FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday September 20th, 2018

Ends Thursday, September 20th, 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, Francesco Bedogne, 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. Excellent large gemmy MULTIPLE DOUBLY-TERMINATED AQUAMARINE from Pakistan
2. Fantastic GEMMY TRI-COLOR TOURMALINE from Afghanistan
3. SUPERB, large, rare, impressive SYNTHETIC QUARTZ SPECIMEN (ex - Bell Telephone Laboratories) (1,167 grams)
4. Beautiful classic multicolor OPAL from Australia
5. Wonderful, HIGHLY lustrous, rich blue AZURITE crystal group from Touissit, Morocco (ex â?" Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)<
6. Classic large multi-color "phantom" group of FLUORITE from Illinois (ex - Paul Zerfass Collection) (1,229 grams)
7. Lovely classic gemmy green cubic FLUORITE from China (ex â?" Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
8. A rarely seen old time STEPHANITE from the TYPE LOCALITY in GERMANY!
9. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Aquamarine (568 grams)
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
10.7 x 9.6 x 5.7 cm
Quartz ("Faden") (RARE matrix piece!)
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
12.3 x 8.7 x 5.7 cm
Azurite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
5.0 x 4.9 x 1.6 cm
Xenotime
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
1.3 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm
Tourmaline (tri-color) (9.51 grams)
Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
4.1 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Pectolite (fine crystals) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
3.6 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Malachite on Shattuckite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
5.2 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Red Cloud mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite (gemmy green cubes) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
2.7 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Bumble Bee Jasper
Java, Indonesia
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Tanzanite
Merelani Hills, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Anatase (rare locality)
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Prepolar Ural, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
5.1 x 3.2 x 0.9 cm
Monazite-(Ce) (color change twinned crystals!)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
10.7 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.2 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite (cuboctahedral) with Calcite and Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
7.8 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm
Vesuvianite (bi-color)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.1 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Amethyst
Jackson Crossroads, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia
2.7 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Goethite (great quality) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
5.7 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Schorl Tourmaline (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Erongo Mountain, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite (large multi-color "phantom" group) (ex Paul Zerfass Collection) (1,229 grams)
Minerva Mine #1, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
14.8 x 11.3 x 6.9 cm
Analcime with Natrolite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Rosasite coated by Calcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.0 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite (unusual locality specimen) (51.66 grams) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sao Jose de Fortuna, near Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Calcite on pink Barite (unusual locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Weldon Mine, Ben Nevis Mountain, Quijotoa District, Quijotoa Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Stephanite (classic material!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (Type Locality!)
4.8 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
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