POST-MUNICH SHOW MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Nov 8, 2018

POST-MUNICH SHOW MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Nov 8, 2018 ends Thursday Nov 8, 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. Rare large EMERALD & SCHEELITE from China
2. NEW FIND of AQUAMARINE from the Erongos
3. Superb Swiss HEMATITE IRON ROSE thumbnail
4. Large SULFUR & BARITE from Poland
5. Excellent old Baia Sprie BARITE
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Emerald w/ Scheelite (RARE combination! New find!)
Dayakou emerald mine, Malipo Co., Wenshan A.P., Yunnan, China
16.2 x 10.0 x 3.7 cm
Asbolane (old, rare - classic locale)
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany
5.4 x 4.4 x 3.0 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Fluorite (RARE combo) W.S. Logan Coll.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Azurite w/ Malachite (classic but rare locale)
Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
10.0 x 8.2 x 4.3 cm
Superb Hematite iron rose (classic & rare, fine TN) ex. Jelks
Wanni glacier, Kriegalp Valley, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
2.5 x 2.1 x 0.9 cm
Calcite (2 generations) w/ Hyalite Opal (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.1 x 7.6 x 5.0 cm
Azurite rosette (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Nevada lode, La Sal, San Juan Co., Utah
5.1 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm
Calcite on Calcite w/ Hematite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
J-North Cavern, 18th Level, Buena Tierra Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.0 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Topaz w/ Bixbyite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Manganoan Vesuvianite (Charlie Key Coll.)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
1.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite & Quartz (classic Colorado) Ted Bartels Coll.
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado
4.6 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
11.2 x 6.2 x 3.4 cm
Pyromorphite on Quartz (self-collected by Paul Zerfass)
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
9.6 x 8.7 x 4.2 cm
Aquamarine on Feldspar (fluorescent) (New Find)
Erongo Mts., Erongo Region, Namibia
10.2 x 8.3 x 7.0 cm
Fish-tail twinned Gypsum floater ("Golden Snitch" - fluorescent)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
6.7 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Large Sulfur on Baryte (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
16.3 x 9.3 x 8.7 cm
Crystallized Native Copper (Ted Bartels)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
7.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm
Olivenite & Calcite (RARE combo) Tom Wolfe Coll.
Cobre Mine, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
9.9 x 7.7 x 5.4 cm
Albite (rare New Mexico) Chris Cowan Coll.
North of Aquirre Springs, Organ Mts, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico
8.7 x 5.0 x 4.4 cm
Fluorite, Calcite & Pyrite
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Heterogenite w/ Chrysocolla & Malachite
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
6.6 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm
"Lace" crystallized Copper (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Chino Mine (Santa Rita Pit), Santa Rita, Grant Co., New Mexico
8.2 x 4.2 x 0.2 cm
Phantom Calcite (RARE Virginia) Allen Penick Coll.
Timberville, Rockingham Co., Virginia, USA
8.1 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm
Fluorite on Quartz
El Filo vein, Santa Librada, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.0 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm
Kutnahorite (Charlie Key coll.)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
7.0 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Anglesite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
3.4 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Gem Clinozoisite xl (ex Obodda)
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.4 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite w/ Calcite
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
5.5 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
Fluorite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz, etc.
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
5.1 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Legrandite (Dave Stoudt Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
1.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (Largest of 3)
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