SPECIAL TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday February 15th, 2018

Ends Thursday, February 15th, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)



As the Tucson Show comes to a close, we have a full slate of auctions this week with two 60-piece auctions. You will find a great mix of gem crystals and display specimens, classics, contemporary pieces, rarities, unusual pieces. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Rolando Gioia, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with dealers' inventories. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Large doubly-terminated gemmy pink and green KUNZITE from Afghanistan (571 grams)
2. Rich cranberry colored RUBELLITE TOURMALINE from Brazil
3. Classic, beautiful orange bladed WULFENITE crystals on matrix from Tsumeb!
4. Rare, large, silvery colored bladed crystal group of ANDORITE from Bolivia!
5. A phantom FLUORITE specimen & a big twinned CALCITE specimen from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
6. Rarities include LEIFITE, NENADKEVICHITE and SANTABARBARAITE
7. Classic rare TWINNED BORACITE crystal on matrix from Germany
8. PAGE 2 features classic and hard to find worldwide mineral specimens from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Emerald (3 specimens) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
1.7 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm to 0.9 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Pyromorphite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Hardshell Mine, Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
7.4 x 5.9 x 3.6 cm
Titanite with Clinochlore ("floater") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.8 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mina La Muela, Minas Gloria, Hornachuelos, Cordoba, Spain
7.8 x 5.7 x 3.1 cm
Uvite
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.7 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
Dumortierite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dehesa Dumortierite deposit, Alpine, Laguna Mts, San Diego County, California
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Anatase (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Griesserental, Maderanertal, Uri, Switzerland
8.2 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm
Mendipite (rare)
Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
9.5 x 7.1 x 5.3 cm
Ruby (sharp and gemmy)
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
1.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Turquoise (crystalized!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell County, Virginia
4.5 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Beryl (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Fano Mine or Juan Diego Mine #1, Little Cahuilla Mountain, Cahuilla District, Riverside County, California
3.0 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite (obscure locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Hammam-Zriba Mine, Zriba-Village, Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia
4.2 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Dolomite pseudomorph after Calcite with Galena (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Munstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
10.1 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Milarite on Adularia (var: Valencianite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
4.7 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Azurite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Neubulach, Calw, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
5.6 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm
Aquamarine (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.8 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Datolite with Chalcopyrite
Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosu, Mexico
11.2 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm
Narsarsukite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Illutalik Island (Igdlutalik), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
6.1 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Wulfenite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
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