POST-DENVER FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday September 27th, 2018

Ends Thursday, September 27th, 2018
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)


We have a great selection of material that we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for new goodies from Tucson along with new collection acquisitions to appear in the coming weeks. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. We'll still have selections from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Francesco Bedogne, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key and plenty of pieces from Kay Robertson along with various dealers' inventories. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!

Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Attractive gemmy pink etched MORGANITE BERYL from Brazil (73.33 grams)
2. A classic specimen of DESCLOIZITE with unusual CALCITE "casts" from Berg Aukus, Namibia
3. Rich, deep blue, color gemmy AQUAMARINE from Vietnam
4. Beautiful newly discovered PINK OPAL with lovely fluorescence from Peru
5. Excellent, rich orange color, GEMMY GROSSULAR GARNET from the Jeffrey Mine, Canada
6. RARELY SEEN, good quality RHODOCHROSITE specimen from Freiberg, Germany!!
7. Superb GEMMY green and purple cubic FLUORITE with ARSENOPYRITE from China (ex รข?" Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
8. A rarely seen old time LOLLINGITE from Pribram, Czech Republic!
9. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Vanadinite (superb quality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.0 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
"Hogbomite" on Spinel partially altering to Corundum (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dewitts Corners area, Bathurst Township, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Cerussite (twins) on Galena (rarely seen locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Orzel Bia?y Mine (Bialy Szarlej Mine; Bleischarley Mine), Bytom District (Beuthen), Upper Silesia (Slaskie), Poland
8.7 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Silver on Fluorite (RARE combination) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Pahla-Tellerhauser Mine, Pohla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Wulfenite on Dioptase (beautiful rare association) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sanda carriere (Sanda Quarry; Sanda Mine), Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
2.0 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Pharmacolite (probably Alumohydrocalcite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rueben Mine, Nowa Ruda (Neurode), Klodzko District, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
6.6 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
Spessartine Garnet with Tantalite-(Mn) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
7.3 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Stibnite (large crystal)
Wuling Mine; Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
14.8 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.7 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Barite (rare locality specimen)
Palos Verdes Hills, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California
6.7 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Pink Opal (new find)
Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru
6.4 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Sturmanite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.8 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Gypsum with "hourglass" sand inclusions
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
4.2 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm
Augelite with Pyrite on matrix
Tasna Mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
16.5 x 8.8 x 8.4 cm
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