POST-THANKSGIVING MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS:
featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Dec 6th, 2018

ends Thursday Dec 6, 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 and purchases including 1960s-90s specimens from the collections of Paul Zerfass, Ted Bartels, Tom Wolfe and Barratt Phillips Collections, and 60 years of collecting history from the Kay Robertson Collection. 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. Gemmy large RUBELLITE TOURMALINE from the Steve Smale Collection
2. Rare large RHODOCHROSITE from Kazakhstan
3. Bizarre large casted QUARTZ
4. Classic English GALENA & ANKERITE from the Gene Meieran Collection
5. Exotic and rare MANGANOAN CALCITE combination from the Wessels Mine
6. Fine DIOPSIDE thumbnail from the Merelani Hills
7. Unique Mexican CHALCEDONY pseudomorph from the Ken Roberts Collection
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VERY Large Rhodochrosite (uncommon Asian locale)
Ushkatyn No. 3 deposit, Zhayrem, Karazhal, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
15.2 x 14.7 x 10.5 cm
Gemmy pseudocubic Wulfenite xls on Mimetite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm
Galena & Ankerite w/ Chalcopyrite (classic locale) Gene Meieran Coll.
Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England
7.3 x 6.9 x 4.2 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (RARE New Mexico - fluorescent) Bartels Coll.
Lucky Strike Prospect, Sierra Co., New Mexico
8.0 x 6.5 x 1.8 cm
Baryte (Bartels Coll.)
Teresita Mine, Atamaria, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
8.1 x 7.9 x 7.1 cm
Baryte (uncommon Missouri) Bartels Coll.
Lamb mine, Morgan Co., Missouri
3.4 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Chabazite (rare) Bartels Coll.
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay, Kazakhstan
5.2 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Anhydrite w/ Calcite (Bartels Coll.)
Naica Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.8 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Manganoan Calcite, Rhodochrosite & Quartz (RARE combo)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
9.9 x 7.9 x 3.8 cm
Diopside w/ Graphite - superb gem thumbnail
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
2.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Quartz (Bartels Coll.)
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England
17.2 x 10.4 x 5.0 cm
Calcite (classic locale - fluorescent) Stoudt & Bartels Coll.
Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
5.3 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite cuboctahedrons (excellent California!) Bartels Coll.
Felix Mine, Azusa, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles Co., California
4.1 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Kyanite (RARE Russia - old) Kraft, Klose & Robertson Coll.
Berezovskii, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Middle Urals, Russia
8.2 x 7.5 x 4.4 cm
Baryte & Calcite (Lillie & Bartels Coll.)
St. Louis Level, Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
11.7 x 10.8 x 6.6 cm
Goethite & Quartz (old - rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Rodheim-Bieber, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany
9.3 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (illustrated - fluorescent)
Joseph Brown's Crosscut, Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England
12.5 x 10.8 x 6.3 cm
floater Tourmaline - 2 varieties: Foitite on Schorl
Erongo Mountain, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.7 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Gemmy Baryte xl w/ phantoms (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Northumberland Mine, Nye Co., Nevada
3.5 x 3.0 x 1.2 cm
AZURITE "ball", ex Ted Bartels Coll.
Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona
3.2 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm
Calcite w/ Boulangerite inclusions (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramures Co., Romania
13.0 x 8.3 x 4.2 cm
Descloizite (rare color)
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Namibia
5.0 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
Calcite (unusual habit) Tom Wolfe Coll.
4th Level, Buena Tierra Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.0 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Bi-colored Villiaumite gem XL (Charlie Key Coll.)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
0.9 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Toumaline, Quartz & Lepidolite (unusual replacement) Kay Robertson Coll.
Urubu mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm (Largest of 2)
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