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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Pyromorphite (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
3.2 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
Goethite ps. After Pyrite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Pelican Point Quarry, Pelican Point, Utah Lake, Utah Co., Utah
6.7 x 6.0 x 5.8 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper (Bisbee) Ted Bartels Coll.
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
10.7 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Scheelite (Colorado - 2 color fluorescence) Ted Bartels Coll.
East Camp Bird vein, Camp Bird Mine, Ouray District, Ouray Co., Colorado
6.9 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Schorl, Muscovite & Quartz (Robertson Coll.)
Colico, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.9 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
Galena on Dolomite (rare combo) Lobell Coll.
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma
9.1 x 5.6 x 4.1 cm
Baryte & Calcite in Brachiopods (RARE Nebraska!) Robertson Coll.
Kenner's Ford, Big Nemaha River, Pawnee Co., Nebraska
8.4 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Baryte
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
9.0 x 7.0 x 6.7 cm
Fluorite & Quartz w/ Baryte (classic locale) Zerfass Coll.
Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
11.7 x 11.3 x 5.6 cm
Baryte w/ Calcite (uncommon Canada) Lobell Coll.
Rock River, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
12.6 x 8.2 x 4.7 cm
Chalcopyrite on Quartz (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
10.9 x 6.8 x 3.7 cm
Azurite & Malachite (rare 1937 Bisbee) Ted Bartels Coll.
1200 Level, 145 Stope, Sacramento Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.5 x 5.0 x 4.4 cm
Smoky Quartz & Feldspar (Robertson Coll.)
Crystal Peak area, Park Co., Colorado
8.7 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
Arsenian Pyromorphite (2 generations) Lobell Coll.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
4.9 x 4.6 x 2.0 cm
Calcite (classic locale) British Museum & Robertson Coll.
Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England
8.2 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Calaverite w/ Dolomite, Quartz & Gold (RARE, classic Colorado) Robertson Coll.
Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller Co., Colorado
11.2 x 4.1 x 1.1 cm
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