FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Thursday June 20th, 2019

Ends Thursday, June 20th, 2019
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)


We have a great selection of material that we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for new goodies from recent shows / discoveries along with new collection acquisitions to appear in the coming weeks. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. We'll still have selections from various collections we've obtained including the newly acquired collection of David Burgess, Tom Campbell and Dr. William Logan along with pieces from Charlie Key and Rich Kosnar, plus plenty of pieces from Kay Robertson along with various dealers' inventories. 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! Enjoy!

Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Interesting and eye-catching bi-colored blue and white AQUAMARINE / BERYL from Pakistan
2. Newly mined electric pink colored "THULITE" (Mn-bearing Zoisite) from Norway
3. An attractive soft pink CHALCEDONY from the childhood home of Sandra Day O'Connor in Arizona
4. Wonderful purplish-pink "Trapiche" SAPPHIRE crystal from Mogok, Myanmar
5. An unusual brownish RHODOCHROSITE from Bulgaria (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
6. Fine, sharp, lustrous, "porcelain"-esque PERICLINE ALBITE from the Austrian Alps
7. Rare species include BUTTGENBACHITE and GERSDORFFITE
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European and North American localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Aquamarine and white Beryl (interesting bi-colored crystals)
Baha, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
5.3 x 4.9 x 3.2 cm
Sapphire (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.8 x 0.5 x 0.1 cm
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
1.2 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm
Imperial Topaz (3 crystal set) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.2 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm to 0.7 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
5.3 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Ferberite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
7.4 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Pentagonite (rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune (Poona) District, Maharashtra, Indiai
3.8 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Calcite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Baia de Aries (Offenbanya), Alba, Romania
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Brucite (attractive color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Buttgenbahcite (very rare) with Malachite and Cuprite
Tenke-Fungurume area, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
3.2 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Albite (var: Pericline)
Grieswies, Grieswies - Krumlkeeskopf area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
9.7 x 6.3 x 6.2 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
9.7 x 8.3 x 2.6 cm
Thulite (manganese-bearing Zoisite) (new discovery)
Snillfjord, Krokstadora, Trondheim, Sor-Trandelag, Norway
3.1 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Muscovite "rosette" (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.4 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm
Rhodochrosite (good locality specimen) (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.7 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Sphalerite (crystallzied "Ruby Jack" group)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
10.3 x 9.2 x 5.7 cm
Topaz (GEMMY) (466.81 carats)
Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.6 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Bismite (ex Eric Asselborn Collection)
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany
4.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Dumortierite included with Quartz (rare) (12.03 grams)
Vaca Morta Quarry, Serra de Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
3.1 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite Carving, Fish (86.45 cts)
Jiangxi Province, China
3.8 x 3.7 x 1.4 cm
Blue Barite on Golden Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
5.7 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Mn-Calcite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.7 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Hubeite (very rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China (Type Locality)
6.7 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Realgar (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
Shimen Mine, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite (multi-colored) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Erika Mine, Säulnhof, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
10.3 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Calcite (GEMMY twins) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
6.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Quartz (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK
5.3 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm
Azurite with Cerussite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
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