FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday December 13th, 2018

Ends Thursday, December 13th, 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 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 Willard Wulff, Brian Lloyd, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key, 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. Large, fine, stout, jet-black FERBERITE crystal group from the Tasna Mine, Bolivia
2. Gemmy, beautiful pink color ETCHED & SMOOTH / LUSTROUS MORGANITE BERYL crystal from Brazil
3. A 5-piece group of bright MULTI-COLOR OPAL specimens from ETHIOPIA
4. Classic "tree"-like display specimen of CALCITE from Bisbee, Arizona
5. Old classic fine quality PYROMORPHITE from the Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
6. Hard to find US specimens, such an old time MORGANITE from the Elizabeth R. Mine in California and a rarely seen ROSE QUARTZ from Maine (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
7. Gorgeous beautiful purple colored FLOURESCENT HACKMANITE SODALITE from Afghanistan (ex Francesco Bedogné Collection)
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European and North American localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Ruby Spinel
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Myanmar (Burma)
0.8 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Beryl (var: Morganite) (etched) (80.79 grams)
Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Stibnite ("spray") (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
La Salvadora Mine, Oruro city, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Opal (highly colorful) (5 piece set)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.1 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm to 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm
Calcite (classic material)
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
7.3 x 7.1 x 5.7 cm
Fluorite (GEM quality) (49.76 grams)
Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
5.6 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Prehnite (interesting habit) with Epidote
Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
4.8 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm
Amethyst (doubly-terminated crystals)
Purple Hope No. 4 claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
5.5 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Purple Quartz (var: Chalcedony / Agate) ("Grape" Chalcedony / Agate)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
6.8 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Diamond
Miba Mine, Mbuji Mayi, Kasai-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Sodalite (var: Hackmanite) (fluorescent) on Calcite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Richterite occurrence, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
5.2 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Hematite (var: Martite) (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Twin Peaks Prospect, Twin Peak, Millard County, Utah
5.4 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Wavellite (good color and quality)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
6.1 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Pyromorphite (classic material) (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
9th Level, Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
5.3 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
Vauxite (fine color) (rare)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
5.6 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm
Goldmanite (rare garnet species)
Rybnucek, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
6.8 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Adamite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 5.8 x 3.4 cm
Rose Quartz (rare locale) (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Rose Quartz crystal locality, Newry, Oxford County, Maine
3.4 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Fluorite (deep color) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
5.4 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Libethenite (rare locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico
6.5 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Almandine Garnet in Schist (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Granatenkogel north slope, Gaisberg valley, Obergurgl, Gurgler valley, Otz valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
7.8 x 7.1 x 2.2 cm
Wulfenite with Mimetite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Mun. de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico
2.8 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Anatase (partially altered to Rutile) on Adularia (twin) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons) Switzerland
3.1 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Glaucocerinite (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos [St Constantine], Lavrion District Mines, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
6.2 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm
Lazurite (Lapis) (classic locale) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Malo-Bystrinskoe lazurite deposit, Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Wulfenite on Wlliemite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mammoth-St. Anytony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
6.4 x 3.8 x 1.2 cm
Chromian Clinochlore ("Kammererite") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Krop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzerum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
5.0 x 4.1 x 1.1 cm
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