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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Cuprian Smithsonite w/ Willemite (fluorescent) ex Soregaroli Coll.
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Namibia
11.5 x 8.4 x 7.1 cm
Calcite (rare Indiana)
Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana
9.4 x 7.4 x 6.0 cm
Kyanite on muscovite schist (ex Fersman Museum & Kay Robertson Coll.)
Borisovskie Sopki, Plast, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Russia
3.5 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm
Celestine scepter (rare, 1800's) ex Roebling, Smithsonian & Robertson
Yate Quarry, Yate, South Gloucestershire, England
3.5 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Pyromorphite (2 generations - classic locale)
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
9.0 x 6.2 x 3.1 cm
Rosasite (Tony Potucek & Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co., Arizona
6.0 x 5.3 x 1.6 cm
Mimetite (Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona
5.1 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
DT floater Fluorapatite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.8 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Smithsonite (Jim Robison & Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Glove Mine, Amado, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
5.7 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Baryte (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Indian Head Rock, Basin, Jefferson Co., Montana
5.5 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Fluorapatite & Muscovite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley. Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.5 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Celestine (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
5.9 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Allanite-Ce (sharp crystal and a RARE locale! dated 1959)
Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
5.6 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
Fluorite w/ Calcite (fluorescent) ex Sanabria Coll.
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
12.1 x 9.4 x 7.3 cm
Iridescent Marcasite on Baryte stalactites (new find)
Lubin Mine, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
6.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Doubly terminated Stibnite xl (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.7 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Fluorite w/ hydrocarbons (RARE & RARE locale) self-collected by Ross Lillie
Rosiclare Level, Edgar Davis Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.9 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Brochantite (Sam Nasser & Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Grand View Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona
2.7 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Large decorative Malachite
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
18.0 x 15.9 x 0.9 cm
Unusual bi-colored Calcite (Sanabria Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
12.6 x 9.1 x 8.7 cm
Gaudefroyite, Ettringite & Andradite ex Charlie Key
Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.8 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Sulfur on Aragonite (fluorescent)
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
9.6 x 7.3 x 6.0 cm
Magnesiochromite (RARE Washington) Kay Robertson Coll.
Twin Sisters Mountain, Sisters District, Whatcom Co., Washington
2.9 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Pyrargyrite (Willard Perkin and Kay Robertson Coll.)
San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna Dist., Huancavelica Dept., Peru
2.3 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Aragonite & Hyalite Opal (both fluorescent) on Calcite (Murphy Coll.)
5th Level, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.3 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Baryte (Sanabria Coll.)
La Cabana, Berbes, Asturias, Spain
10.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 cm
Cuprite cubic xls ex. British Museum & Kay Robertson Coll.
Phoenix Mine, Linkinhorne, Liskeard Dist., Cornwall, England
3.9 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Hematite-included Calcite (old classic)
Stank Mine, Barrow, Cumbria, England
10.9 x 9.8 x 4.9 cm
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