FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - end Oct 12th, 2017

Ends Thursday, October 12th, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix of classic, contemporary mineral specimens, rarities and gem crystals! 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. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Fine old 1800s GLAUCODOT
2. Classic and rarities from the Kay Robertson & Zerfass Collections
3. Unusual large TOURMALINE
4. RARE old Michigan COPPER drill core
5. Large classic old English ARAGONITE
6. New Find of Chinese HEMATITE
7. Rare old (1857!) Mexico SULFUR
8. Large Chinese FLUORITE
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Large Aragonite on Hematite (rare old classic circa 1800s)
Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England
14.3 x 6.8 x 6.0 cm
"Electric blue" Azurite w/ Malachite after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
6.0 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Iridescent Chalcocite (classic mid-1990s finds)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin
8.4 x 6.7 x 6.4 cm
Fluorite w/ gem corners & Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
6.0 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Galena w/ Quartz
Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
8.1 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite xls (classic locale - fluorescent)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
6.0 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm
Rare MICHIGAN Gypsum (uncommon locale) ex Nowakowski Coll.
Michigan Natural Storage Mine, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan
13.5 x 9.2 x 6.5 cm
Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
10.6 x 7.2 x 4.5 cm
Jouravskite (rare - old) Charlie Key
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari MN field, South Africa
5.2 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
DT Calcite twin w/ bitumen (Consie Prince Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
14.5 x 11.3 x 8.8 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (classic locale - self-collected by Paul Zerfass)
La Barre Mine, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
5.3 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Hematite ps. After Magnetite (1990s finds)
Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza, Argentina
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
Schorl on Muscovite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Fano Mine, Cahuilla District, Riverside Co., California
4.9 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Smithsonite ps. After Calcite (RARE NM locale) -Chris Cowan Coll.
Graphic Mine (Waldo-Graphic Mine), Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico
7.7 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Scheelite (Kay Robertson Coll.) (rare AZ - old - fluorescent)
Comstock Lode Mine (Cohen Mine), Teviston District, Cochise Co., Arizona
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Lorenzenite (rare - old) Kay Robertson Coll.
Lovozero Massif, Murmanskaya Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
3.4 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Large unusual Tourmaline (classic locale)
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.8 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite (Willard Perkin & Kay Robertson Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
2.7 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Conselheiro Pena pegmatite district, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Chrysocolla and Copper, rough & cut set
Dasht-e-Kain Cu-Mo deposit, Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm (Largest of 2)
Botryoidal Hematite (New Find - RARE)
Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
10.0 x 9.4 x 3.2 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
9.3 x 6.5 x 3.0 cm
Large Vanadinite (Paul Zerfass Coll.)
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
12.6 x 10.9 x 4.6 cm
Large Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Dolomite & Chalcopyrite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Cacilia Mine, Wolsendorf Fluorite mining District, Bavaria, Germany
17.2 x 12.5 x 3.1 cm
Large Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
14.6 x 14.5 x 5.0 cm
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