FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - End Sept 19

A great selection this week with lots of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from a newly purchased prominent worldwide collection from the Midwest along with Geary Murdock and dealers' inventories, plus Kay Robertson!  You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time.   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!
 
Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:
 
1. Rare "Trapiche" habit RUBY crystal from Myanmar
2. Beautiful gemmy natural purple and yellow AMETRINE slice from Bolivia
3. An unusual natural "etched" PYRITE crystal from King County, Washington
4. A very hard to find 100 year old GOLD specimen from Gold Fish Group, South Dakota
5. Newly mined "BLOOD VESSEL OPAL" ("Hyalite") specimen from Mexico
6. A wonderful multi-terminated EPIDOTE "Faden" specimen from Pakistan
7. Rarities include LUZONITE, KONGSBERGITE and a SAFFLORITE pseudomorph after NATIVE SILVER
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Safflorite pseudomorph after Silver (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany
4.6 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm
Cinnabar ("nugget") (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Deep Gulch, New Almaden, Santa Clara County, California
4.8 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite with Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mount Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado
7.7 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Chalcopyrite (twins) with Quartz (old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Wheal Primrose, West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK
5.8 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Pyrite (natural skeletal / etched crystal)
Purple Hope #4 Claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Calcite with a selective deposition of Mottramite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
7.7 x 4.8 x 4.7 cm
Arsendescloizite (rare)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
3.1 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Luzonite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Chinkuashih Mine (Jinguashi Mine; Kinkwaseki Mine; Kinkaseki Mine), Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan
5.3 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Calcite (Manganoan) with Bournonite, Sphalerite and Pyrite
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash Department, Peru
6.3 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Chrysocolla on Tenorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave County, Arizona
6.6 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Sapphirine (NOT Sapphire) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Voronkafotra, Ianabinda, Betroka, Anosy, Madagascar
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm