GIANT PRE-DENVER SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

THREE PAGES FEATURING MANY SPECIMENS FROM OLD MINERAL COLLECTIONS! Most of the specimens here are from old stashes and purchased dealer inventories that you cannot as easily find in today's market as in the past.

We are honored to announce the purchase of several large collections including the fantastic Kay Robertson collection of 10,000 specimens, filled with European treasures and old classics accumulated since she started collecting in 1928 (see our website for more information: http://www.irocks.com/kay-robertson-a-treasure-in-the-mineral-collecting-world)!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Fine rare old Butte BORNITE pseudomorph
2. Excellent BENITOITE and NEPTUNITE plates
3. Classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson and Bruce Murphy Collections
4. Large Pennsylvania CALCITE
5. Old gem FLUORITE xls from the Heights Mine
6. RARE large pseudo of QUARTZ after CALCITE
7. Superb old Mina Ojuela ADAMITE ball
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Pyrite on Calcite (2 generations) Dr. B. Phillips Coll.
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye iron mine), Huangshi Prefect., Hubei Province, China
15.3 x 13.2 x 7.1 cm
Orpiment, Baryte & Hubnerite (RARE combo)
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
16.2 x 10.5 x 5.0 cm
Goethite (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia
13.0 x 8.8 x 4.1 cm
Calcite "flower"
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Yunnan Province, China
14.0 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Gemmy DT Sapphire (uncommon locale)
Galbkka, Wellawaya, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
2.1 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Calcite w/ Arsenian Vanadinite (Endlichite) (uncommon) Chris Cowan Coll.
Macy Mine, Hillsboro District, Sierra Co., New Mexico
5.1 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Baryte (Chris Cowan Coll.)
Juanita Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico
7.4 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite, Adamite & Calcite (2008 find)
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.0 x 6.9 x 3.5 cm
Calcite (classic locale - fluorescent) Bruce Murphy Coll.
Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
5.9 x 5.1 x 2.4 cm
Gypsum floater (classic locale - fluorescent)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4.5 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Quartz ps. After Anhydrite w/ Amethyst (rare)
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
5.6 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Celestine w/ Sulfur (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
6.9 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm
Amethyst w/ Epidote (classic locale)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
4.5 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
fine USA Dioptase (Julius Weber & Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona
4.5 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Uvite and Quartz (classic locale)
Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
2.8 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Chrysocolla ps. Malachite ps. Azurite w/ Wulfenite (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Whim Creek Copper Mine, Western Australia, Australia
3.9 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Dyscrasite & Native Arsenic (Dr. B. Phillips Coll.)
Uranium Mine No. 21, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.3 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Gem Indicolite Tourmalines (old) Ed Swoboda Coll.
Golconda II Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.3 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm (Largest of 4)
Goethite "kidney ore" (RARE locale) Dr. B. Phillips Coll.
Sultana Mine, Cuyuna North Range, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota
6.5 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm
Malachite in Calcite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
6.8 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Dioptase (excellent) Charlie Key
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
2.5 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Gemmy Tanzanite (27.93 carats) with painting
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Copper in Calcite (rare - fluorescent)
Bufa Mine, La Bufa, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.5 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Malachite w/ Chrysocolla (2001)
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
7.1 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Fluorite octahedron (fluorescent)
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.9 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Hematite ps. Marcasite
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, New Valley Governorate, Egypt
4.6 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
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