FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 24, 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. Attractive old  classic COPPER on QUARTZ from Michigan
2. Beautiful blue FLUORITE on QUARTZ from the Sweet Home Mine, Colorado
3. Rare classic LEGRANDITE from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico
4. Gorgeous multicolor OPAL from Ethiopia
5. A newly discovered specimen of beautiful blue HEMIMORPHITE from Rep. of the Congo
6. Attractive rich blue AZURITE crystals on matrix from the Milpillas Mine, Mexico
7. Rarities include, THULITE, KLEBELSBERGITE, OSUMILITE and THESITE 
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Calcite (fluorescent) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
St Andreasberg, Braunlage , Goslar District , Lower Saxony , Germany
3.2 x 2.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Bertrandite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mt Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado
4.5 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Magnetite on Dolomite (hard to find material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Christie Mine, Wright Mountain, New Idria Mining District, Fresno County, California
2.0 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Sodalite with Ferro-hornblende (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
7.4 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Osumilite (rare silicate) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
McKenzie Pass, Lane County, Oregon
6.4 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Scapolite (var: "Wernerite") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Agder, Norway
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $39
Pink Chalcedony
South of Deming, Luna County, New Mexico
6.6 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Pyrargyrite (good quality)
Fresnillo, Fresnillo Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
2.9 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Andradite Garnet with Epidote and Clinochlore
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
15.6 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Galena on unusual "cast" (old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
7.1 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $159
Calaverite (rare Telluride) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Portland Mine, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado
2.7 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $309
Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Munstertal, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
6.5 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Fluorite (classic material)
Tule Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Muzquiz Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
8.1 x 7.1 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $179
Topaz (beautiful color) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Veronica Mine, El Copetillo, Villa Garcia Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
3.6 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $230
Hemimorphite (fine blue color) (2020 discovery)
M'Fouati Mine, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo
12.5 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $233