MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - ends Thursday April 25, 2019

ends Thursday April 25, 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. Classic large yellow FLUORITE from the Hilton Mine
2. Old Morenci AZURITE & MALACHITE slab
3. Rare and excellent RHODOCHROSITES from the Logan Collection
4. Large Indian FLUORITE "egg yolk"
5. Fine Tsumeb and Namibia specimens from the Shields Flynn Collection
6. Excellent New Mexico specimens from the Chris Cowan Collection
7. Dr. Stephen Moreton Collection English specimens
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Large Fluorite (classic locale - illustrated) Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Middle Level, Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria, England
14.8 x 10.5 x 8.8 cm
Azurite & Malachite slab (old classic) William Kelly Coll.
Morenci, Copper Mountain District, Greenlee Co., Arizona
12.5 x 8.4 x 3.7 cm
Scheelite w/ Pyrite (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Tae Hwa Mine, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Large Corundum var. Ruby xl (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Zazafotsy Quarry, Zazafotsy, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar
4.0 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite (rare New Mexico - fluorescent)
Gila River, Grant Co., New Mexico
5.5 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
Anglesite ps. After Galena (RARE - Kay Robertson Coll.)
Sunshine No. 1 adit, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
3.6 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Psilomelane (Romanechite - old) Kay Robertson Coll.
Adam Heber Mine, Neustadtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.1 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Arsenian Pyromorphite (1981 find) Kay Robertson Coll.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
6.5 x 5.9 x 3.0 cm
Klebelsbergite, Stibnite & Spharosiderite (Robertson Coll.)
Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramure?, Romania
10.0 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm
Chrysoprase (NEW FIND - polished)
Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Gmina Zabkowice Slaskie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
3.8 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Kyanite in Quartz (RARE - old) Kay Robertson Coll.
Chiave Pass (Schlussel Pass), Pfitsch Valley, Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
9.0 x 6.7 x 3.9 cm
Large Sphalerite & Quartz (illustrated - Dr. S. Moreton Coll.)
Rampgill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England
16.0 x 10.7 x 7.7 cm
Descloizite (excellent) Shields Flynn Coll.
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Namibia
4.8 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Spinel-twinned Silver in Dolomite slab (Chris Cowan Coll.)
Alhambra Mine, Black Hawk District, Big Burro Mts, Grant Co., New Mexico
6.7 x 5.9 x 3.0 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
7.8 x 6.7 x 6.0 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare 2015 find)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
4.9 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Valentinite (2012 find) Rob Sielecki
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
12.3 x 7.2 x 3.2 cm
Schorl (RARE North Carolina!) ex Seaman Museum
Forest Hamrich Pegmatite, Shelby area, Cleveland Co., North Carolina
3.7 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Quartz xls w/ Hematite inclusions (Heini Soltau Coll.)
Orange River, Warmbad, Karasburg District, Karas Region, Namibia
4.1 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm (Largest of 3)
Mimetite (2013 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.5 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic Colorado)
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado
4.2 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Mimetite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.4 x 5.1 x 3.0 cm
Spinel-twinned Gold
Icabaru River placers, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolivar, Venezuela
1.1 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare style) on Quartz Hardin & Logan Coll.
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pallasca Province, Ancash, Peru
10.5 x 7.8 x 2.4 cm
Baryte (rare locale - illustrated) Dr. S. Moreton Coll.
Dam Rigg Level, Northside Mines, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England
7.8 x 6.3 x 4.5 cm
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite & Quartz (Chris Cowan Coll.)
Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Central District, Grant Co., New Mexico
4.4 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Rhodochrosite on Pyrite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin, Peru
6.8 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Gem Calcite (rare style) ex Obodda
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
5.8 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Jeremejevite (2010 find)
Ameib Farm 60, Usakos, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.8 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
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