POST-MUNICH SHOW MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Nov 1, 2018

ends Thursday Nov 1, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A selection of specimens in this week's auctions with a mix of classics, gem crystals, contemporary minerals 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 collections of Paul Zerfass, Ted Bartels and Art Soregaroli Collections. Lots of rare mineral specimens here that are hard to find at ANY price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Dramatic large AMETHYST pseudo from the Ken Roberts Collection
2. Fine MALACHITE "Christmas tree" from the famous 1980s finds at Morenci
3. Superb Spanish DOLOMITE & Austrian TITANITE
4. Rare large LOLLINGITE xls from Franklin
5. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
6. Excellent PYROMORPHITE from Daoping
7. Uncommon and superb style PYRITE from Huanzala
8. Large Tsumeb CALCITE w/ DUFTITE
9. Rare large HUBEITE, INESITE, APOPHYLLITE, QUARTZ & CALCITE
10. Exceptional matrix ORPIMENT from the Twin Creeks Mine
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Smithsonite
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.4 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Gemmy Amethyst xl (classic locale)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
6.8 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Large Lollingite xls, Calcite, etc (rare - Ted Bartels Coll.)
Franklin mining district, Sussex Co., New Jersey
6.7 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm
Siderite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
8.5 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.0 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
Large Fluorite w/ Calcite (both fluorescent) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
13.8 x 10.7 x 6.5 cm
Pyrite, Calcite & Muscovite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
6.8 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Jouravskite (rare) on Xonotlite (2017 Find)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.0 cm
Arsenopyrite & Calcite on Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
6.5 x 6.4 x 4.5 cm
Gem DT Smoky Quartz (rare) Paul Otto Coll.
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.9 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
8.7 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm
Baryte (Colorado)
Muddy Creek, tributary of Crater Creek, Rio Grande County, Colorado
5.2 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite (ca. 1930s - Ross Lillie Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Crystal Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
4.9 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Quartz w/ Apatite & Calcite (Soregaroli Coll.)
Level 3, Panasqueira Mine, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
12.0 x 7.7 x 6.0 cm
Mottramite (2011 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Brucite
Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.1 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
Barytocalcite (old - RARE and RARE style) w/ Fluorite Kay Robertson Coll.
Churprinz Mine, Grossschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
6.0 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Chalcopyrite
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.2 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. After Baryte (rare) W.S. Logan Coll.
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, La Libertad Department, Peru
7.1 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Fine Pyromorphite w/ Quartz
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.3 x 7.4 x 3.7 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) & Quartz (Ted Bartels Coll.)
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
9.2 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Hubeite (Type Locality), Inesite, Apophyllite, etc (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Hubei Province, China
12.8 x 9.5 x 6.3 cm
Large Amethyst cast after Anhydrite (Ken Roberts Coll.)
Akasri Quarry, Sidi Rahal, El Kelaa des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco
17.5 x 11.7 x 9.0 cm
Large Fluorite (fluorescent) on Quartz
De'an fluorite mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
18.6 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
Galena, Sphalerite & Quartz (Kay Robertson Coll.)
9th of September Mine, Madan ore field, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
10.6 x 6.7 x 4.0 cm
Orpiment (classic locale)
Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada
5.8 x 5.6 x 4.3 cm
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