PRE-CHRISTMAS END OF THE YEAR MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS:
featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Dec 20th, 2018

ends Thursday Dec 20, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

End of the year auction! Our next auctions will close in January, so this is it for 2018. 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. Superb CUPRITE from the Onganja Mine
2. Large Montana AMETHYST from the Geary Murdock Collection
3. Classic French BOURNONITE & SPHALERITE
4. Specimens from the David Burgess Collection
5. Large Russian FLUORAPATITE
6. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
7. Excellent large Indian ZEOLITES
8. Old fine PYROLUSITE from Ilfeld
9. Unusual large old Broken Hill CALCITE
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Cuprite (superb 1970's classic) David Burgess Coll.
Onganja Mine, Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm
Gem Aquamarine (37.04 carats)
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.6 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Millerite on Quartz (David Burgess Coll.)
Wallace Stone Company Quarry (Bayport Quarry), Bay Port, Huron Co., Michigan
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Stilbite & Apophyllite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
21.5 x 13.3 x 6.0 cm
Galena on Dolomite & Marcasite
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri
7.4 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Baryte (rare Brazil locale)
Cidade Baixa, Paraiba, Brazil
8.3 x 7.3 x 5.0 cm
Marcasite w/ Calcite (classic locale) Soregaroli Coll.
Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
5.7 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm
Smithsonite (classic Arizona) Joe Lobell Coll.
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Gila Co., Arizona
8.4 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm
Baryte "rose" (classic Oklahoma) Joe Lobell Coll.
Cemetary Road & 48th Street area, Noble, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma
9.4 x 8.3 x 6.7 cm
Pyrite & Siderite on Quartz (Soregaroli Coll.)
Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
7.9 x 5.7 x 4.6 cm
Large Amethyst on Smoky Quartz (Geary Murdock Coll.)
Little Gem Mine, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana
13.0 x 9.8 x 8.3 cm
Rare gemmy Grossular Garnets on Pyroxene (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Belvidere Mountain Quarries (Vermont Asbestos Group Mine; VAG Mine; Ruberoid Asbestos Mine; Eden Mills Quarries), Lowell & Eden, Orleans & Lamoille Cos., Vermont
5.2 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Vesuvianite (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
5.8 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Amethyst (RARE Cumbria)
Cumbria, England
11.7 x 11.2 x 6.7 cm
Rhodochrosite & Quartz (RARE Colorado) W.S. Logan Coll.
Daniel Bonanza Mine, Ouray Co., Colorado
3.9 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Heulandite with Celadonite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
5.7 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rutile, etc (RARE combo) Kay Robertson Coll.
Furka basis tunnel (east section), Realp, Uri, Switzerland
4.1 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
Pyrolusite (old - classic locale)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
7.4 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm
Sheet Copper (old Bisbee) Kay Robertson Coll.
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
9.9 x 6.3 x 2.1 cm
Large Fluorapatite xl (David Burgess Coll.)
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
10.7 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Excellent Benitoite (David Burgess Coll.)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
5.5 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Stilbite (old classic)
Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
6.2 x 5.9 x 3.5 cm
Large Calcite (classic locale)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
13.2 x 12.5 x 6.4 cm
Chabazite (old classic)
Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
8.7 x 6.7 x 4.1 cm
Agatized Coral (fossil/pseudomorph - old)
Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida
14.8 x 11.7 x 6.7 cm
Wendwilsonite (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
7.8 x 6.1 x 5.8 cm
Malachite (Oklahoma, USA!) ex Joe Lobell Coll.
Paoli deposit, Paoli, Red Bed District, Garvin Co., Oklahoma
4.6 x 4.4 x 3.4 cm
Gypsum w/ sand inclusions (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Great Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma
10.2 x 8.5 x 8.2 cm
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