FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday August 16th, 2018

Ends Thursday, August 16th, 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 Bedogne, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key 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. Large, fine quality, thick Baveno Twinned MICROCLINE crystal with SCHORL from Pakistan
2. Attractive multi-color OPAL in PETRIFIED WOOD from Indonesia
3. A gorgeous and rarely seen specimen of silvery twinned CERUSSITE on matrix from Kimbedi, Rep. of Congo
4. GEM QUALITY nearly colorless modified cubic crystals of FLUORITE on BARITE from the Jaimina Mine, Spain
5. An interesting polished slab of NATIVE SILVER in RHODOCHROSITE from the Uchucchacua Mine, Peru
6. Classic specimen of HEMATITE ("Kidney Ore") from Cumbria, England, UK
7. Fine quality, gemmy, rich orange colored SPESSARTINE GARNET from the Escondido pegmatite, Brazil (ex Francesco Bedogné Collection)
8. Good-sized, gemmy, beautiful green colored BRAZILIANITE crystals with ALBITE from Brazil (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
9. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Apophyllite ("rosettes") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County], Pennsylvania
4.2 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Epidote (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Knappenwand, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
2.7 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Green Sphalerite on Prehnite (rare combo) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Diabase quarry, Hartenrod, Gladenbach, Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany
8.3 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm
Arseniosiderite (rare classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Manganese deposit, Romaneche-Thorens, La Chapelle-de-Guinchay, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France (Type Locality)
6.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Mottramite on Calcite(?) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Mottramite with Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.3 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite (classic material) (ex John Arnaud Collection)
Jaimina Mine, Carrales, Obdulia vein, Caravia District, Caravia mining area, Asturias, Spain
6.8 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Hematite ("Kidney Ore")
Florence Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
6.2 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Hubnerite on Quartz (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sanchez Carrion Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
4.7 x 3.9 x 2.8 cm
Quartz / Agate Geode slice
Barros Cassal, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4.0 x 3.5 x 0.2 cm
Smoky Quartz (scepter) (29.18 grams)
Krystal Tips Mine, Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
6.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Zanazziite with Eosphorite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil (type locality for Zanazziite)
3.0 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Spessartine Garnet (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Escondido pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
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