FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - End Oct 3, 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 a newly purchased prominent worldwide collection from the Midwest along with Geary Murdock and dealers' inventories, plus 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. Unique "GRAPE CHALCEDONY" specimen from Indonesia
2. Attractive AMBER with INSECTION INCLUSIONS from Dominican Republic
3. Newly mined PINK and LAVENDER OPAL from Peru  
4. Beautiful AXINITE-(Fe) specimen from the TYPE LOCALITY!
5. Wonderful WULFENITE thumbnail from the Old Yuma Mine, Arizona           
6. Rarely seen HAMBERGITE from the Little Three Mine, California
7. Rarities include CORONADITE, ZANAZZIITE, SAINFELDITE and METAHEWETTITE                                                                     
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Purple Quartz (var: Chalcedony / Agate) ("Grape" Chalcedony / Agate)
Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia
5.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 cm
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.5 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
Amber with insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
6.5 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite ("phantom" cubes) with Chalcopyrite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
8.2 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm
Chevkinite-(Ce) (rare)
Satil, Tangir Valley, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Silver
Batopilas, Andres del Rio District, Mun. de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.7 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Celestine
Chihuahua, Mexico
8.7 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm
Amazonite on Albite
Konso, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia
6.3 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Coronadite (rare)
Rosh Pinah Mine, Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund, ǁKaras Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite
Rosiclare Level, Minerva Mine #1, Ozark-Mahoning Group, Hardin County, Illinois
7.8 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Wulfenite
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.3 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm
Opal (Pink and Lavender)
Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru
5.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Sapphire
Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
5.5 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Azurite in Granite ("K2 stone" "Ketonite")
Foothills of K2 Mountain, on the border between Gilgit–Baltistan northern Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang, China
2.8 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm to 2.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Brucite (attractive color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Microcline with Albite and Smoky Quartz (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise County, Idaho
6.0 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Amethyst with Calcite
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
5.0 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Pyrite on Quartz
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
4.7 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
Brazilianite (doubly-terminated)
Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.5 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Plumbogummite (beautiful color)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
5.1 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Grossular (var: Hessonite)
Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.0 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm
Fluorite on Schorl Tourmaline
Erongo Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Wulfenite (ex Bruce Murphy Collection)
Old Yuma Mine, Pima County, Arizona
2.0 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
4.7 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
Fluorapatite on Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Stibnite (multi-terminated group) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Manhattan Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada
5.9 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
Chalcanthite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Hanover #2 Mine, Hanover-Fierro District, Grant County, New Mexico
5.7 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm