FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday May 10th, 2018

Ends Thursday, May 10th, 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. Phantom zoned FLUORITE specimen from a NEW find in Baluchistan, Pakistan
2. Classic, glowing RED RHODOCHROSITE crystals on matrix from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
3. An attractive matrix specimen of SCHORL TOURMALINE on MICROCLINE from Pakistan
4. Wonderful prismatic AQUAMARINE crystal with MUSCOVITE and ALBITE from Brazil (149 grams)
5. A VERY rare specimen of ZAKHAROVITE from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
6. Beautiful GEM quality twinned BERYLLONITE from the Telirio Claim in Brazil (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
7. A hard to find specimen of UVAROVITE GARNET from Turkey!
8. Two ULLMANNITE specimens this week รข?" one from England, and another from Germany 8. Page 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson collection
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Wavellite (good quality)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
9.0 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm
Topaz (classic material)
Tepetate, Mun. de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosu, Mexico
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite (new find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
7.4 x 7.2 x 3.5 cm
Polylithionite "rose" (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
2.6 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet on and IN Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
3.1 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Tourmaline ("Cross-Shaped") (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pederneira mine (Pederneira claim), Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
7.2 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Fluorapatite included with "Byssolite" (2016 find)
Ganadao (Gandahab), Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
6.1 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite (classic material)
Moscona Mine, Solis, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
9.3 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Prehnite "casts" with Chabazite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
8.0 x 7.5 x 2.8 cm
Ullmannite (rare)
Settlingstones Mine, Fourstones, Tyne Valley, Northumberland, England, UK
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Rhodochrosite with Aegirine
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.2 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
Smoky Quartz (ex Willard Wulff Collection - collected by Wulff) (doubly-terminated)
Daniels Ranch, near Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
5.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Imperial Topaz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
3.2 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Montebrasite (rare)
Fazenda Pomarolli, Linupolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.1 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm
Chalcophyllite (classic material)
Piesky, Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banska Bystrica Co., Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
4.7 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite Carving, Dolphin
Jiangxi Province, China
112 grams (560 carats), 56 mm x 50 mm x 28 mm
Quartz (GEM quality) (ex Obodda)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Malachite (pseudomorphs after Azurite)
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
3.4 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Beryllonite (GEM twin) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Zakharovite (extremely rare) on Ussingite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
1.0 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Hematite (good quality)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Vanadinite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona
8.3 x 6.7 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Berta Quarry and Mine, Sant Cugat del Valles-El Papiol, Valles Occidental-Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
4.2 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Wulfenite and Willemite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
4.6 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Cassiterite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Dyscrasite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.2 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
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