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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Scheelite on Quartz (old - classic locale)
Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
8.1 x 5.9 x 5.5 cm
Large Heulandite (RARE) w/ Chabazite (old classic)
Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
20.3 x 12.5 x 7.0 cm
Large Fluorite w/ Sphalerite & Chalcopyrite (Ross Lillie Coll.)
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
18.0 x 8.8 x 4.2 cm
Fluorapophyllite w/ Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
7.8 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm
Siderite w/ Albite (classic locale)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
6.3 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
Fluorite, Magnetite, Lollingite & Arsenopyrite (2012 find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
13.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) on Acanthite, etc (RARE NM combo) Payne Coll.
Groundhog Mine, Vanadium, Grant Co., New Mexico
8.0 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Fluorite (1870s era classic!) Robertson Coll. Acquired 1929
Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
10.3 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm
Gemmy Calcite xls (2009 find)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
9.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm
DT gem Kunzite (classic locale - 21 grams)
Urucum mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.2 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Pyrite on Calcite (classic locale)
Panasqueira Mine, Castelo-Branco District, Portugal
9.0 x 7.3 x 3.5 cm
Native Silver w/ Quartz (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Beaver Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
9.0 x 4.7 x 0.5 cm (Largest of 2)
Large Ulexite ("TV rock") ex Jim Minette
Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California
13.7 x 12.2 x 7.5 cm
Aquamarine w/ Schorl (NEW FIND)
Erongo Mts, Erongo Region, Namiba
9.5 x 6.8 x 6.5 cm
"Pseudocubic" Smoky Quartz (RARE - classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Himalaya Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Stalactitic Quartz w/ Calcite (rare WA) Robertson Coll.
Walker Valley, Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington
6.7 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm
Smoky Quartz w/ Quartz & Bertrandite? (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Akchatau Mine, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
6.7 x 6.4 x 4.6 cm
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