FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) - end Nov 16, 2017

Ends Thursday, November 16th, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Up for auction is a very broad mix of minerals including specimens worth over $1000 - all starting at $10 bids, from the last 200 years and from many countries and places...the results of our large collection purchases over the last few years! Look for featured specimens from the Kay Robertson collection. Her collection is loaded with old classics and esoteric pieces from all over that you cannot find on the market today!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson & Paul Zerfass Collections
2. EMERALD NEW FIND from Ethiopia
3. Superb, rare SWISS GEM TITANITE TWIN and a RUSSIAN PHENAKITE (*ex. Robertson)
4. Large Bisbee MALACHITE circa 1900 - over 100 years old!
5. Rare ANGLESITE from the Bunker Hill Mine
6. Classic RHODOCHROSITE from the Sunnyside Mine
7. Gem BERYL from Brazil
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Beryl var. Morganite (ex Obodda)
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Large Quartz (Paul Zerfass Coll.)
Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas
16.1 x 14.0 x 11.9 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Quartz & Pyrite (classic CO) Kay Robertson Coll.
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado
3.8 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Oppu Mine, Aomori Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
2.8 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Unusual gem Beryl (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Teofilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Josephinite (Awaruite) (rare alloy) Kay Robertson Coll.
Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Dist,, Josephine Co., Oregon
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Wulfenite and Mimetite (Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., Arizona
5.5 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Chalcedony w/ Hyalite Opal Chris ex. Cowan Coll.
Middle of Nowhere, nr Baker Claim, Grant Co., New Mexico
4.2 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Anglesite (RARE for locale) Bob Hopper Coll.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
6.0 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Betafite ps. After Xenotime-(Y) (rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Ambatofotsikely pegmatite, Betafo District, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
3.0 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
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