MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end THURSDAY MAY 25, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, May 25, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Another great auction this week loaded with plenty of goodies! 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 fantastic Kay Robertson collection of 10,000 specimens, filled with European treasures and old classics accumulated since she started collecting in 1928 (see our website for more information: http://www.irocks.com/kay-robertson-a-treasure-in-the-mineral-collecting-world)!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. A Superb Mexico wire SILVER
2. Classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection
3. Old, rare Michigan APOPHYLLITE on ANALCIME
4. Nice selection of TOPAZ, TOURMALINE and EUCLASE crystals
5. Rare Tsumeb AZURITE on SMITHSONITE
6. Large and rare Alaska BARRERITE combination
7. Impressive large Mexico SMITHSONITE from Santa Eulalia
8. Rare old large Utah MARTITE and MAGNETITE combination
9. Specimens from the Dr. Barratt Phillips Collection
10. Superb large Illinois FLUORITE combination from the Ross Lillie Collection
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Large Smithsonite (cadmium rich) ex Kerry Cooper Coll.
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
21.0 x 15.5 x 6.8 cm
Azurite on Smithsonite (RARE combination)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.8 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
Large Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
14.6 x 9.5 x 6.7 cm
Iridescent Marcasite on Baryte stalactites (new find)
Lubin Mine, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
6.8 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Chalcopyrite (rare - classic locale) Dr. Barratt Phillips Coll.
Fusseberg Mine, Biersdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
6.6 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Corundum (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Bozeman Corundum Co. Mine, Gallatin Gateway, Gallatin Co., Montana
5.8 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
Pyromorphite (old classic - 1800s) Dr. Barratt Phillips Coll.
Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.5 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Flos Ferri (stalactitic cave Aragonite) rare locale
Forestry road cut, Burgl Alp, Dienten, Salzburg, Austria
7.8 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Yunnan Province, China
6.8 x 6.3 x 2.9 cm
Adamite (classic locale - fluorescent!)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.7 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Amethyst w/ Hematite inclusions (Siltamaki Coll.) - Canada!
Crown Jewel Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
8.3 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Large Barrerite (rare Zeolite) on Quartz (rare combo)
Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska
17.3 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm
Kimberlite (rare Russian locality piece)
Udachnaya pipe, Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
7.8 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Pyromorphite (Sanabria Coll.)
Resuperferolitica Mine, Santa Eufemia, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
3.4 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm
Quartz & Hematite
Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Guangdong Province, China
12.3 x 9.6 x 7.5 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
8.0 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm
Witherite (ex Dawn & Jim Minette Coll.)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
9.2 x 4.1 x 3.0 cm
Bi-colored gem Tourmaline
Otjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib Dist., Erongo Region, Namibia
2.8 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Euclase (classic locale)
Mwami (Miami), Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
1.2 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Pyromorphite (old classic)
Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.9 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Veszelyite (classic locale)
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Granite Co., Montana
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
"Imperial" Topaz (22 grams)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Wavellite (classic locale)
Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery Co., Arkansas
7.1 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm
Olmiite & Calcite (NEW FIND)
Chocolate Pocket, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
6.7 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) & Quartz
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
9.5 x 7.7 x 6.0 cm
Fairburn Agate (RARE locale)
Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska
6.4 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Nephrite Jade (RARE California lapidary material)
Jade Cove, Cape San Martin, Monterey Co., California
2.4 x 2.1 x 0.9 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite cleavage octahedron (fluorescent) ex Obodda
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.8 x 4.5 x 4.1 cm
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