POST-TUCSON FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday March 22nd, 2018

Ends Thursday, March 22nd, 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, Rolando Gioia, 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. Newly mined ORANGE CALCITE specimen from the Grabiszyce Quarry in Poland
2. A hard to find association of gemmy twinned CASSITERITE with TOURMALINE from Bolivia
3. Rare new BLOOD VESSEL HYALITE OPAL from San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4. Classic hard to find MATRIX specimen of BOLEITE from Santa Rosalia, Boleo, Mexico
5. New multicolor phantom FLUORITE specimen from Pakistan
6. A specimen of TREMOLITE from the TYPE LOCALITY in Switzerland
7. Unusual newly mined "COCONUT" ANDRADITE GARNET from Peru
8. Page 2 features plenty of minerals from the Kay Robertson collection
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Aragonite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
9.2 x 8.8 x 5.7 cm
Ferberite on Calcite (found prior to 1914) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Baia Sprie mine (Felsobanya mine), Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania
7.2 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
Tennantite on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
El Cobre Mine, Mun. de Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.6 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm
Tourmaline (Dravite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Australia
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Tremolite (from the type locality!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland (Type Locality)
6.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Tetrahedrite with Pyrite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Daly-Judge Mine, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Summit County, Utah
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite on Dolomite and Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cacilia (Caecilia) Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wolsendorf West District, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
6.4 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm
Tantaeuxenite-(Y) (extremely rare!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Liha, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Mendipite (rare)
Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
7.8 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (classic Bisbee material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
105' Stope, 1900 Level, Campbell Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Heulandite (Alpine) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Val di Fassa, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
5.7 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Alunite (superb old time specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Chinkuashih Mine, Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan
7.2 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Quartz "Rheinkiesel" (rhine pebbles) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Maxau, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
1.6 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm and 2.2 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Apophyllite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Gaspe Copper mine, Murdochville, La Cote-de-Gaspe RCM, Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Vesuvianite (Chromian) (rich color)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.6 x 1.8 x 0.5 cm
Boleite on matrix (from 1970s)
Santa Rosalia, Boleo, Boleo District, Mun. de Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Andradite Garnet (Geode / "Coconut") with Epidote (new find)
Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
4.7 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Topaz (classic material)
Tepetate, Mun. de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosu, Mexico
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Wavellite
Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mt., Montgomery County]\, Arkansas
11.2 x 9.3 x 5.3 cm
Phurcalite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Posey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah
7.1 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm
Rose Quartz on Smoky Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.2 x 6.1 x 3.6 cm
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