FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end THURSDAY July 27, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, July 27, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

FEATURING MANY SPECIMENS FROM OLD MINERAL COLLECTIONS! Most of the specimens here are from old stashes and purchased dealer inventories that you cannot as easily find in today's market as in the past. This week will highlight some rare Arizona locality pieces and large Brazilian specimens recently obtained in collection purchases.

We are honored to announce the purchase of several large collections including the fantastic Kay Robertson collection of 10,000 specimens, filled with European treasures and old classics accumulated since she started collecting in 1928 (see our website for more information: http://www.irocks.com/kay-robertson-a-treasure-in-the-mineral-collecting-world)!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Rare and fine Illinois FLUORITE from the Ross Lillie Collection
2. Many classic and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection
3. Large, rare Chinese FLUORITE from a 2016 find
4. Fine ARIZONA specimens from the Bruce Murphy Collection
5. Specimens from the Paul Zerfass Collection
6. A stunning, sharp ALLANITE crystal from Russia
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Celestine (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Dundas Quarry, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
5.4 x 4.3 x 1.6 cm
Quartz incl. w/ Hedenbergite "prase" (Nowakowski Coll.)
Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Aegean Islands Department, Greece
9.8 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Topaz w/ Bixbyite
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah
3.4 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Pyrite on Calcite (rare - old) Wolfe Coll.
Woodend Mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria, England
12.6 x 8.6 x 5.0 cm
Pyromorphite (2 generations) self-collected by Paul Zerfass
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
7.8 x 6.8 x 5.1 cm
Calcite on Chrysocolla (Tony Potucek & Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Old Dominion Mine, Globe, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
Vanadinite (Williams & Murphy Coll.)
J.C. Holmes Mine, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
3.5 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
Opal w/ fluorescent Hyalite Opal (rare locale)
Smrcek, Vysocina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
11.1 x 8.5 x 6.1 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite (fluorescent) Sanabria Coll.
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
11.5 x 8.7 x 5.1 cm
Cavansite & Stilbite
Wagholi quarries, Pune, Maharashtra, India
8.0 x 5.9 x 4.5 cm
Unusual Pyrite xl cluster (rare) ex. B. Phillips Coll.
Bosque Draw, Chaves Co., New Mexico
10.3 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Azurite (uncommon - Schupp, Pullman & Murphy Coll.)
79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona
5.8 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Gemmy Wulfenite on Calcite (fluorescent) ex Paul Harter & Bruce Murphy Coll.
Red Gem Pocket - 2003, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
5.7 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Large Fluorite (2 generations - rare 2016 find)
nr. Yiwu City, Yiwu Co., Zhejiang Province, China
19.1 x 15.0 x 10.6 cm
Polished terrestrial Native Iron slab (rare)
Buhl, Weimar, Kassel, Hesse, Germany
6.5 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm
Pyrrhotite w/ Sphalerite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbanya), Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
7.1 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
old classic Cassiterite w/ Quartz (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
9.1 x 7.9 x 4.5 cm
Tapiolite-(Fe) (rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Galiliea, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.4 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Antlerite w/ Brochantite (RARE Nevada combo) Kay Robertson Coll.
3 Metals Mine, Weepah District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada
6.2 x 5.0 x 2.3 cm
Epidote "fan" (Soregaroli Coll.)
Pampa Blanca, Huancavelica Department, Peru
7.6 x 6.2 x 2.9 cm
Iridescent Goethite coating Cerussite xls Sanabria Coll.
San Valentin Mine, La Union, Murcia, Spain
8.8 x 8.6 x 7.5 cm
Staurolite "cross" (Kay Robertson Coll.) - rare locale
Cattle Creek, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
4.1 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Meyerhofferite (rare - Type Locality) ex Paterson Museum Coll.
Mount Blanco Mine, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California
12.8 x 8.2 x 6.0 cm
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