FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday March 8th, 2018

Ends Thursday, March 8th, 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. Cabinet sized, heavily striated, beautiful blue color AQUAMARINE crystal from Brazil
2. Newly mine skeletal HALITE specimen with rare green TOLBACHITE inclusions from Poland
3. LARGE CABINET sized golden yellow HELIODOR crystal group from Brazil
4. Classic bright metallic GOLD from the Eagle's Nest Mine
5. Newly mined attractive PINK OPAL specimen from Peru
6. Attractive gemmy, orange-red RHODOCHROSITE on matrix from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
7. An unusual fibrous blue TOURMALINE crystal on matrix from Brazil
8. Rarities include CHIAVENNITE, DUFRENITE, SYMPLESITE, BISMUTHINITE and a combo specimen featuring VAUXITE, PARAVAUXITE, SIGLOITE and METAVAUXITE from Bolivia
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Aquamarine (124 grams)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.3 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Topaz and Quartz on Magnesite
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.7 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
Dioptase (good quality) with Mottramite
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.4 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Calcite (bicolor - two generations)
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu County, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
5.7 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Rhodochrosite
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
2.0 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Halite with rare Tolbachite inclusions (new find)
Sieroszowice Mine, Polkowice District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
3.2 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Aquamarine
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite, Metavauxite and Sigloite (rare material)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for four species)
10.2 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm
Gold
Eagle's Nest Mine (Mystery Wind Mine), Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California
0.6 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
Quartz (with 2 water bubble inclusions)
Cong Ly (Cong Li), Hunan Province, China
6.7 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Fluorite with Celestine (classic material)
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio
6.6 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
Prehnite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson and Hemann Kraft Collections)
Schonlautenbach, Idar-Oberstein, Hunsruck, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.8 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Bismuthinite (rare locality specimen)
Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
4.6 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy crystal)
Rossarden district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.5 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm
Brookite on matrix
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
6.7 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.8 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Almandine (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Wrangell Island, Wrangell-Petersburg Borough, Alaska
2.1 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Anatase with Rutile
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.6 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Atacamite with Chrysocolla
Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
6.7 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Bipyramidal Quartz with Hematite (ex Wes Parker Collection)
Beckermet Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England, UK
4.9 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Malachite (classic material)
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
6.4 x 6.4 x 3.0 cm
Dufrenite (classic material)
Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Liskeard District, Cornwall, England, UK
2.7 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Symplesite (rare)
Saubachriss, Muldenberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
4.6 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Spessartine (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Naque, 35 km northeast of Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.1 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Phlogopite on Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy Region, Tulear Province, Madagascar
4.8 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Sphaerocobaltite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Kamoto, Kolwezi District, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Uvarovite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Sarany Village, Gorozavod area, Permskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia (Type Locality)
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
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