SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION: old CHARLIE KEY MINERAL COLLECTION & mineral dealer stock (ends Dec 17)

Ends TUESDAY Dec. 17, 2013
at 6 PM (Central Time Zone)
NOTE TUESDAY ENDING DATE!

Liquidation auctions of the vast mineral collections and mineral inventory hoarded by legendary mineral dealer, Charlie Key, over in Africa during the 1970s-1990s. A huge variety, from raritis to superb thumbnails and locality pieces, is presented here. WE HAVE ONLY A FEW MORE DIVERSE CHARLIE KEY AUCTIONS SORTED FOR SALE, AFTER THIS!
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Fluorite on Quartz, with Hyalite Opal
Orange River, Warmbad, Karas Region, Namibia
4.8 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Goshenite Beryl on Goethite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.7 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Tarbuttite
Skorpion Mine, Southern Namib Desert, Namibia
3.2 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Vanadanite
Otjindeka, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
1.4 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Gitter Quartz and Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.7 x 5.8 x 5.0 cm
Hematite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.1 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Ettringite and Calcite included in Gypsum (rare)
Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.0 x 3.6 x 0.8 cm
Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, and Galena
Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.5 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Dioptase on Quartz
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
6.7 x 4.0 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite and Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.0 x 6.5 x 4.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet
Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
5.0 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Manganite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
8.4 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Apophyllite - KOH
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.4 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Hausmannite on Manganite, with Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.3 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Fluorite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Heulandite with Celadonite
Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
5.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Quartz
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Amethyst and Feldspar
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
10 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Orange Prehnite and Calcite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.9 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
Ilvaite (DT)
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
2.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Orange Prehnite on Xonotlite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
3.2 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Shattuckite, Dioptase, and Primary Malachite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.0 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Spinel Twin Fluorite (fluorescent)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.3 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Goethite ps Magnetite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.2 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm