OLD CLASSICS AND RARE SPECIES MINERAL AUCTION - Ends Thursday Dec , 12, 2019

This week's post - Munich Show auction features great selection of minerals including classic species / localities along with gem crystals, contemporary beauties and rare minerals from around the world.   Look for pieces from important collections that include things seldom seen for sale on a  retail market! We dove back into the classics collection of Kay Robertson for some fresh choices for you !

 

Highlights this week include:

1. Superb APATITE from the TYPE LOCALITY  (circa 1800s)

 

2.  Cornwall  SCORODITE

 

3. Excellent specimens from the Herb Obodda, Ross Lillie, John Marshall and Ted Bartels collections.

 

4. Rare, LARGE FLUORITE from COLORADO

 

5. Classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection.

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Large Fluorite on Quartz (uncommon CO) Ted Bartels Coll.
Ransom Mine, Eureka, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado
21.4 x 14.7 x 7.9 cm
Catapleite & Natrolite on Microcline (Charlie Key Coll.)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.6 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Calcite (Cynthia Payne Coll.)
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Chenzhou, Hunan, Chinai
9.7 x 7.4 x 5.5 cm
Citrine Quartz (uncommon Mexico)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
10.4 x 8.0 x 5.9 cm
DT Hydroxylherderite xls (rare Brazil) Kay Robertson Coll.
Golconda pegmatite field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.4 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Native Arsenic & Calcite (rare Canada) Robertson Coll.
Port Alberni, Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
5.1 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Safflorite (rare locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Stehender David Mine, Marienberg District, Saxony, Germany
3.5 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
TYPE LOCALITY FLUORAPATITE ! (superb, circa, 1800s) ex Kay Robertson
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
4.2 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Plumbogummite ps. After Pyromorphite
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
3.5 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Large Petalite (rare locale)
Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.3 x 9.2 x 5.1 cm
"Pumpkin" Calcite (NEW FIND)
Daye County, Huangshi, Hubei, China
10.2 x 6.0 x 3.6 cm
Galena (rare Scotland) John Marshall Coll.
Bellsgrove Mine, Strontian, Highland, Scotland
5.7 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm
Pyromorphite w/ Wulfenite (old classic) John Marshall Coll.
Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining District, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
7.6 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Mimetite (RARE California) Kay Robertson Coll.
Morning Star Mine, Lavic, San Bernardino Co., California
5.1 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Staurolite (classic "cross" twin)
Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.8 x 4.1 x 2.1 cm
Hematite "iron rose"
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Eosphorite w/ Greifensteinite/Zanazziite, etc (RARE combo)
Poco d'Antas claim, Piaui Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
Feldspar var. Adularia w/ Chlorite (New Find)
Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.4 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Alstonite (fluorescent) on Witherite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Bethel Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.2 x 6.7 x 6.5 cm
Brookite on Quartz (excellent)
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm
Alstonite (Co-Type Locality) on Baryte (Dr. S. Moreton Coll.)
High Cross Vein, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
3.9 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Polished Malachite stalactites "eyes" slice
Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
10.5 x 5.0 x 0.5 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco
7.1 x 6.8 x 2.9 cm
Sorensenite (rare - Type Locality)
Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Greenland, Denmark
2.9 x 2.0 x 0.6 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Amethyst
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.9 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Prehnite, Epidote & Copper (Ben Vone Coll.)
Iroquois Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
5.8 x 4.8 x 3.9 cm
Excellent Baryte (Herb Obodda Coll.)
Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huanuco, Peru
6.5 x 5.6 x 4.2 cm