FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday March 1st, 2018

Ends Thursday, March 1st, 2018
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)



Back from Tucson and we've got 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, Francesco Bedogné, Paul Zerfass 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 newly mined multi-colored "phantom" zoned FLUORITE specimen from Pakistan
2. Attractive DIAMOND crystal from the Miba Mine, Democratic Republic of Congo
3. Unusually compressed doubly-terminated, gemmy green TOURMALINE from Brazil
4. GOLD on QUARTZ from the Timmins area, Ontario, Canada
5. A hard to find pink FLUORAPATITE specimen from the Akzhaylyautas Mts of Kazakhstan
6. CHAMOSITE ("Thuringite") pseudomorph after ALMANDINE from Michgian
7. Doubly-terminated QUARTZ crystals with EPIDOTE from Capelinha, Brazil
8. Plenty of assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Fluorite (new find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
9.0 x 8.0 x 3.3 cm
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
1.3 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Cassiterite (twins) on Quartz
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.1 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Dioptase with Calcite (ex Wes Parker Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.8 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
Brazilianite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Jamesonite on Quartz
Park City District (Uinta District), Wasatch Mts, Summit County, Utah
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Amethyst (ex Clyde Hardin Collection)
Corona station, Farnell Co., New South Wales, Australia
9.3 x 6.1 x 2.3 cm
Epidote with Diopside and Magnetite
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
5.8 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Spodumene
Urucum Mine, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.0 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Siderite (fine crystallization)
Tasna Mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Aquamarine on Muscovite
Huya Village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
6.7 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Smoky Quartz (scepter)
Krystal Tips Mine, Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
3.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm
Quartz included with Riebeckite (ex Obodda)
Zagi Mountain (Zegi Mountain), Mulla Ghori, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
7.6 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Fluorapatite (hollow)
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Aquamarine with Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.1 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Danburite (light pink color)
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
12.1 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Halite on Trona
Owens Lake, Inyo County, California
12.3 x 8.2 x 4.7 cm
Bournonite on Pyrite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
2.3 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Chamosite ("Thuringite") pseudomorph after Almandine
Michigamme Mine, Michigamme, Marquette iron range, Marquette County, Michigan
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Amethystine "Flower"
Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil
6.2 x 5.1 x 1.8 cm
Birnessite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
4.0 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Magnetite (rare locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Province, Kazakhstan
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Syngenite (brine product crystals) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sigmundshall mine, Bokeloh, Wunstorf, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
3.2 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Gypsum (var: Selenite) (twin) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tongrube im Dammelwald, Wiesloch, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
7.1 x 6.8 x 2.7 cm
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