FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - end Thursday March 28th, 2019

Ends Thursday, March 28th, 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 along with pieces from Dr. William Logan, Richard Kosnar, Geary Murdock and 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. A wonderful gemmy, natural bi-colored crystal AMETRINE with RARE "c" pinacoid faces from Bolivia
2. Rarely seen MULTI-COLOR FIRE OPAL in matrix from Red Rock Canyon, California
3. An attractive branching GOLD specimen from the Eagle's Nest Mine in California
4. Newly discovered BRIGHT PINK colored THULITE (Zoisite) from Norway
5. A beautiful specimen of AMBER from the Dominican Republic featuring MULTIPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS!
6. Excellent, highly fluorescent gemmy spherical "HYALITE" OPAL (Opal-AN) from Mexico
7. Rarities include ZALESIITE, SAPPHIRINE, ROBINSONITE and SILVER (var: AMALGUM)
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European and North American localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Fluorite with Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (new find)
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
10.2 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Gold
Eagle's Nest Mine (Mystery Wind Mine), Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff District, Placer County, California
1.1 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Ametrine (223.41 grams) (with RARE "c" pinacoid faces!)
Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
9.3 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
Anatase with Albite
Taftan, near Dalbandi, Baluchistan, Pakistan
6.0 x 5.2 x 2.7 cm
Rhodochrosite (rare locality) (ex Logan Collection)
Kassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
6.7 x 5.8 x 1.3 cm
Halite (bi-color crystal) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Klodawa, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
8.0 x 4.9 x 2.8 cm
Chondrodite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
3.4 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Thulite (manganese-bearing Zoisite) (new discovery)
Snillfjord, Krokstadora, Trondheim, Sor-Trandelag, Norway
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Sapphirine (NOT Sapphire) (very rare locality specimen)
Amethyst Prospect, Hardscrabble District, Custer County, Colorado
2.9 x 2. 2x 1.3 cm
Zalesiite (rare) with Quartz
Neubulach, Calw, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
7.7 x 5.4 x 2.2 cm
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
5.3 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Quartz (doubly-terminated "floater")
Purple Hope No. 4 claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
3.7 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Olmiite (big "spheres")
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Quartz ("Japan-Law" Twin)
Flor de Peru I claim (Tentadora Mine), Mt Ullpac (Mt Ollupac), Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
6.3 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm
Cornetite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) (Type Locality)
8.3 x 6.3 x 1.3 cm
Pyrite (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Ambas Aguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain
2.4 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Malachite / Azurite (nodule)
Burra, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
4.7 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm and 4.8 x 3.5 x 1.4 cm
Microcline with Smoky Quartz and Albite (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise County, Idaho
11.8 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Brucite (fine color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Vivianite pseudomorph after Belemnite Fossil
Mullica Hill, Harrison Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey
10.1 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Imperial Topaz (6.48 grams)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Silver (var: Amalgum) (90% Silver/10% Mercury) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Allakh-Yun', Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
5.5 x 4.3 x 0.7 cm
Amethyst (scepter crystals) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada (Las Vigas) Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico
4.8 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri
6.4 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
7.8 x 7.3 x 5.2 cm'
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