FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday April 19th, 2018

Ends Thursday, April 19th, 2018
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 Tucson 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 Willard Wulff, Francesco Bedogné, Paul Zerfass, Rolando Gioia, 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. Hard to find beautiful pink RHODOCHROSITE on SPHALERITE from the Champion Mine in Colorado
2. A RARELY seen FERBERITE TWIN on MATRIX from the Tasna Mine, Bolivia
3. NEW ANDRADITE GARNET specimen featuring a LARGE CRYSTAL from a new find in Peru
4. A classic and sculptural specimen of TENNANTITE pseudomorphing AZURITE from Tsumeb
5. A unique and interesting TOPAZ specimen from Brazil featuring a TOPAZ crystal ON TOPAZ
6. Newly mined specimen of CHRYSOBERYL with SMOKY QUARTZ from the classic locality at Itaguacu, Brazil
7. Rarities include species like FERRONIGERITE-2N1S, FOITITE, VESIGNIEITE and LEMMLEINITE-Ba
8. Page 2 features plenty of minerals from the Kay Robertson collection
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Andradite Garnet (Geode / "Coconut") (new find)
Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
9.8 x 8.7 x 3.7 cm
Ferberite (twin) (rare matrix specimen)
Tasna Mine, Cerro Tasna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.1 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Rhodochrosite on Sphalerite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Champion Mine, near Lake City, Cinnamon Pass, Park District, Hinsdale County, Colorado
3.4 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm
Pyrite Concretion
Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
7.7 x 6.9 x 6.5 cm
Amber with insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
2.1 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm
Chalcedony (good quality) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Slanec Quarry, Slanske Mts, Kosice Region, Slovakia
5.5 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm
Orpiment
El'brusskiy Arsenic mine, Elbrus Mt, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia
3.9 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm
Tourmaline (9.73 grams)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.1 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Chrysoberyl with Smoky Quartz (NEW FIND)
Itaguacu, Espirito Santo, Brazil
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Quartz ("Faden")
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
5.6 x 3.0 x 1.6 cm
Foitite (rare Tourmaline species)
Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
0.6 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Goethite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection) (fine quality)
near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Azurite with Conichalcite (2012 find)
Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
15.2 x 9.3 x 4.6 cm
Cassiterite with Topaz (new find)
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
3.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Lemmleinite-Ba (exceptionally rare)
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Murmanskaya Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
5.2 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Rutile (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Mendipite (rare)
Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, UK
7.8 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Vesuvianite (Manganoan)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.7 x 2.0 x 0.8 cm
Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
8.7 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Native Arsenic (4 pieces) (ex Kay Robertson and Harvard University Collections)
Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
2.2 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm to 0.9 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Uranopolite (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson and Collection)
Jachymov (St Joachimsthal), Krusne Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.0 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Azurite with Malachite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson and Collection)
Friedrich-Christian Mine, Wildschapbach valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
4.6 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Lollingite with Serpentine (ex Kay Robertson and Collection)
Zloty Stok (Reichenstein), Zloty Stok Commune, Zabkowice Slaskie District, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
7.5 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
6.7 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
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