
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