MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday Aug 2, 2018

ends Thursday August 2, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A wonderful selection of specimens in this week's auctions with a mix of gem crystals, classics, contemporary beauties and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections of Kay Robertson along with fine minerals from numerous other collections and purchases including 1980s-90s specimens from the Ted Bartels Collection. 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. Gem green BERYL from Brazil
2. Selection of Franklin FLUORESCENTS and worldwide SMITHSONITES
3. Classic Arizona WULFENITES
4. TOURMALINE & SMOKY QUARTZ from the Tourmaline Queen Mine
5. Fine specimens from the Irv Brown, Ken Roberts & Ted Bartel collections
6. Many classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection
7. Rare Colorado MARCASITE cast after tree bark.
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Chalcedony ps. After fossil sponge (2016 find)
Bu Craa, Laayoune Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
6.3 x 6.2 x 3.1 cm
Smithsonite w/ Hemimorphite & Aurichalcite (Robertson Coll.)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Gila Co., Arizona
4.3 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Gem bi-colored Tourmaline & Stilbite (RARE combo)
Hyakule, Sankhuwasabha District, Kosi Zone, Nepal
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Crocoite (old, robust style)
Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
5.2 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic locale) W.S. Logan Coll.
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.5 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Amethyst (classic locale)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
6.4 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Smithsonite (rare - classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Mezica Mines, Mezica (Miess), Slovenia
6.2 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
"Turkey fat" Smithsonite (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas
3.4 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline, Smoky Quartz & Cleavelandite (classic California)
Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala District, San Diego Co., California
12.0 x 8.8 x 8.8 cm
Pyrite octahedrons (excellent) Ken Roberts Coll.
Racracancha mine, Tinyahuarco district, Pasco department, Peru
4.0 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Uvarovite Garnet (RARE old California) Robertson Coll.
Jamestown District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne Co., California
8.7 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
Wollastonite & Calcite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Franklin mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey
13.8 x 9.4 x 4.8 cm
Sharp Franklinite xls in Calcite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Franklin mining district, Sussex Co., New Jersey
6.2 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
Limonite ps. After Siderite (RARE Canada) Robertson Coll.
Eureka-Victoria Silver Mine, Hope, British Columbia, Canada
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Gemmy red Spessartines (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
4.9 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm
Phenakite on Smoky Quartz (classic Maine) Robertson Coll.
Lord Hill Quarry, Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine
4.5 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Amethyst stalactite (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Sidi Rahal, El Kelaa des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco
6.2 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm
Wulfenite (classic Arizona) Robertson Coll.
Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Aragonite (RARE), Smithsonite & Malachite (Robertson Coll.)
Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
7.3 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Hetaerolite, Willemite & Calcite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
1700 Pillar, 1750 Level, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Sussex Co., New Jersey
8.6 x 6.2 x 5.5 cm
Gem green Beryl (162 grams)
Conselheiro Pena pegmatite district, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.5 x 4.9 x 3.2 cm
Cinnabar in Chalcedony var. Myrickite slab (RARE CA -old)
Knoxville Mercury District, Napa Co., California
10.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 cm
Malachite w/ Chrysocolla (RARE style) Ted Bartels Coll.
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
8.6 x 8.1 x 4.1 cm
Marcasite tree bark cast (RARE Colorado) Burroughs & Bartels Coll.
Monument Creek, Colorado Springs area, El Paso Co., Colorado
10.6 x 5.5 x 2.0 cm
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