FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - End Nov 14, 2019

A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from the newly acquired Gary Weaver collection along with a newly purchased prominent worldwide collection from the Midwest, plus dealers' inventories, and plenty from Kay Robertson!  You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time.   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. Lovely purple SAPPHIRE on matrix from Madagascar
2. AMBER with MULTIPLE INSECT inclusions from the Dominican Republic
3. A new find of attractive pink QUARTZ from Argentina
4. Wonderful LARGE CABINET Mn-CALCITE from South Africa
5.  Classic blue CUPRIAN ADAMITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico
6. Attractive rich blue-green colored SMITHSONITE from Choix, Mexico
7. Rarities include ANDORITE, ZUNYITE, BILLIETITE and CUPROSKLODOWSKITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Fluorite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Maxonchamp, Remiremont, Upper Moselle Valley, Vosges, Grand Est, France
11.3 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Ferberite with Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
5.2 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Pink Quartz (new find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Calcite on Siderite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Billy Creek Wildlife Refuge, Ouray County, Colorado
9.3 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Cassiterite (slightly gemmy cyclic twins)
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
Antlerite (rare 1920's) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Piesky, Špania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banská Bystrica Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
11.1 x 5.6 x 5.4 cm
Cuprosklodowskite (rare classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
2.3 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm
Fluorite with interesting "snowball" inclusions
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
8.8 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Calcite with Pyrite on Dolomite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
6.7 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Proustite with Pyrostilpnite (old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Trebsko, Príbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
2.6 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Metahewettite (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ambrosia Lake Mining Sub-district, McKinley County, New Mexico
5.3 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Calcite (Manganoan) (ex David Burgess Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
14.7 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm