MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING OLD CLASSIC SPECIMENS FROM MULTIPLE OLD COLLECTIONS !- end Thursday May 17, 2018

ends Thursday May 17, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

SUPER MIX of old classics with a few modern showy finds of gem crystals and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections of Bedogne, Robertson, Obodda, and others. Lots of old classics here that are hard to find at any price, let alone at auction.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Superb GOOSECREEKITE & botryoidal FLUORITE w/ AMETHYST specimens
2. Old Czech PYRARGYRITE with a handwritten CARL BOSCH label
3. Impressive and unusual large INDICOLITE TOURMALINE
4. Fine ADAMITE from Mina Ojuela
5. Large APOPHYLLITE stalactite
6. Rare DIAMONDS from the John Saul Collection
7. CHARLIE KEY collection specimens
8. Large VIVIANITE, Large carving-grade BISBEE MALACHITE
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Large Indicolite Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite
Santa Rosa mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
13.1 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Large Opal (rare locale)
Borovina, Trebic District, Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
13.8 x 11.5 x 4.0 cm
Adamite pinwheels (fluorescent!)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.8 x 5.7 x 1.8 cm
Large tabular Quartz (rare style - old)
nr. Hot Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas
15.2 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Cave Calcite (classic locale)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.0 x 10.0 x 8.2 cm
Amethyst "spear"
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Catapleiite w/ Aegirine (Charlie Key Coll.)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
1.8 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm
Rhodochrosite (Logan Coll.)
Hedgehog Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
2.9 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Large Vivianite from old finds (1980s)!
Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
13.5 x 7.0 x 4.9 cm
Glacial "float" Copper (rare Wisconsin locality)
Cambria, Columbia Co., Wisconsin
6.3 x 6.0 x 2.8 cm
Amazonite (old classic)
near Florissant, El Paso County, Colorado
7.7 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.1 x 5.2 x 1.7 cm
Chabazite & Heulandite (old - classic locale)
Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
9.3 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
Large Baryte
Niobec mine, Saint-Honore, Quebec, Canada
10.7 x 7.5 x 7.1 cm
Vanadinite (Robertson Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
8.5 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
Gem color-zoned Fluorite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Namibia
8.3 x 6.8 x 6.3 cm
Adularia w/ Chlorite (RARE Austria) Robertson Coll.
Defreggerhaus, Pragraten, Virgen valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
13.2 x 9.1 x 5.0 cm
Gem bi-colored Fluorite (excellent - fluorescent) Lloyd Tate Coll.
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
5.7 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
Rhodochrosite on Hisingerite (RARE) Rapp & Robertson Coll.
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.4 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm
Stephanite & Native Arsenic (classic old locale) Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
3.0 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Amethyst on Calcite (RARE combo) Charlie Key Coll.
Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.7 x 9.1 x 6.5 cm
Large carving grade Malachite nodule (1217 grams)
Holbrook Extension, Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise Co, Arizona
13.8 x 10.0 x 6.6 cm
Acanthite ps. After Pyrargyite (rare - old) Robertson Coll.
Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
1.9 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Hydroxylapatite w/ Rutile after Ilmenite (Robertson Coll.)
David Mosiah claim, Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Quartz (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Pyrargyrite (old classic) Bosch, Smithsonian & Robertson Coll.
Jachymov District (St Joachimsthal), Erzgebirge, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
6.5 x 5.9 x 2.0 cm
Large DT floater Quartz included w/ Fluorite (rare)
Amborompotsy, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
10.5 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
"Pokerchip" Calcite xls (fluorescent) Tom Wolfe Coll.
San Sebastian Mine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
10.6 x 8.0 x 6.3 cm
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