FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday March 15th, 2018

Ends Thursday, March 15th, 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, Rolando Gioia, 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. A very attractive and fine quality Multicolor OPAL Carving of a Sea Turtle from Ethiopia
2.
3. Sparkling, bright yellow, gemmy crystals of MIMETITE from the Guatomo Mine ('Hat Yai' mimetite locality), Thailand
4. Superb quality, GEMMY, classic BRAZILIANITE crystals on matrix(!) from the type locality
5. Thick, gemmy, well-formed golden to close purple colored AXINITE-(Fe) crystal on matrix from Pakistan
6. Attractive GEM quality twinned crystal of CALICTE with STILBITE from Oregon
7. RARELY seen BARITE on AZURITE from Globe, Arizona
8. Page 2 features plenty of minerals from the Kay Robertson collection
Filter By

Augelite (ex Kay Robertson and Univserity of Saskatchewan Collection)
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
8.0 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm
Fluorite on Quartz (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
6.3 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Dioptase with Wulfenite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
4.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Cuprite (var Chalcotrichite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona
9.1 x 6.3 x 4.4 cm
Neptunite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito County, California
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Prehnite with Epidote (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
on the beach near San Isidro, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
9.3 x 7.8 x 6.7 cm
Fluorite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite with Pyrite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdal Desert, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan
4.0 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Morganite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, Pala District, San Diego County, California
5.1 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Topaz on Orthoclase (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Epprechtstein, Kirchenlamitz, Weiss?enstadt, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Pyromorphite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
5.1 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Calcite (GEM twin) with Stilbite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Lambert Quarry, Kings Valley, Benton County, Oregon
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Chrysoberyl (sixling twin) (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.7 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.2 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Barite in Azurite (rare association piece)
Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Mimetite (classic material)
Guatomo Mine ('Hat Yai' mimetite locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand
4.7 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Amazonite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
6.4 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Titanite with Clinochlore ("floater") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.7 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm
Fairfieldite (ex William and Anne Cook Collection)
Foote Mine, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Smithsonite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
5.3 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Analcime
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Mineral Auctions