MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - ends Thursday April 18, 2019

ends Thursday April 18, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Featuring new specimens culled from the purchase of the Kay Robertson, David Burgess, and Bill 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! STAY TUNED : NEW TSUMEB COLLECTION ACQUIRED! Tsumeb minerals are harder to come by now, and we got lucky - a large number will be presented to the auctions, coming soon!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:


1. TOPAZ from the Xanda Mine
2. Rare and excellent RHODOCHROSITES from the Logan Collection
3. Excellent and uncommon style FLUORITE from Okorusu
4. Showy FLUORITE, CALCITE & QUARTZ from the Yaogangxian Mine
5. Fine Tsumeb and Namibia specimens from the Shields Flynn Collection
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Rhodochrosite w/ Fluorapatite (RARE combo) Logan Coll.
Wutong Mine, Liubao, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
10.7 x 7.4 x 3.5 cm
Quartz w/ Chlorite phantoms (old classic)
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
6.9 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (rare style) Shields Flynn Coll.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo Dist., Namibia
7.7 x 5.8 x 2.2 cm
Tapiolite-(Fe) on Quartz & Muscovite
Quixaba pegmatite, Quixaba, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, Brazil
8.3 x 7.3 x 4.6 cm
Prehnite ps. After Laumontite (classic find)
Malad Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
11.7 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Esperite, etc (4 color fluorescence) ex Burgess Coll.
Franklin Mine, Sussex Co., New Jersey
8.3 x 5.9 x 5.2 cm
Adamite pinwheels (fluorescenct!)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.6 x 7.7 x 4.4 cm
Rubellite Tourmaline in Lepidolite (old classic CA)
Stewart Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
8.1 x 5.8 x 5.2 cm
Almandine Garnets on Schist (classic locale)
Otz valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
9.9 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm
Azurite in Granite (rare and unusual from K2 Peak!)
Azurite locality, K2, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
10.7 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm
Almandine Garnet (uncommon locale)
Thackaringa Station, Thackaringa District, New South Wales, Australia
9.3 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Large Rhodochrosite (rare style - illustrated) W.S. Logan Coll.
Madan ore field, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
12.2 x 8.2 x 7.5 cm
Fluorite, Calcite & Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.7 x 7.1 x 6.5 cm
DT twinned Calcite (classic locale)
Pugh Quarry, Weston, Wood Co., Ohio
9.3 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Kyanite (old classic) Zodac & Burgess Coll.
Kyanite locality (Judds Bridge locality), Washington, Litchfield Co., Connecticut
7.1 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm
Livingstonite xls w/ Fluorite (RARE combo) David Burgess Coll.
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Batken, Kyrgyzstan
5.5 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Ericaite (rare borate - Type Locality) Kay Robertson Coll.
Riedel Potash Works, Hanigsen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
5.5 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) & Baryte (New Find)
Volcano Vein, San Diego Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.7 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm
Zircon xls (fluorescent)
Tanzania
1.9 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm (Largest of 3)
Naumannite w/ Electrum (RARE Washington) David Burgess Coll.
Bailey Decline, Republic Mine, Copper Mountain, Ferry Co., Washington
4.8 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Large Calcite w/ phantoms (Gary Hansen)
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
12.5 x 9.2 x 7.4 cm
Heulandite (rare color - old)
Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey
8.7 x 7.2 x 5.0 cm
Manganoan Calcite (early 1990s - fluorescent)
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Pyromorphite (Paul Zerfass Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
6.3 x 6.1 x 3.7 cm
Arsenopyrite, Galena & Siderite (Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco, Portugal
5.0 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Pyromorphite on Baryte (Paul Zerfass Coll.)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
4.5 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
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