FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday November 30th, 2017

Ends Thursday, November 30th, 2017
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)

Back after Thanksgiving with two pages of classic, contemporary, rare and unique worldwide minerals. We have plenty of offering from the Kay Robertson collection along with pieces from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Francesco Bedogné, Paul Zerfass, along with Herb Obodda dealer stock. 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!


Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Doubly-terminated GEMMY twinned CALCITE from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
2. GOLD on QUARTZ from the Timmins area of Ontario, Canada
3. Rare crystals of POTOSIITE on FRANCKEITE and another specimen featuring ANDORITE on ZINKENITE from the San Jose Mine, Bolivia
4. A rarely seen AQUAMARINE crystal from the Rossing Mountains of Namibia
5. Bright orange CLINOHUMITE crystal from Tajikistan
6. An interesting and historic SYNTHETIC QUARTZ specimen from Motorola Laboratories
7. PAGE 2 features minerals from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Eosphorite with Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm
Fluorite coated by Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrucke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
9.7 x 8.1 x 5.3 cm
Ferberite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tae Wha Mine, Chungchonpukdo, South Korea
3.1 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Fluorapatite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Puiva Mount, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Prepolar Ural, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
3.4 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Caledonite (ex Bruce J. Murphy and Evan Jones Collections)
Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa County, Arizona
9.7 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Azurite on Malachite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bou Bekker, Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco
11.6 x 8.3 x 3.6 cm
Uvarovite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Permskaya Oblast', Russia (Type Locality)
6.7 x 4.1 x 2.0 cm
Cornetite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Kalukuluku Mine), Lubumbashi, Katanga, DR Congo (TL)
7.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Stillwellite-(Ce) (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Alai Range, Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine, Grossschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.0 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm
Quartz ("Faden") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Piz Beverin, Mathon, Schams, Hinterrhein Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
3.3 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Proustite (rare locale) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.0 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Pyromorphite (rare green "spheres") with Cerussite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
8.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Spessartine ("floater") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Poco dos Cavalos pegmatite, Riacho do Pimenta, Banabuiu, Ceara, Brazil
4.8 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Quartz with iron inclusions (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Maharidaza pegmatite, Analamanga Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
6.7 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm
Pyrite with Hematite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
9.3 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
Halite on Trona
Owens Lake, Inyo County, California
13.7 x 10.1 x 4.2 cm
Hausmannite
Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
6.1 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Aurichalcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dal'negorsk (Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
8.0 x 6.1 x 5.3 cm
Calcite (iron-included) (ex Rogers Collection)
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.2 x 10.2 x 2.8 cm
Quartz (unusual habit) with Astrophyllite inclusions (ex Obodda)
Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP), Pakistan
7.1 x 5.3 x 2.1 cm
Leifite (rare) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
8.3 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Pectolite (fine crystals)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
11.0 x 9.7 x 4.7 cm
Microcline (Baveno twin) with Epidote (rare locale) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Strzegom (Striegau), Swidnica District, Strzegom-Sobotka Massif, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Andorite on Zinkenite (very rare)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
7.1 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
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