FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - End Oct 17, 2019

A great selection this week with lots of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from the newly acquired Gary Weaver collection along with a newly purchased prominent worldwide collection from the Midwest, plus dealers' inventories, and plenty from Kay Robertson!  You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time.   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!
 
Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:
 
1. Gorgeous, aesthetic, gemmy "Faden" EPIDOTE specimen from Pakistan
2. Classic old time GOLD from Central City, Colorado
3. Fantastic "star"-shaped twinned CALCITE on CALCITE from Mexico 
4. Rarely seen RUBY crystal group from NORTH CAROLINA!
5. GEM QUALITY "GWINDEL" SMOKY QUARTZ from Switzerland    
6. Rarely seen FERRO-HORNBLENDE from the San Benito Couty, California
7. Rarities include TOBERMOREITE, NATIVE BISMUTH and METAVOLTINE           
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Epidote (GEMMY "Faden" group) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.2 x 2.8 x 1.1 cm
Thomsonite (rare color - fine quality)
Aurangabad, Maharahstra, India
5.3 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Roselite on Cobaltoan Calcite
Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, 15 Km east of Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
7.0 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Moldavite
Besednice, Cesky Krumlov, Bohemia, Republic
3.0 x 2.7 x 1.1 cm
Chrysoberyl (gemmy twin)
Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil
1.4 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
Aragonite (rare color)
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China
7.7 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Pyrite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
State Bridge area, Eagle County, Colorado
6.7 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Benitoite (classic material)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito County, California
2.7 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Calcite (GEMMY) on Conichalcite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.5 x 5.6 x 5.3 cm
Siderite (gemmy!) with Pyrite (replacing Siderite) and Stannite
Siete Suyos Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.9 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Ruby (rare US locality)
Propst Farm, Lincoln County, North Carolina
1.4 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Chrysocolla on Quartz (rare locality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Monarch Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado
10.8 x 8.2 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite with Bavenite (rare association) (ex David Burgess Collection)
State Route 111 construction site, Long Hill, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut
6.3 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Prehnite (good quality) (ex David Burgess Collection)
O & G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
8.1 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm
Spessartine on Albite with Microcline
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.6 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
2.7 x 2.4 x 0.5 cm
Azurite ("rose") (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altai Krai, Russia
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Native Bismuth (rare crystals) in Nickeline (ex David Burgess Collection)
Eldorado Mine, Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada
6.2 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm
Anatase (rare locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khanty-Mansi Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Prepolar Ural, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
10.7 x 3.6 x 1.3 cm
Smoky Quartz (WATER CLEAR Gwinel) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Furka, Furka pass area, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
6.3 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
Spinel (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
3.3 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Scapolite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
2.1 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm