FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end THURSDAY July 6, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, July 6, 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 recently obtained in a collection purchase. We also feature more choice pieces, including many of $500 value and up, from the old Obodda material, and the Kay Robertson Collection.

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. Superb Franklin RHODONITE from the Washington Roebling Collection (circa 1900)
2. Classic CHRYSOBERYL TWIN (SUPERB THUMBNAIL!) from Brazil
3. Fine Peru QUARTZ Japan-law twin on matrix
4. Rarities and classics from the Kay Robertson and Barratt Phillips Collections.
5. Old TOURMALINES from the Cruzeiro Mine
6. Competition-quality gem ANGLESITE thumbnail
7. Fine ARIZONA specimens from the Bruce Murphy Collection
8. Rare old ALGODONITE w/ SILVER from Michigan
9. Specimens from the Dr. Francesco Bedogne and Paul Zerfass Collections
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Large Vanadinite (classic Arizona)
North Geronimo (Pure Potential Mine), Silver District, La Paz Co., Arizona
10.7 x 7.4 x 5.0 cm
Baryte (uncommon locale) ex Sanabria Coll.
San Jorge Mines, Portman, La Union, Murcia, Spain
11.0 x 8.0 x 7.7 cm
Hematite ps. After Magnetite (1990s finds)
Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza, Argentina
7.4 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm
Pyromorphite on Baryte (classic locale) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
7.8 x 7.3 x 6.8 cm
Amazonite
Teller County, Colorado
4.6 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Kinoite with Apophyllite (Tom Hales & Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona
4.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Mendipite ( Type Locality)
Churchill, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England
5.4 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
Siegenite w/ Galena (Dr. Gary Hansen)
Buick Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend, Iron Co., Missouri
5.4 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
Cassiterite and Quartz (excellent)
Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
5.4 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Baryte (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Les Malines District, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France
3.9 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Unusual Calcite on Calcite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
J-North Cavern, 18th Level, Buena Tierra Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.6 x 5.2 x 4.0 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline (old - classic locale)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.4 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.7 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) Lindsey Greenbank & Kay Robertson Coll.
South Vein, Heights Quarry, Westgate, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
6.0 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
Superb gem Anglesite cluster
Touissit, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
2.8 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Smithsonite w/ Calcite (rare - Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.1 x 2.8 x 0.6 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
8.4 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm
Gem Fluorite xls w/ phantoms (RARE locale) Ross Lillie Coll.
Tems Mine, Spar Mountain, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
2.6 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Doubly terminated Anatase xl (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Tysse, Odda, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
1.7 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (rare style - fluorescent)
Xianghuapu Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
16.4 x 13.4 x 10.1 cm
Boleite
Boleo District, Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
1.0 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Dolomite, Calcite and Quartz (classic locale) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Level 270, Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
8.0 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm
Pyromorphite (uncommon locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Sylvester mine, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
7.9 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Hematite (excellent 1980s find - Charlie Key)
Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.3 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Malachite on Hematite w/ Siderite (RARE for locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Grischun, Switzerland
4.3 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
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