MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday July 5, 2018

ends Thursday July 5, 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 selection of LARGER specimens
2. NEW FINDS of Erongo AQUAMARINE and RARE blue Peru SALAMMONIAC
3. Classic old FLUORITE from the Heights Mine
4. Rare Butte WURTZITE and rare old Russian RUBELLITE
5. Fine old VANADINITE & CALCITE from Mexico
6. Excellent Chinese CALCITE
7. Unique "Pseudocubic" SMOKY QUARTZ from the Himalaya Mine
8. OLD EUROPEAN rarities form the 1800s and early 1900s from Kay Robertson's treasure trove!
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"Electric blue" Azurite on Malachite after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
3.8 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Calcite & Galena (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
12.9 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm
Primary Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
7.8 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm
Gemmy Baryte xls (mid-2000s finds)
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huanuco Department, Peru
5.6 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Fine, Red Spinel (fluorescent) on Marble
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
3.9 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Pyrite ps. After Marcasite w/ Sphalerite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
9.6 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Fluorite (classic locale - fluorescent) Robertson Coll.
Odsbach, Oberkirch, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
9.2 x 7.5 x 4.3 cm
Epidote (RARE France) Robertson Coll.
Talefre glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
4.1 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm
Theisite, Claraite & Azurite (new find)
Les Ferreres mine, Rocabruna, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
6.8 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Rhodochrosite
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Junin Department, Peru
6.2 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
"Icicle" Calcite (RARE & rare locale) Ted Bartels Coll.
Astillero Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Quartz "prases" included by Hedenbergite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
8.7 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite on Aragonite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan A.P., Yunnan Province, China
6.6 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Vanadinite & Calcite (classic Mexico) Sanborn, Halpern & Zigras Coll.
San Carlos Mine (Apex mine), San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.3 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
Salammoniac (NEW FIND - rare locale)
Cuajone Mine, Tala, Mariscal Nieto Province, Moquegua Department, Peru
7.2 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Gemmy Rubellite Tourmaline (rare - old 1800's era XL) Robertson Coll.
Murzinka Mine, Sarapulka District, Middle Urals, Russia
1.0 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite & Calcite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10.2 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm
Large dipyramidal Quartz incl. w/ Hedenbergite (rare style - early 2000s finds)
2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
16.0 x 10.6 x 8.0 cm
Calcite, Baryte, Fluorite & Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
13.0 x 10.8 x 9.9 cm
Mimetite on Quartz (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Badenweiler Pb mining district, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
7.8 x 6.0 x 5.2 cm
Arduinite (Mordenite) (rare - illustrated) Robertson Coll.
Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Fluorite & Calcite (both fluorescent) on Quartz (Robertson Coll.)
El Hammam Mine, Meknes, Fes-Meknes Region, Morocco
6.1 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm
Axinite & Magnetite on Calcite (RARE combo) Robertson Coll.
Pohla-Tellerhauser Mine, Pohla, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
8.2 x 7.0 x 4.2 cm
Large Velvet Malachite (2004-2005 finds)
Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
14.3 x 10.4 x 6.4 cm
Large Fluorite & Quartz (classic locale)
Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
13.2 x 13.0 x 10.3 cm
Large Celestine (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Ottawa Silica Company Quarry (Rockwood Quarry), Rockwood, Wayne Co., Michigan
19.5 x 11.4 x 8.3 cm
Lollingite var. Geyerite (old, rare - classic locale)
St Christoph Mine, Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
5.4 x 5.3 x 2.6 cm
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