MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - ends Thursday March 21, 2019

ends Thursday March 21, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Featuring new specimens culled from the purchase of the Robertson, Burgess, and Logan (Rhodochrosite) collections! We have pieces set aside specifically for the auctions that didn't make it to the Tucson shows, along with new finds and old collections we've purchased. Look for a great mix of old classics and specimens you'd expect to see at retail prices at shows!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Rare large HACKMANITE slab and rich old CROCOITE, VAUQUELINITE & PYROMORPHITE from Russia
2. LUDWIGITE from California and large WILLEMITE xl from the Sterling Mine
3. Excellent large VANADINITE plate
4. Classic large color-zoned FLUORITE from Illinois
5. Rare Colorado CALCITE and a large QUARTZ & RHODOCHROSITE from the Sunnyside Mine
6. Large AZURITE & MALACHITE plate from Milpillas
7. RHODOCHROSITES from the Logan Collection
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Rhodochrosite & Stilbite on Quartz (rare combo) W.S. Logan Coll.)
Starnitsa deposit, Davidkovo ore field, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
5.1 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm
Dravite-Schorl (RARE New Find - 2018)
Fundao, Espirito Santo State, Brazil
6.4 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Fluorapatite (fluorescent) w/ Muscovite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
3.0 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Almandine Garnet (uncommon locale)
Thackaringa Station, Thackaringa District, New South Wales, Australia
8.1 x 6.2 x 5.4 cm
Shattuckite (2014 find)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.2 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Prehnite ps. After Laumontite (classic find)
Malad Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
10.3 x 7.8 x 5.8 cm
Calcite w/ phantoms (RARE old Colorado!) Kay Robertson Coll.
Lead King Mine, Marble District, Gunnison Co., Colorado
12.8 x 10.2 x 8.5 cm
Ludwigite (RARE California) Smithsonian & Paterson Museum Coll.
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California
8.3 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm
Fluorite w/ Quartz (illustrated - Dr. S. Moreton Coll.)
Heights Quarry, Westgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England
15.2 x 9.9 x 4.1 cm
Large color-zoned Fluorite (classic locale)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.8 x 8.5 x 7.3 cm
Pyrite (NEW FIND)
Huaron mines, Huayllay district, Pasco department, Peru
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Fluorapophyllite-(K) & Stilbite (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
8.2 x 5.4 x 3.1 cm
Chrysocolla, Quartz & Malachite (Terry Szenics Coll.)
Manto Tres Gracias Mine, Diego de Almagro, Chanaral Province, Atacama, Chile
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Columbite-Tantalite ps after Fluornatromicrolite (RARE!) ex Obodda
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
8.5 x 7.4 x 3.9 cm
Sharp Cuprite octahedron
Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia
2.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Large Azurite & Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
20.0 x 14.3 x 6.0 cm
Calcite twin (rare style - late 1990s) ex Obodda
Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
4.4 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Sharp DT Carollite octahedron (New Find!)
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
2.4 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Galena on Schalenblende (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, Australia
7.1 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Large sharp Willemite xl (Gerstmann & Bartels Coll.)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey
8.0 x 6.5 x 5.8 cm
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