Charlie Key Mineral Collection & Dealer Stock Liquidation auctions - April 16 (TUESDAY)

Ends TUESDAY, April 16 at 5:30 PM (Central Time Zone) An assortment of Specimens up for liquidation 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 specimens from his personal collections of Rarities, Thumbnails & Indian Minerals, among other suites. Enjoy!
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Hausmannite and Andradite Garnet
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
3.4 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Dioptase on Plancheite cast
Kaokoveld Mine, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.6 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
Bastnasite-Ce
Zagi Mountain, Khyber Agency, Pakistan
1.8 x 1.2 x .7 cm
Orange Prehnite (superb TN)
Nchwaning Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite on Muscovite, Orthoclase, and Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.0 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Sulfur in Gypsum, with Calcite (fluor)
Sicily, Italy
7.0 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm
Smoky Quartz and Amethyst Scepters (DT)
Gamsberg area, Khomas Region, Namibia
17.0 x 12.0 x 9.0 cm
Spessartine
Marienfluss, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.5 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Pyrite on Calcite (fluor)
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.6 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Malachite
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
2.1 x 2.1 x 1.0 cm
Fluorite and Muscovite on Orthoclase
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
11.0 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm
Sapphire
Zazafotsy Quarry, Ihosy District, Madagascar
1.9 x 1.2 x .8 cm
Gitter Quartz and Hyalite Opal (fluor) on Orthoclase
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.5 x 9.0 x 6.0 cm
Chalcedony
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Copper
Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia
4.3 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
Native Bismuth
Cobalt area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
4.4 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Manganoan Calcite
Broken Hill Mine, New South Wales, Australia
4.0 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Aquamarine and Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.0 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. Kutnahorite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
3.9 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Olmiite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.1 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Epistilbite and Stilbite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
7.5 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Datolite and Quartz
Bor Mine, Dal'negorsk, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Dioptase (2 sharp thumbnail xls)
Kaokoveld Mine, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.0 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Quartz
Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.1 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Azurite
Shilu Copper Mine, Guangdong Province, China
3.1 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Goethite ps. Magnetite on Orthoclase
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.0 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Fluorapatite (DT) and Feldspar
Paraiba, Brazil
3.4 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Sphalerite on Quartz
XiKouShan Mine, Hunan Province, China
8.7 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Shattuckite, Primary Malachite, and Quartz
Kaokoveld Mine, Kunene Region, Namibia
8.9 x 6.0 x 4.2 cm
Fluorite (unusual large spinel twinned crystals)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
17.0 x 7.0 x 4.5 cm