FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday October 4th, 2018

Ends Thursday, October 4th, 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, Paul Zerfass, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key 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. Superb, classic, GEMMY, blue-green, UN-REPAIRED TOURMALINE crystal from the Pederneira Mine, Brazil
2. Attractive, gemmy, soft blue color AQUAMARINE aesthetically perched on ALBITE from Pakistan
3. Wonderful COLOR CHANGE FLUORITE specimen from the La Barre Mine in France (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
4. Unusual "etched" / skeletal PYRITE specimen from King County, Washington
5. A gorgeous group of doubly-terminated AMETHYST crystals on matrix from Jackson's Crossroad, Georgai
6. Fantastic colorless "ice" FLUORITE crystals with CALCITE from the Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, China
7. Rarities include LUDLOCKITE (Type Locality), GORDAITE (Type Locality), NOVAKITE (Type Locality) and CALEDONITE
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Aquamarine, Quartz, Muscovite and Apatite on Albite
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
8.8 x 7.2 x 4.7 cm
Pyrite (natural skeletal / etched crystal)
Purple Hope #4 Cliam, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
2.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Ruby (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.1 cm
Cassiterite (cyclic twins)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.8 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm
Gypsum (Selenite) (GEM quality)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.6 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm
Tourmaline with Lepidolite
Pederneira claim, Sa£o Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Cerussite (twins) (ex Brian Lloyd)
Stribro (Mies), Plzen Region, Czech Republic
4.6 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite (color change crystal) (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
5.0 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Smoky Quartz (Japan-Law Twin)
Mina Tiro Estrella, El Capitan Mts, Capitan District, Lincoln County, New Mexico
7.3 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.2 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm
Genthelvite (rare) (large crystal) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.5 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Calcite
New York Mine (?), Keweenaw County, Michigan
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Uvite (Chromium / Vanadium bearing)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)
0.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Smithsonite (classic material) (ex Dennis Uridil Collection)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
17.0 x 7.4 x 4.2 cm
Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.0 cm
Turquoise
Kingman, Hualapai Mts, Mohave County, Arizona
1.7 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Charlesite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Grossular Garnet (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.5 x 2.1 x 0.9 cm
Villiaumite (ex Charlie Kye Collection)
Koashva quarry, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite (beautiful "ice" crystals) with Calcite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
3.6 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
Ludlockite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
1.4 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Microlite with Tantalite-(Mn) and Albite
Ipe mine, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
4.7 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm
Gordaite (very rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
San Francisco Mine (Beatrix Mine), Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile (Type Locality)
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Novakite (EXTREMELY rare!) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Cerny Dul (Schwarzenthal), Krkonose Mtn (Riesengebirge), Hradec Kralove Region, Czech Republic (Type Locality)
2.4 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Scapolite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dudman Lake, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada
5.7 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
Wulfenite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Red Cloud mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona
2.6 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Hematite (RARE Locality Specimen!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Penokee Deposit (West Gogebic Taconite Deposit), Gogebic Range, Ashland County, Wisconsin
9.0 x 4.6 x 1.1 cm
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