FINE MINERALS and MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - end THURSDAY APRIL 13th, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, APRIL 13, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We ramped up the auctions this week with some important, beautiful "spikers" including COPPER SPECIES and GEM CRYSTALS ! This auction set, as do all, features classic and rare minerals from contemporary and historic worldwide localities along with gem crystals, native elements and more , mostly from old stashes and old dealer inventories that you cannot even access easily at shows anymore. We are honored to announce the purchase of several large collections including the remainder of the Dr. Miguel Romero collection and the fantastic Kay Robertson collection, filled with European treasures and old classics accumulated since she started collecting in 1928.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Classic and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection.
2. Fine CALCITE on AMETHYST from Brazil.
3. Rare old English BARITE stalactite.
4. Namibia rarities from the CHARLIE KEY COLLECTION.
5. GEM CUPRITE from the MIGUEL ROMERO COLLECTION.
6. A rare , important Michigan COPPER
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Amethyst & Calcite (fluorescent)
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
13.2 x 11.8 x 8.4 cm
Large crystallized Copper (classic locale)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
15.2 x 13.0 x 3.4 cm
Gemmy Tourmaline (classic locale)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite, Rhodochrosite, Apatite! (classic locale)
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
6.3 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Gem Spessartine (rare quality) ex Obodda
Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Siderite w/ Pyrite (RARE Colorado) Dr. Barratt Phillips Coll.
Alice Mine, Alice District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado
4.7 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Dioptase (RARE locale)
M'fouati Mine, M'fouati District, Bouenza Dept., Republic of Congo
7.5 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Huge Villiaumite rough mass (Charlie Key Coll.)
Aris Quarries, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia
2.8 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Agate (uncommon locale)
Votrubec quarry, Kozakov, Liberec Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
8.1 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm
Polished Rhodochrosite stalactite slices
Capillitas Mine, Catamarca, Argentina
2.4 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm (largest of 2)
Lammerite (rare arsenate)
El Guanaco Mine, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Region, Chile
2.7 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite & Calcite on Mimetite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.4 x 8.4 x 2.8 cm
Native Arsenic, ex Vajdak Coll.
Svornost Mine, Jachymov, Krusne Hory Mts, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.5 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Large Erythrite (1974 date) ex E.S. Treseder Coll.
Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
11.0 x 6.7 x 2.8 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
6.6 x 5.2 x 2.4 cm
DT Apophyllite on Stilbite (J. Murray Coll.)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
5.5 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm
Hematite (rare Bisbee) ex Al Viorin Coll.
Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.9 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm
Pyrite (huge for locale)
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
2.6 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Quartz & Clinozoisite (Sanabria Coll.)
Los Serranos Quarry, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain
6.1 x 5.5 x 1.4 cm
Azurite rosettes
Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona
3.4 x 3.0 x 2.6 cm
Gem Beryl w/ Muscovite
Conselheiro Pena pegmatite district, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm
Manganoan Calcite (classic locale - fluorescent!)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
6.8 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Hematite ps. Marcasite
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
5.7 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Pyrite (uncommon locale) Dr. Barratt Phillips Coll.
Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
6.8 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
Turquoise crystals (RARE) on Quartz (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia
3.0 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm (largest of 2)
Large Calcite plate (rare) Allen Penick Coll.
East Stone Gap Quarry, East Stone Gap, Wise Co., Virginia
14.1 x 12.5 x 4.6 cm
Large Calcite "flower bulbs"
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan A.P., Yunnan Province, China
19.5 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Tugtupite (rare - fluorescent) Kay Robertson Coll.
Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Greenland
2.4 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
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