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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Thulite (manganese-bearing Zoisite) (new discovery)
Snillfjord, Krokstadora, Trondheim, Sor-Trandelag, Norway
2.4 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Quartz / Amethyst with Hematite inclusions
Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg area, Uis District, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.2 x 6.9 x 4.3 cm
Turquoise pseudomorph after Apatite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mina Deposit, Pilot Mountains District, Pilot Mts, Mineral County, Nevada
0.9 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cacilia (Caecilia) Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wolsendorf West District, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
10.8 x 8.6 x 2.7 cm
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.8 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Sphalerite ("Spinel" Twins) with Pyrite
Concepcion Del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
7.8 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Bi-color Sapphire (rare US locality)
Propst Farm, Lincoln County, North Carolina
2.1 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Wulfenite on Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.7 x 8.2 x 4.2 cm
Prehnite with Epidote
Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
6.5 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
Wulfenite on Hemimorphite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
79 Mine, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
5.0 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
Dioptase (new find!)
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Albite
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.3 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Quartz with Iron Oxide Inclusions
Orange River, Northern Cape, South Africa
9.0 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm