FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday January 11th, 2018

Ends Thursday, January 11th, 2018
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)



This week's auction is filled with new material we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with 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. Beautiful pink and green TOURMALINE on matrix from the Pederneira Mine, Brazil
2. Rarities include HYDROXYLELLESTADITE, PENTLANDITE, MORENOSITE and SURASSITE
3. FINE QUALITY, gemmy green crystals of EPIDOTE on matrix from Afghanistan
4. Lovely, gemmy golden-green colored crystals of SIDERITE with PYRITE and STANNITE from Bolivia
5. RARE specimen of KOSNARITE from the collection of Richard A. Kosnar
6. Classic QUARTZ with CALCITE from the Camp Bird Mine in Colorado (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
7. Assorted specimens from Brazil from the collection of Rolando Gioia
8. PAGE 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Quartz ("Faden")
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Epidote with Andradite and Diopside
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range (Speen Ghar range), Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
8.3 x 7.2 x 4.7 cm
Magnetite (ex William Duarte Collection)
San Benito County, California
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Spessartine (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado
4.3 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm
Quartz with Calcite (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
2100' level, Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado
5.3 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Rhodochrosite
Wutong (Wudong) Mine, Liubao ("Babu"), Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
5.0 x 3.3 x 1.1 cm
Dolomite (twins) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pomba pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.6 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
11.7 x 9.3 x 5.2 cm
Manganite with Sturmanite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Tourmaline with Lepidolite on Albite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pederneira claim, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) with Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite (var: "Staffelite")
Valec (Waltsch), Doupov (Duppau), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.7 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Siderite with Pyrite and Stannite
Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 4.1 x 1.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
4.3 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Aquamarine (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Medina, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Fluorite Carving, Frog
Hunan Province, China
47 mm x 44 mm x 23 mm, 46.02 grams (230.10 carats)
Aegirine (ex Obodda)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
7.7 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Vivianite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Jocao pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Monazite-(Ce) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Uranium King Mine, Encampment District, Carbon County, Wyoming
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Hydroxylellestadite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Chichibu Mine, Nakatsugawa, Ohtaki-mura, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan (Type Locality)
2.7 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Cuprian Austinite with Conichalcite (ex Clay Williams Collection)
Middle Pit, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
9.2 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm
Kosnarite (extremely rare) (named for Rich Kosnar) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Jenipapo district, Itinga, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Perovskite with Andradite (var "Melanite") (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Perovskite Peak, Santa Rita Peak, Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
6.3 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Epididymite (rare) (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
4.1 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Azurite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Apex Mine, Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington County, Utah
3.0 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Apatite (prismatic) on Pericline (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Val Casatscha, Cristallina Valley, Medel Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
2.6 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Barite with Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Pohla Mine, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Chabazite (var: Phacolite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Springfield Quarry, Springfield, Lane County, Oregon
6.2 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Fluorapatite with Arsenopyrite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
4.7 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
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