FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Sept 5

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 David Burgess, Richard Kosnar, William Logan, Geary Murdock and 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 from Rep. of Congo
2. Rarely seen BI-COLORED SAPPHIRE crystal from North Carolina
3. A cool RHODOCHROSITE specimen from Peru with an UNUSUAL HABIT (ex Logan Collection)
4. Look for gemmy multi-color FLUORITES from the Okorusu Mine, Namibia and the Minervia #1 Mine, Illinois
5. Attractive association specimen of RHODOCHROSITE with FLUORITE from Chian
6. Gemmy pink and green TOURMALINE crystals from Mount Mica, Maine
7. Rarities include HUMMERITE, THULITE and BIXBYITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Rhodochrosite with Fluorite
Wutong (Wudong) Mine, Liubao ("Babu"), Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Stilbite ("bow tie") (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.3 x 6.2 x 3.4 cm
Bixbyite with Topaz and Pseudobrookite
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Smithsonite
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Mun. de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Chrysoberyl (2013 find)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
1.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Amethyst (GEM quality crystals)
Purple Hope No. 4 claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Tourmaline (bi-colored crystals) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
1.0 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm to 0.6 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Brachiopod Fossil
Highway 150 Roadcut, Washington County, Kentucky
6.1 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Uvarovite Garnet
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Sarany Village, Gorozavod area, Permskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia (Type Locality)
4.0 x 3.0 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite (gemmy "phantom" crystals)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva #1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Sphalerite with Pyrite (ex Geary Murdock and Hal Miller Collections)
Black Cloud Mine (Irene Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
10.3 x 6.2 x 5.4 cm
Gypsum ("Desert Rose")
near Oued Souf, ("City of a Thousand Domes"), El Oued Province, Algeria
11.2 x 9.3 x 4.3 cm
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
3.6 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Calcite with Selenite "stars" (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bufa Mine, La Bufa, Batopilas Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.1 x 6.7 x 4.4 cm
Smoky Quartz (WATER CLEAR) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Furka, Furka pass area, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Natrolite on Phonolite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Phonolite Quarry (Richter Quarry), Hammerunterwiesenthal, Oberwiesenthal, Niederschlag-Bärenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
6.7 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm
Roselite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
5.6 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Atacamite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
6.1 x 5.6 x 1.2 cm
Hummerite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Hummer Mine, (Jo Dandy Mine Group), Paradox Valley, Uravan Mining District, Montrose County, Colorado
4.6 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Galena on Siderite stalactite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
White Raven Mine, near Ward, Boulder County, Colorado
4.2 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Wardite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
5.3 x 3.7 x 0.9 cm
Hematite ("iron roses") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
4.1 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Anatase (doubly-terminated) with Quartz
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
7.7 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Fluorite (multi-color "phantom" crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
14.2 x 7.7 x 2.9 cm
Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
6.7 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm