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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Vandenbrandeite (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Musonoi Mine (Musonoi Extension Mine), Kolwezi, Kolwezi District, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo
2.8 x 2.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Schorl (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Granite outcrops, Irfersgrun, Lengenfeld, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
10.6 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Pyrmorphite (classic locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District, Granite County, Montana
3.2 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Calcite and Barite on Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Erika Mine, Säulnhof, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
6.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Bournonite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
La Oroya, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru
3.1 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Smithsonite with Greenockite inclusions
Soureza Area, Lavrion Mining District, East Attica, Attica, Greece
9.4 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $116
"Larvikite" (ex David Burgess Collection)
Norway (probably Oslo)
12.4 x 9.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $56
Fluorite (multi-colored) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Erika Mine, Säulnhof, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
10.3 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Adamite (var: Manganoan) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.3 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Perovskite (rare old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
2.4 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Epidote (great quality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Baja California, Mexico
6.1 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $138
Fluorite (superb "floater" specimen)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
9.3 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $585
Calcite coated by Calcite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Denton Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
9.2 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $163