FINE MINERAL AUCTION

The biggest mix of old classic minerals from old mineral collections - all at Auction!  You'll pieces from newly acquired collections such as Shields Flynn (TSUMEB! & ERONGO!) and Bill Logan (RHODOCHROSITE) as well as Steve Smale (CHINA!). We are releasing more material from Burgess and Robertson collections of old classics, as well - Look for a great mix of specimens you'd expect to see at retail prices at shows!

This week's selection includes:

1. Fine large HACKMANITE (SODALITE) CRYSTAL - Fluorescent

2. St Andreasberg specimens from the Kay Robertson Collection

3. Rare N'Chwaning RHODOCHROSITE rhombs

4. Shields Flynn Collection NAMIBIA CLASSICS specimens

5. Rare Colombia GOLD

6. Gem Chinese FLUORITE cuboctahedrons

7. NEW FIND of AQUAMARINE from Pakistan

8. Rare California MERCURY & CINNABAR

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Color-zoned Fluorite & Schorl/Foitite (illustrated) Flynn Coll.
Tubussis Farm 22, Daures, Erongo Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.3 x 7.5 x 5.0 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Fluorite (rare - illustrated) W.S. Logan Coll.
Urad mine, Dailey District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado
4.3 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Strontianite w/ Calcite (rare - old) Kay Robertson Coll.
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Braunsdorf, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Sphalerite (classic Colorado) Kay Robertson Coll.
Bachelor Mine, Amethyst vein, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Large Botryoidal Hematite
Irhoud Mine, Safi Province, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco
13.6 x 7.2 x 7.0 cm
Analcime on Calcite (RARE combo - old) Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
2.9 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Allemontite (Stibarsen) (old) Kay Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
4.2 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Sharp Carrollite on Calcite (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
4.6 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
Galena (old classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
6.3 x 4.2 x 2.0 cm
Pyromorphite & Quartz
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
5.2 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite stalactite (rare style)
Wenshan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China
9.9 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Fibrous Sugilite (rare - 2016-17 finds)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
7.7 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm
Galena on sandstone (Kay Robertson Coll., old classic)
Maubacher Bleiberg, Duren, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.5 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Gonnardite on Phillipsite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Schellkopf, Brenk, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
6.8 x 4.8 x 1.8 cm
Iridescent Chalcopyrite (rare - excellent TN!) Robertson Coll.
Nababeep West Mine, Okiep Copper District, Namakwa District, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Gemmy Aquamarine (New Find)
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.9 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Chalcedony ps. After fossil sponges (2016 find)
Bu Craa, Laayoune Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm (Largest of 2)
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
5.6 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare 2015 find)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
7.4 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Amethyst & Calcite (RARE combo)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
6.8 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Native Mercury on Cinnabar (RARE California) Robertson Coll.
Altoona Mine, Ramshorn Summit, Altoona District, Trinity Mts, Trinity Co., California
4.9 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Large Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China
13.8 x 12.5 x 10.0 cm
Sphalerite & Quartz on Calcite (rare old combo) Robertson Coll.
St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
6.8 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite (2 generations) w/ Quartz (Chris Cowan Coll.)
Surprise Mine, Cookes Peak District, Luna Co., New Mexico
7.8 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm
Gem Fluorite cuboctahedrons on Manganoan Calcite
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia, China
7.0 x 5.6 x 4.2 cm
Rhodochrosite stalactites (classic locale)
Capillitas Mine, Catamarca, Argentina
5.4 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm