MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday July 26, 2018

ends Thursday July 26, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix this week featuring gem crystals from a Tourmaline collection plus old 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. Fine San Diego MICROCLINE
2. Superb old COPPER from Michigan
3. Irv Brown, Ken Roberts & W.S. Logan collection specimens
4. Rare large Pasto Bueno EUCLASE, FLUORITE & MUSCOVITE
5. Fine TOURMALINE and RUBY SPINEL crystal suites
6. MEXICO rarities
7. NEW Erongo AQUAMARINE FIND
8. Kay Robertson Collection classics and rarities
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Natrolite (old classic)
Siusi Alp (Seis Alp), Gardena Valley, Bolzano Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
11.0 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm
Large botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
10.5 x 8.9 x 3.5 cm
Quartz w/ Chlorite inclusions (RARE) Ken Roberts Coll.
Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.6 x 4.5 x 2.1 cm
Rhodochrosite twins (rare style - classic locale) Robison & Logan Coll.
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
6.5 x 4.0 x 3.9 cm
Botryoidal Mimetite (rare Mexico) Robertson Coll.
Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Mun. de Ojo Caliente, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.8 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Wulfenite (OLD Red Cloud) Robertson Coll.
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
2.9 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Calcite on Sphalerite (classic locale) Ross Lillie Coll.
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.7 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm
Calcite on Sphalerite (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Trepca complex, Kosovska Mitrovica, Mitrovica, Kosovo
9.6 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm
Benitoite incl. w/ Crossite (fluorescent) - old find, large xls
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
2.3 x 2.1 x 0.8 cm (Largest of 6)
Superb large Copper - "Champion" style herringbone twins
Champion Mine, Painesdale, Houghton Co., Michigan
10.4 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Goethite or Hematite (RARE - old) Robertson Coll.
Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
10.1 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm
Hardystonite, etc (4-color fluorescence) Joe Lobell Coll.
Franklin Mine, Franklin mining district, Sussex Co., New Jersey
9.8 x 7.0 x 3.5 cm
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