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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Gem bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Quartz
Otjua Mine, Otjua Farm 37, Karibib Dist., Erongo Region, Namibia
4.5 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Euclase
Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
1.2 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
DT Calcite (fluorescent) on Quartz
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
12.0 x 10.3 x 4.3 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite (superb - Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Horizon, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
12.7 x 6.4 x 5.6 cm
Hydrocerussite & Calcite on Hematite (rare combo)
Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England
8.5 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Scorodite w/ Ferberite (classic locale)
Drakelands Mine (Hemerdon Ball Mine), Plympton, Tavistock District, Devon, England
7.1 x 6.7 x 4.5 cm
Large Azurite in Granite (rare and unusual!)
Azurite locality, K2, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
15.0 x 9.9 x 3.4 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
3.0 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Gem Fluorite (fluorescent) Mervyn Ford Coll.
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
3.0 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite on Smithsonte
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Namibia
9.5 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
Limonite (RARE, old) Kay Robertson Coll.
White Coppice Quarry, Chorley, Lancashire, England
6.5 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
DT Amazonite w/ Schorl (Madrid Coll.)
Zapot pegmatite, Fitting District, Mineral Co., Nevada
7.0 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm
DT Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Sincosite (rare phosphate) self-collected by Tom Loomis
Ross Hannibal Mine, Lawrence Co., South Dakota
4.8 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
5.7 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm
Silver wires on Calcite (RARE - superb) Dave Stoudt Coll.
Cebada Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
3.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
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