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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Metavoltine (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
6.7 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Gold on Quartz (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Glory Hole (Patch Mine), above Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado
0.7 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
"Alligator" Smoky Quartz
Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.8 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm
Scheelite with Goshenite Beryl on Muscovite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China
7.7 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite (GEM twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
2.5 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Apatite (rare locale) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
near Indian Lake, Hamilton County, New York
5.7 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Zircon (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Basalt Quarries, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Rubellite Tourmaline on Lepidolite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Brown Derby Mine, Ohio City Area, Quartz Creek Pegmatite District, Gunnison County, Colorado
9.4 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, Canutillos Mine, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.2 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite (rare color and locality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Topeka Mine, Topeka-Kentucky Giant vein, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray County, Colorado
4.9 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Libethenite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tyrone Mine, Tyrone Area, Burro Mountains District, Grant County, New Mexico
4.6 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm