HOLIDAY SEASON MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS SET #1:
- ends Thursday Dec 13th, 2018

ends Thursday Dec 13, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

NEW COLLECTIONS PURCHASED! Look for more old classics, especially from Europe and the East Coast, from a Brazilian collection and from the collections of David Burgess and Kay Robertson. Our auctions present the largest mix of classics, gem crystals, contemporary minerals and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections and purchases including 60 years of collecting history from the Kay Robertson Collection with so many mineral specimens here that are hard to find at ANY price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Gem AQUAMARINES from Pakistan and Brazil
2. Classic old ANGLESITE from Sardinia
3. Excellent COBALTOAN CALCITES
4. Excellent AMETHYST scepters from Mexico
5. Rare old HYDROXYLHERITE from the Xanda Mine
6. Old NAGYAGITE from the Type Locality
7. Rhodochrosites from the W.S. Logan Collection
8 Fine TOURMALINES from Brazil
9. Large VARISCITE nodule
10. Large rich emerald-green FLUORITE from the Rogerley Mine
and other English specimens from the Dr. S. Moreton Collection
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Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Sphalerite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
4.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Calcite helectite "seahorse" (RARE Nevada) Ted Bartels Coll.
Black Jack mine, Imlay District, Pershing Co., Nevada
4.1 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Anglesite on Galena (classic old locale) Dr. Eugene Sensel Coll.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
7.4 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Galena on Dolomite & Marcasite
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
5.3 x 4.9 x 4.6 cm
Gemmy Amethyst scepters (classic locale)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
8.7 x 4.4 x 3.0 cm
Franckeite var. Potosiite & Franckeite (2004 find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro, Bolivia
5.8 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Calcite w/ Celestine (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Mojina Mine, Ricardo Flores Magon, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.4 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Bi-colored Baryte (classic locale) Ted Bartels Coll.
Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Union, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
10.2 x 6.2 x 4.9 cm
Halite (2 generations - fluorescent) Nowakowski Coll.
Detroit Salt Company Mine, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
9.2 x 8.5 x 5.4 cm
Fossil Belemnite replaced by Agate (Cretaceous period)
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Delaware
6.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (Largest of 2)
Specular Hematite, Dipyramidal Quartz & Calcite (Bartels Coll.)
Beckermet Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England
9.5 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Large Fluorite (fluorescent) Ted Bartels Coll.
Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
16.5 x 8.1 x 6.2 cm
Gem Celestine xl (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
6.1 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Gem DT Aquamarine scepter (56.14 carats)
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.0 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
very rich Nagyagite xls (Type Locality - old)
Sacarimb (Nagyag), Hunedoara Co., Romania
3.7 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare 2015 find)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
8.3 x 6.4 x 3.4 cm
Gemmy Watermelon Tourmaline xls (84.08 carats)
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Orange Creedite
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
6.6 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
Calcite after Ikaite ("Glendonite")
Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.2 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Almandine Garnet (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Garnet Hill, Ely, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada
5.5 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
8.5 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite stalactite! (fluorescent) Dr.S. Moreton Coll.
Joseph Brown's Crosscut, Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England
6.5 x 6.3 x 5.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare style) W.S. Logan Coll.
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.4 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Rhodochrosite & Fluorite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.2 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) & Baryte (New Find)
Volcano Vein, San Diego Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.5 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Superb etched gem Aquamarine xl (35 grams)
Marambaia area, Carai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Schorl (RARE North Carolina!) ex Seaman Museum
Forest Hamrich Pegmatite, Shelby area, Cleveland Co., North Carolina
5.5 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
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