FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday June 21st, 2018
Ends Thursday, June 21st, 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. A $6,000, fantastic, gemmy, doubly-terminated, blue AQUAMARINE crystals on Albite form Pakistan (ex Obodda)
2. GEM quality, golden rhombic CALCITE specimen from the Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, in Kazakhstan
3. A classic specimen of OPAL pseudomorphing after FOSSIL CLAM shell from Coober Pedy, Australia
4. Classic, rarely seen DOUBLY-TERMINATED twinned red CINNABAR with QUARTZ from China
5. GEM PURPLE TOPAZ on MAGNESITE from Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
6. Attractive color change "butterfly-twinned" MONAZITE-(Ce) crystals on QUARTZ from the Siglo XX Mine, Bolivia
7. A big, rare, historic specimen of SYNTHETIC QUARTZ (ex Motorola Laboratories)
8. An incredibly rare specimen of TETRADYMITE from the nearly 200 year old type locality in Slovakia!
9. Page 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson collection
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. A $6,000, fantastic, gemmy, doubly-terminated, blue AQUAMARINE crystals on Albite form Pakistan (ex Obodda)
2. GEM quality, golden rhombic CALCITE specimen from the Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, in Kazakhstan
3. A classic specimen of OPAL pseudomorphing after FOSSIL CLAM shell from Coober Pedy, Australia
4. Classic, rarely seen DOUBLY-TERMINATED twinned red CINNABAR with QUARTZ from China
5. GEM PURPLE TOPAZ on MAGNESITE from Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
6. Attractive color change "butterfly-twinned" MONAZITE-(Ce) crystals on QUARTZ from the Siglo XX Mine, Bolivia
7. A big, rare, historic specimen of SYNTHETIC QUARTZ (ex Motorola Laboratories)
8. An incredibly rare specimen of TETRADYMITE from the nearly 200 year old type locality in Slovakia!
9. Page 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson collection