PRE-MUNICH SHOW MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Oct 25, 2018

ends Thursday Oct 25, 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 Barratt Phillips 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. Superb, rare matrix RUTILE twin from Graves Mountain
2. Fine COPPERS from Bisbee and the Ray Mine
3. Large ORANGE CREEDITE
4. Rare old BLACK FOREST combination
5. Selection of ARIZONA specimens
6. Excellent Chinese SCHEELITE miniature
7. Rich rare BRASSITE from the Type Locality
8. Superb large APOPHYLLITE & STILBITE from India
9. QUARTZ w/ HEMATITE iron roses from Switzerland from the collection of the Natural History Museum of Bern and the Ted Bartels Collection
10. RARE style FLUORITE from St. Gotthard, Switzerland
11. Rare RED BERYL thumbnail xl cluster
12. Large PLUMBOGUMMITE
13. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
14. Rare very fine MCGOVERNITE and a large WILLEMITE xl from the Sterling Mine
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Baryte & Malachite (late 1990s finds) Ted Bartels Coll.
Shangulowe Mine, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
8.0 x 5.1 x 5.0 cm
Fluorite w/ Calcite (both fluorescent) Ted Bartels Coll.
Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
7.5 x 7.1 x 5.5 cm
Calcite twin (classic locale) Ted Bartels Coll.
York Building Supply quarry, York, York Co., Pennsylvania
5.6 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Calcite w/ Fluorite (both fluorescent) Paul Zerfass Coll.
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
14.5 x 12.0 x 8.7 cm
Rhodochrosite twinned crystal (Charlie Key Coll.)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
1.8 x 1.4 x 0.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic Colorado)
Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan Co., Colorado
2.4 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Aegirine w/ Microcline
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
6.0 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
Stilbite (classic Connecticut)
O & G Woodbury Quarry, Orenaug Hills, Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut
9.0 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
Rare matrix Rutile twin (1970s - Dr. Gary Hansen Coll.)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia
6.8 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm
Ruby and Corundum xl (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Sivec marble quarries, Sivec Mountain, Prilep, Republic of Macedonia
5.1 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Quartz (uncommon old PA) Tom Hales & Ted Bartels Coll.
White Haven, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania
9.7 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Glaucophane w/ Muscovite var. Fuchsite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Rio Oremo, Chiavolino, Pollone, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.9 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm
Sphalerite, Galena, Baryte, etc (RARE, old - classic locale) A. Berger & Robertson Coll.
Schauinsland Pb-Zn mining district, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
11.7 x 8.8 x 5.1 cm
Gem Ruby Spinel xls including a macle-twin
Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.0 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm (Largest of 4)
Chalcedony ps. After fossil sponge (2016 find)
Bu Craa, Laayoune Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
4.1 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Aragonite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Macedonia Dept., Greece
8.2 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Witherite (fluorescent) Texas Tech Univ. & Ted Bartels Coll.
Rosiclare District, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.8 x 6.2 x 4.0 cm
Azurite (classic Arizona) Ted Bartels Coll.
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona
7.0 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Mcgovernite (RARE - Type Locality) Ted Bartels Coll.
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Franklin mining district, Sussex Co., New Jersey
6.7 x 6.0 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite (old, rare - classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
2.0 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Smoky Quartz & Microcline (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire
8.4 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.0 x 8.0 x 4.9 cm
Gemmy red Spessartine Garnets on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
8.7 x 6.2 x 6.1 cm
Gemmy Fluorite xls (fluorescent) Kay Robertson Coll.
Slitt Vein, Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, Durham, England
9.7 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
Hydroxylherderite (fluorescent) w/ Cleavelandite (rare)
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Limonite ps. After Pyrite (RARE CA!) Kay Robertson Coll.
Pepperwood, Coastal Range, Humboldt Co., California
6.8 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
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