SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION: old CHARLIE KEY MINERAL COLLECTION & mineral dealer stock (ends Sept. 12th)

Ends Sept. 12th, 2012 at 6:30 PM (CST)

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 3 MORE DIVERSE CHARLIE KEY AUCTIONS SORTED FOR SALE, AFTER THIS!
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Wulfenite and Dolomite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.7 x 4.7 x 0.6 cm
Spessartine Garnet
Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
2.7 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Jouravskite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
7.5 x 7.0 x 2.2 cm
Tephroite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari MN fields, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
4.3 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite on Quartz with Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Hausmannite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari MN fields, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
2.0 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Bultfonteinite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari MN fields, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
6.0 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm
Gaudefroyite, Hausmannite, Andradite Garnet, and Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari MN fields, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
4.9 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Quartz with Hematite
Orange River Area, Namibia
10.0 x 7.0 x 7.0 cm
Fluornatromicrolite on Albite (var. Cleavelandite)
Quixaba mine, Frei Martinho, Paraiba, Brazil
1.8 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Brucite and Sturmanite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
5.3 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm
Pyrite (very rare from Kalahari)
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
6.2 x 4.1 x 2.1 cm
Aquamarine, Smoky Quartz, and Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm
Fluorite (Spinel Twin)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.2 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Spessartine Garnet
Marienfluss, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.5 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Malachite
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
2.5 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Epidote
Gamsberg Area, Khomas Region, Namibia
3.2 x .8 x .1 cm
Quartz with Feldspar
Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.8 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Hematite with Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari MN fields, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
Goethite ps. Magnetite, with Quartz
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.2 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Amethyst
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.5 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
Barite on Calcite, with Pyrite
Cavnic, Muramures, Romania
6.6 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
Primary Malachite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.9 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm
Portlandite with Quartz
Wessels Mine, Kalahari MN fields, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Andradite Garnet, var. Demantoid (superb Thumbnail)
Tubussis 22 farm, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.1 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Aquamarine
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.2 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Hematite with Andradite Garnet and Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari MN fields, N. Cape Prov., South Africa
2.7 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm