FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday June 7, 2018

ends Thursday June 7, 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 William Logan, Raul Sanabria, Joe Lobell and others. 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 Russian TOURMALINE
2. FLUORITE & TOPAZ from California
3. Superb PENTAGONITE
4. Classic old Tri-State SPHALERITE & CHALCOPYRITE
5. Gem CUPRITE from Australia
6. Rare old German ANGLESITE & CERUSSITE from the Friedrichssegen Mine
7. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
8. Classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson, Joe Lobell and an East Coast collection
9. Fine CALCITE, BARITE & FLUORITE from the Cumberland Mine
10. Selection of TOURMALINES
11. Old (1770s!) German GALENA
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Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (155 grams)
Malkhan pegmatite field, Chitinskaya Oblast', Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
5.7 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Sphalerite w/ Chalcopyrite (old classic) Joe Lobell Coll.
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma
8.8 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Gem Cuprite cube (excellent)
Red Dome Mine, Mungana, Queensland, Australia
1.3 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
DT Calcite twin on Baryte w/ Fluorite
Cumberland Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
8.4 x 8.4 x 7.5 cm
Baryte and Calcite (classic New Mexico) Robertson Coll.
Juanita Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico
6.3 x 5.0 x 3.8 cm
Microcline on Cleavelandite (rare old combo)
near Florissant, Teller County, Colorado
11.2 x 8.8 x 2.7 cm
Gem Calcite (old classic) Dixon and Wolfe Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
8.4 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) Robertson Coll.
Erika Mine, Saulnhof, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Bavaria, Germany
5.6 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Pyrite (classic locale)
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.9 x 5.6 x 2.9 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
4.1 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Large gemmy Scapolite xl
Scapolite locality, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
10.3 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Pyrite (classic locale)
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
6.2 x 5.8 x 5.4 cm
Spinel-twinned Galena (RARE locale) Robertson Coll.
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.8 x 7.3 x 5.8 cm
Quartz w/ Fluorite & Siderite (RARE combo) Robertson Coll.
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
9.7 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Malachite (RARE old Germany) (Robertson Coll.)
Wrexen, Waldeck, Hesse, Germany
7.0 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
Inesite (classic California) Robertson Coll.
Hale Creek Mine, Mad River Rock, Coastal Range, Trinity County, California
5.8 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Azurite (classic locale)
Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
10.7 x 8.1 x 4.6 cm
Hauyne var Lazurite (old Russia - rare)
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
7.4 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Fluorite cuboctahedrons (excellent California!) Robertson Coll.
Felix Mine, Azusa, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California
5.8 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm
Vesuvianite (classic locale)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
3.6 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Chalcedony ps. After fossil sponge (2016 find)
Bu Craa, Laayoune Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
5.4 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
Symplesite (RARE) & Erythrite (Type Locality) Robertson Coll.)
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
4.6 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Pentagonite (rare silicate - superb)
Wagholi Quarries, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
7.3 x 6.4 x 6.1 cm
Large Calcite (old classic)
Cumbria, England
14.0 x 11.0 x 7.1 cm
Fluorite w/ Pyrite & Galena (classic locale) Joe Lobell Coll.
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, Durham, England
9.5 x 7.7 x 7.3 cm
Rhodochrosite (Type Locality) Rausch & Logan Coll.
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
5.5 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
Galena (1770s!) Hess & Robertson Coll.
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
5.8 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Fluellite (rare phosphate) w/ Wavellite (Robertson Coll.)
Tom's Phosphate quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
9.0 x 8.1 x 5.2 cm
Quartz var. Chalcedony (OLD - RARE)
Brisbane County, New South Wales, Australia
10.6 x 6.5 x 5.7 cm
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