FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday June 14, 2018

ends Thursday June 14, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix this week featuring gem crystals like Topaz and Tourmaline along with LOTS of old classics, contemporary beauties and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections of Kay Robertson along with fine minerals from numerous other collections and purchases. Lots of old classics here that are hard to find at any price, let alone at auction.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Large TOURMALINE combination from the Steve Smale Collection
2. Fine, large South Carolina AMETHYST and excellent Michigan COPPER
3. VERY FINE, bi-colored TANZANITE thumbnail
4. Rare old Romanian AMETHYST, and AMETHYST from the Charlie Key Collection
5. CARROLLITE on matrix
6. Rare TOURMALINE from the Little Three Mine
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Tetrahedrite in Baryte (RARE old combo) Robertson Coll.
Kamsdorf, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany
5.0 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Siderite var. Sphaerosiderite w/ Opal (rare combo) Robertson Coll.
Basalt quarries, Dietesheim - Steinheim, Main valley, Hesse, Germany
8.7 x 7.0 x 5.4 cm
Rubyjack Sphalerite (classic locale) Joe Lobell Coll.
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma
11.7 x 9.2 x 4.3 cm
Schorl w/ Cleavelandite (Robertson Coll.)
Blue Chihuahua Mine, Iron Spring Mountain, Riverside Co., California
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Wulfenite (Type Locality) Dr. Werner Lieber & Robertson Coll.
6th Level, Stefanie Mine, Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria
12.0 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite w/ Quartz (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Le Beix Mine, Herment, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
6.8 x 6.1 x 5.6 cm
Cerussite & Malachite (old classic) Robertson Coll.
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
7.1 x 5.9 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite octahedrons & Quartz (Robertson Coll.)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
7.8 x 7.6 x 6.9 cm
Pyromorphite & Malachite w/ Chrysocolla (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
7.3 x 6.5 x 1.7 cm
Amethyst (Charlie Key Coll.)
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
11.6 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Twisted Smoky Quartz gwindel w/ Chlorite
Giuv Valley, Tujetsch, Grischun, Switzerland
4.6 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm
Tourmaline (Robertson Coll.) with unusual rare pyramidal faces
Little Three Mine, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California
4.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Amethyst (rare old classic) ex Robertson Coll.
Valisoara (Porkura), Siebenburgen, Hunedoara Co., Romania
9.1 x 8.7 x 3.2 cm
Celestine & Calcite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
10.0 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Dioptase (Type Locality) w/ Calcite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Altyn-Tyube, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
7.3 x 6.7 x 4.0 cm
Cyanotrichite & Malachite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Maid of Sunshine Mine, Turquoise District, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.2 x 7.0 x 5.1 cm
Rhodochrosite & Quartz (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
6.9 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Rosasite (classic locale) Joe Lobell Coll.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.4 x 8.5 x 6.1 cm
Botryoidal Malachite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
6.8 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite on Rubjack Sphalerite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
5.9 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Quartz (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Santa Rita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin Department, Peru
5.2 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm
Sharp Carrollite on matrix (New Find)
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
9.3 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite, Mimetite & Calcite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.7 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Calcite (rare Swiss) Robertson Coll.
Kridenloch, Unterschachen, Schachen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
8.8 x 6.6 x 6.0 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
9.6 x 4.4 x 3.9 cm
Quartz over Marcasite (RARE - old) Isamu Ito & Joe Lobell Coll.
Aomori Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan
7.7 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Botryoidal Hemimorphite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
La Bocona mine, Mun. de Guadalupe Victoria, Durango, Mexico
8.8 x 7.8 x 4.1 cm
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