FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends April 9, 2020

A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, along with collections like David Burgess, Gary Weaver and Bill Logan along with 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. Attractive deep red UVITE TOURMALINE on matrix from Brazil
2. Multi-crystal set of BOLEITE from the type locality in Mexico
3. Gemmy CASSITERITE twins with rarely TOURMALINE association from Bolivia
4. Hard to find MATRIX specimen of "Cherry Blossom" pseudomorph from Japan
5. Fine quality, beautiful FERBERITE TWIN from Bolivia
6. Rarely seen GOLD on ALBITE from Canada!
7. Excellent highly fluorescent "YOUNGITE" specimen from Wyoming  
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
 
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Jarosite with Sphalerite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Lill Mine, Cernojamske deposit (Black pits deposit), Brezove Hory ore region (Birkenberg), Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.2 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Tsumebite (rare)
Blue Bell claims, San Bernardino County, California
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $57
Anhydrite (rare blue color)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.0 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Scorzalite (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
4.0 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Albite on "Chlorite"-included Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Habachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Fluorapatite on Albite
Pedras Altas claim, Pedras Altas, Capim Grosso, Ipira complex, Bahia, Brazil
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Pyrite with Quartz
Racracancha mine, Tinyahuarco district, Pasco province, Pasco department, Peru
8.0 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
11.3 x 10.8 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Spessartine on Albite with Schorl
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.6 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Azurite and Malachite
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
3.7 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $102
Calcite (ex Cynthia Payne)
Herculano Mine, El Puntal, Campos de golf area, Atamaría, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $26
Ammonite (polished pair)
Ambarimaninga, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
3.9 x 3.0 x 0.8 cm and 3.7 x 3.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Cassiterite with Tourmaline (rare association) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Fluorite (classic material)
Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
7.7 x 6.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Copper (attractive locality specimen)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
14.2 x 7.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Opal (highly colorful)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.0 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Ferberite (twin) with Arsenopyrite
Tasna Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia
4.4 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Fluorite (GEM twin)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
2.2 x2 .1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $37
Cerussite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.5 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Mottramite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Calcite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Billy Creek Wildlife Refuge, Ouray County, Colorado
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Boleite (4 crystal set)
Boleo District, Santa Rosalia, Mun. de Mulege, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico (Type Locality)
2 - 3 mm
Winning Bid: $50
Axinite-(Fe) (good quality crystals)
Khapalu (Khaplu), Ganache District (Ghanche District), Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
3.8 x 3.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Gudmundite (rare)
Kriznica, Pernek, Malacky Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Ametrine (80 grams)
Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
7.2 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $115
Fluorite (GEM quality) (74.30 grams)
Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Fluorite (classic material)
Felix Mine, Azusa, San Gabriel Mts, Los Angeles County, California
4.5 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Purpurite (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Krystal Krown, Purple Haze and Rainbows End claims, Larimer County, Colorado
7.5 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Andalusite (terminated crystals)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.9 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $10