FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 8, 2020

We have a great selection this week featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source. We have specimens from the collections of David Burgess and Gary Weaver, along with 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. Unique spherical DIOPTASE from Republic of the Congo

2. Excellent AZURITE and MALACHITE specimen from the Milpillas Mine, Mexico

3. Rarely seen RED COLORED APOPHYLLITE from Inida

4. Classic and hard to find COPPER from the Cashin Mine, Colorado

5. Gorgeous and rarely seen RHODOCHROSITE on PYRITE from the Quiruvilca Mine, Peru

6. Fantastic showy large cabinet display specimen of BARITE from Romania

7. Rarities include: ANDORITE, LIBETHENITE, CLINOCLASE, FAIRFIELDITE and GAUDEFROYITE

8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson

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Copper with Malachite (rare locality specimen)
Cashin Mine, La Sal District, Montrose County, Colorado
6.0 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Dioptase (unusual form) (2019 find)
Ntola Mine, Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo
5.5 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Aquamarine with Albite and Muscovite
Pingwu Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
5.9 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Hubnerite on Quartz (classic material)
Adams Mine, Cement Creek, Silverton District, San Juan County, Colorado
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Azurite altering to Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
8.3 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Barite (old classic from Colorado)
278 Stope, 150' Level, Black Cloud Mine, Iowa Gulch, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
7.7 x 7.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Quartz (attractive habit) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Little Giant Basin, San Juan County, Colorado
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Sphalerite on Amethyst (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Commodore Mine, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado
13.3 x 6.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Fluorite (GEMMY twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Durham, England
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Beryl (Heliodor) (rare New England locality)
Beryl Mountain Quarry, South Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
2.7 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Brucite (attractive rare color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
7.7 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, Canutillos Mine, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.6 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Heterogenite with Chrysocolla with Malachite
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.2 x 5.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $361
Calcite (classic 1989 pocket)
Malmberget, Gallivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Libethenite (rare locality specimen (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Azurite (rare locality specimen) (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Indiana Mine (Homestake Mine), Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima County, Arizona
2.9 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Halite (beautiful skeletal crystals)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
7.9 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Amethyst (reverse scepters) with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)
Bombori, Chayanta Province, Potosi, Bolivia
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Opal-AN (formerly Hyalite Opal) ("Blood Vessel Opal")
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
4.0 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Turquoise (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado
3.2 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Topaz (var: Pyknite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Zinnwald, Ore Mountains, Europe
4.0 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $27
Schorl (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Unknown Locality
4.8 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Clinoclase (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Vieja Mine, Potrerillos, Chile
4.0 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Apatite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Scheelite (hard to find classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ortiz Mine, Golden, Old Placers District, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
4.9 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Bournonite (fine old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Georg Mine, Willroth, Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
6.8 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Fairfieldite with Fluoapatite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina
6.3 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Gaudefroyite (excellent rare crystal) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
1.1 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Fluorite on Quartz replacing Calcite
Erika Mine, Saulnhof, Stulln, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
5.3 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine, Grossschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.0 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $231