FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end Nov 9, 2017

Ends Thursday, November 9 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We try to provide the widest mix of fine mineral specimens, rarities and gems! Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including the massive mineral collections of Kay Robertson and Paul Zerfass, along with dealers' inventories. Keep an out for DOZENS OF RARE OLD CLASSICS ACQUIRED IN THE 1960s-1980s FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION this week and in the coming weeks! These massive collections will not be built again, and this is a unique window to acquire things not on the market so often.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Rare gem AQUAMARINE from Madagascar
2. Large gemmy INDICOLITE TOURMALINE from Brazil
3. Rare Utah FLUORITE and OPAL - Tiffany Stone
4. EMERALD from South Africa
5. Selection of TOURMALINES
6. Old large rare Bolivia CASSITERITE stream tin
7. Fine suite of DIAMONDS
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Large Gem Indicolite Tourmaline
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
17.0 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Unusual Azurite & Malachite (Rolando & Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
M'Ssici, Alnif County, Tinghir Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
12.8 x 12.0 x 5.3 cm
Gem Aquamarine (RARE color - uncommon locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Tsaramanga pegmatite (Tongafeno pegmatite), Betafo Dist., Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
5.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite var. Tiffany stone & Hyalite Opal (RARE) Kay Robertson Coll.
Brush Wellman Mine, Spor Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
7.8 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
5.9 x 3.3 x 1.0 cm
Laguna Agate (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Estacion Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.6 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
V-twin Calcites (classic find) Cynthia Payne Coll.
Mine No. 884, Leiping, Chenzhou Prefect., Hunan Prov., China
5.9 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.8 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic Colorado) Kay Robertson Coll.
Monarch Mine, Ouray District, Ouray Co., Colorado
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Dryhead Agate (classic Montana) Kay Robertson Coll.
Dryhead Agate Mine, Bighorn River area, Carbon Co., Montana
12.2 x 9.0 x 5.5 cm
Doubly terminated Emerald (rare locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Cobra pit, Gravelotte Emerald Mine, Gravelotte, Limpopo Province, South Africa
3.2 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Aquamarine in Quartz (RARE California) Kay Robertson Coll.
Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California
5.8 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich (New/old Find)
Wei Nan, Yunnan Province, China
5.5 x 5.4 x 3.1 cm
Baryte (classic locale) Raul Sanabria Coll.
Teresita Mine, Atamaria, La Union, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
7.7 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm
Nephrite Jade (Rrare old California material) Kay Robertson Coll.
Jade Cove, Cape San Martin, Monterey Co., California
4.8 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Siderite on Pyrite & Quartz (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Tazna Mine, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm
Polished Lapis Lazuli sculpture
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
9.5 x 5.9 x 4.8 cm
Large Cassiterite var. Stream Tin (rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
probably Colquechaca, Chayanta Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.2 x 6.1 x 5.4 cm
Chrysocolla on Quartz (RARE & rare locale)
Cobrena Mine, Acari, Caraveli Province, Arequipa Department, Peru
10.5 x 6.3 x 3.9 cm
Gypsum ps. After Glauberite
Camp Verde, Camp Verde District, Yavapai Co., Arizona
12.4 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
3.9 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Pyrite octahedrons (RARE - classic locale) Dr. B. Phillips Coll.
Black Jack Mine, Galena, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois
10.1 x 9.8 x 6.2 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite (classic Arizona) Kay Robertson Coll.
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Gila Co., Arizona
5.3 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
Rhodochrosite (old classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
Hotazel Mine, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.5 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Calcite (old classic - fluorescent) Kay Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
3.3 x 3.0 x 1.9 cm
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