FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Aug 22

Plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual pieces this week.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of piece from new collection acquisitions such as David Burgess and a new collection of worldwide minerals from a Midwest collector.  Lots of great pieces from Kay Robertson too!  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. Beautiful new DIOPTASE with WULFENITE from Rep. of Congo
2. RARE SCEPTER habit PEZZOTTAITE crystal from Madagascar
3. Interesting pink CHALCEDONY from the childhood home of Sandra Day O'Connor
4. Old classic Phenakite on matrix from Mt. Antero, Colorado (ex Ed Over)
5. Hard to find, attractive pinkish-red RHODOCHROSITE crystals from the Moose Mine, Colorado
6. Newly mined, unusually colored FLUORITE from Pakistan
7. Rarities include FLUORVESUVIANITE, MENDIPITE, SCHULENBERGITE and FOURMARIERITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Dioptase with Wulfenite (new find!)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
6.2 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Fluorvesuvianite (incredibly rare) (great color)
North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
1.1 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Quartz ("Faden")
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
7.6 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm
Rhodochrosite (5 crystals) (rare locality)
Moose Mine, Central City Mining District, Gilpin County, Colorado
1.0 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm to 0.7 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Gold on Quartz (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Glory Hole (Patch Mine), above Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Cinnabar on Dolomite
Wanshan District, Tongren, Guizhou, China
4.8 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
6.2 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Calcite (gemmy smoky twin)
Chenzhou, Hunan, China
7.3 x 7.1 x 4.8 cm
Andradite Garnet (var: Topazolite)
San Benito County, California
9.3 x 5.7 x 2.4 cm
Quartz (doubly-terminated!) with Dolomite on Muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
6.3 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Carpathite (highly fluorescent)
Picacho Mine (Picachos Mine; Los Picachos Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California
3.7 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Turgite (Iridescent Hematite and Goethite)
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
9.7 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
3.7 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy twins) on Quartz
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.9 x 5.2 x 2.6 cm
Prehnite ("casts" after Anhydrite)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.8 x 4.9 x 4.3 cm
Fluorite (ex Ross Lillie) (1,114 grams)
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
13.8 x 9.3 x 6.8 cm
Calcite (classic material)
Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine), Ellington, Viburnum Trend Mining District, Reynolds County, Missouri
6.0 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Pezzottaite (very rare) ("scepter" habit crystal)
Sakavalana, near Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Type Locality)
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Mendipite (rare) with Cerussite
Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
3.8 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Titanite (flattened twins) on matrix
Ankarafa Titanite claim, Daraina Commune, Vohémar District, Sava, Madagascar
5.0 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior, Michigan
6.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Topaz (classic material)
Tepetate, Mun. de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
1.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Pink Chalcedony (interesting locality)
Antelope Canyon (Valley) (part of the childhood home of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor), Round Mountain, Greenlee County, Arizona
3.5 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Smithsonite (ex Obodda specimen)
Vieille Montagne, Kelmis, Plombières-Vieille Montagne-Moresnet (Plombières-Altenberg-Moresnet) mining district, Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Austinite (var: Cuprian Austinite) with Adamite
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill Mining District, Tooele County, Utah
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Zircon (rare locale) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Steinbergskopf, Brohl-Lützing, Bad Breisig, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm