FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends August 13, 2020

A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual minerals specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from collections we've acquired along the way.  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. WATER CLEAR sherry colored TOPAZ crystal from Pakistan
2. Old classic ALEXANDRITE from Zimbabwe
3. Rare "Trapiche" habit RUBY crystal from Myanmar
4. Beautiful yellow SMITHSONITE (with Greenockite inclusions) from Greece
5. Classic GEM QUALITY LEGRANDITE crystals on matrix from Mexico
6. Fantastic, multicolor phantom "floater" FLUORITE specimen from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia
7. Rarities include:  GOLDMANITE, SAMPLEITE and VANDENBRANDEITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
 
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Topaz (GEM quality) (22.27 grams)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Chrysoberyl (var: Alexandrite) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Novello Mine, Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Masvingo, Zimbabwe
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Ametrine (polished slice) (53.11 grams)
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Ruby (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.4 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
7.7 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Quartz pseudomorph after Anhydrite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Uncompahgre Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado
8.7 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Rhodonite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Chiurucu Mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco, Peru
5.1 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Rhodochrosite (rare locality) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Dr. Geier Mine, Waldalgesheim, Mainz-Bingen District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.7 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Witherite (fine classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
5.7 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Variscite (fine color)
Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
7.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Goldmanite (rare garnet species)
Rybnícek, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
9.4 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Multicolor Tourmaline (4.56 grams)
Cruzeiro Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Copper (LARGE "leaf"-like specimen) (unique locality piece)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
13.7 x 13.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Quartz (var: Amethyst)
Jackson Crossroads, Jacksons Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia
3.8 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Fluorite (unique color combination)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Fluorite on Quartz
De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, De'an Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
6.0 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Amazonite (rare locality)
Zapot Pegmatite, Gillis Range, Fitting District, Mineral County, Nevada
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Sampleite (very rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Santa Catalina Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
7.2 x 5.8 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $142
Hausmannite with Andradite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Spessartine on Microcline
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
4.7 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Aquamarine (rare New England locality)
Beryl Mountain Quarry, South Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
6.6 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Pink Chalcedony
South of Deming, Luna County, New Mexico
4.2 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Scheelite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Obri dul (Riesental), Krkonose Mtn (Riesengebirge), Hradec Kralove Region, Czech Republic
10.7 x 6.1 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Colemanite (rare color)
Kestelek Mine, Mustafa Kemalpafla, Bursa Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
4.1 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Apatite with Muscovite on Albite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Xanda Mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Malachite pseudomorphs after Cuprite on Azurite (rare from Arizona) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Pyrite ("floater" pyritohedron) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Gmina Strzegom (formerly Striegau), Swidnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Fluorapatite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
King Lithia Mine, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota
2.2 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Hematite ("iron rose") on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Fedenstock, Felli Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60