FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday June 21, 2018

ends Thursday June 21, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix this week featuring gem crystals like 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 including 1980s-90s specimens from the Ted Bartels Collection. 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. Rare Tajikistan TOURMALINE
2. Superb old and rare Bisbee AZURITE & MALACHITE
3. Fine crystallized GOLD
4. Selection of COLORADO specimens including a rare Cripple Creek CALAVERITE, GOLD & DOLOMITE
5. Large STILBITE, HEULANDITE & QUARTZ pocket
6. Rare Tsumeb MIMETITE after CERUSSITE
7. Selection of TOURMALINES
8. Rare NEBRASKA BARITE & CALCITE in a BRACHIOPOD
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Botryoidal Malachite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
6.7 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline (Rare locale - 151 grams)
Mika pegmatite, Rangkul' Highlands, Pamir Mts, Tajikistan
5.5 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Plumbogummite ps. After Pyromorphite (2015 find)
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
5.3 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Tetrahedrite & Quartz (old classic) Robertson Coll.
Ste Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
7.6 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Crystallized Gold
Serra do Caldeirao claims, Alto Guapore district, Mato Grosso, Brazi
2.2 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Rhodochrosite (uncommon style & locale) W.S. Logan Coll.
Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
4.3 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Chrysocolla w/ Azurite & Malachite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
11.4 x 10.6 x 3.7 cm
Cave Calcite w/ Hyalite Opal (fluorescent) Joe Lobell Coll.
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.3 x 8.9 x 8.2 cm
Stibnite (classic locale) Lobell Coll.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
6.8 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Acanthite in Quartz (old classic) Robertson Coll.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm
Mimetite ps. After Cerussite (rare)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
9.3 x 6.0 x 4.3 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite (2 gens - new find!) & Aragonite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan A.P., Yunnan Province, China
6.2 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Azurite rosette w/ Malachite (Lobell Coll.)
Nevada lode, La Sal, San Juan Co., Utah
3.9 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Wavellite (rich color) Lobell Coll.
Dug Hill, Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas
7.8 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Etched Indicolite Tourmalines (Robertson Coll.)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.6 x 0.8 x 0.7 (Largest of 3)
Serandite w/ Aegirine & Catapleiite (classic locale)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
4.5 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Chalcedony ps. After fossil sponge (2016 find)
Bu Craa, Laayoune Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
5.2 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
Gem Amethyst (classic locale)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
6.8 x 5.7 x 5.0 cm
Fluorite ball on Amethyst (rare combo)
Mahodari, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
4.9 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Bismuthinite (old classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Fowey Consols, Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England
9.7 x 7.4 x 5.8 cm
Hubnerite (classic Colorado) Ted Bartels Coll.
Adams Mine, Cement Creek, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado
9.0 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm
Large Schorl xl (rare locale) Ted Bartels Coll.
Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.3 x 8.8 x 8.2 cm
Barite on Pyrite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Black Cloud Mine, Iowa Gulch, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado
5.4 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Fluorapatite (Type Locality) & Quartz (Robertson Coll.)
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
11.7 x 8.5 x 5.7 cm
Large gemmy bi-colored Fluorite plate (NEW find)
Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China
15.8 x 14.5 x 8.8 cm
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