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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Rhodonite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey
4.3 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Fluorapatite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
King Lithia Mine, Greyhound Gulch, Keystone, Keystone District, Pennington County, South Dakota
2.2 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm
Grossular (var: "Hessonite") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
5.2 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
El Hammam Mine, El Hammam, Meknes, Meknes Prefecture, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.6 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Strontianite on Barite with Chalcopyrite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.7 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite (good color) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Chobelwand-Durrschrennen caves, Alpstein Massif, Appenzell-Innerrhoden, Switzerland
8.3 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm
Proustite (classic material!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Andradite Garnet (Geode / "Coconut") (new find)
Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
7.4 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Amethyst (doubly-terminated crystals) on matrix
Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia
8.2 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Caledonite (classic material) (ex Clay Williams Collection)
Reward Mine, Reward, Russ District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California
5.0 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Autunite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Daybreak Mine (Dahl lease; Huffman lease), Mount Kit Carson, Spokane County, Washington
5.7 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm
Arsenopyrite (RARE Locality Specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Nigadoo Mine (Nigadoo River Mine), Beresford Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada
4.3 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
Dioptase on Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.6 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
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