Charlie Key Collection & Stock Liquidation auctions - August, 2011

Ends TUESDAY, Aug 30th at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone) An assortment of Specimens from the diverse dealer stock and the collections of longtime dealer Charlie Key, a specialist in minerals out of Africa for 50 years. Also included are suites from his personal collections of Rarities, Thumbnails & Indian Minerals
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Gitter Quartz on Feldspar, with Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.0 x 7.5 x 3.2 cm
Manganvesuvianite and Andradite Garnet
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn fields, South Africa
6.1 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Jeremejevite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.0 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
Azurite nodules in cluster
Shilu Copper Mine, Guangdong Province, China
5.3 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Chalcopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China
11 x 7.3 x 6.5 cm
Tourmaline on Tourmaline
Momeik, Mogok, Burma
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Aquamarine & Heliodor on Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.5 x 5.5 x 4.0 cm
Quartz
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg, Erongo, Namibia
11.8 x 6.8 x 6.7 cm
Smoky Quartz (Doubly-terminated scepters)
Gamsberg, Khomas Region, Namibia
13.0 x 12.0 x 8.0 cm
Fluorite (unusual botryoidal habit)
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Romania
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
Oyelite on Calcite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
4.7 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
Prehnite and Calcite
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg, Erongo, Namibia
12.4 x 10.0 x 4.5 cm
Aquamarine on Schorl on Feldspar, with Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.6 x 8.5 x 4.0 cm
Groutite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn fields, South Africa
11.6 x 8.6 x 4.2 cm
Tephroite - rare xls with Rhodochrosite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn fields, South Africa
4.4 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Quartz/Amethyst (scepter) with Hematite inclusions
Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia
4.6 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Fluorite (pair of dice!)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.2 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Bixbyite (rare XL habit) on Manganite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
4.3 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Feldspar pseudomorph
Mt. Maloso, Zomba District, Malawi
7.3 x 7.0 x 4.7 cm
Gageite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Mn fields, South Africa
6.2 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Emerald
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Zircon (fluorescent)
Goias, Central-West Region, Brazil
4.0 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Malachite
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
3.6 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Shattuckite with Malachite in Quartz
Kandesei, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
15.3 x 11.6 x 7.0 cm
Shigaite and Rhodochrosite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
7.0 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Olmiite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari fields, N. Cape Prov, South Africa
3.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Hyalite Opal (fluorescent) on Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
11.0 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm
Amethyst scepters on Feldspar (unusual)
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
12.1 x 8.3 x 6.3 cm