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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Chromian Muscovite (Fuchsite) (new find)
MQ Granite AS quarry, Gaskkabeaivári, Finnmark, Norway
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Fluorite with Hubnerite on Quartz
Sweet Home Mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
6.0 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Calcite (2 generations) with Hematite inclusions
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 6.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Hemimorphite (beautiful color)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
3.4 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Cassiterite (fine crystal) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Krupka (Graupen), Usti nad Labem Region, Czech Republic
6.5 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Datolite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
4.7 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Chalcopyrite and Calcite on Barite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
230m level, Gewerkschaft, Wolsendorf, Bavaria, Germany
4.6 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $26
Brookite on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Magnet Cove, Hot Springs County, Arkansas
7.3 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Fluorapatite on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Mcgovernite (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality)
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Scorodite (rare old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Stamm Asser Mine, Graul, Langenberg, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (Type Locality)
6.6 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Bismuth (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Maischacht Mine, Kielberg, Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany
3.5 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Crocoite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Gold on Albite (rare association specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
1462 Stope, Pamour #1 Mine, Whitney Township, Porcupine mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
6.2 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Vanadinite (var: Arsenatian Vanadinite) ("Endlichite") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
3.8 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Uvarovite Garnet
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Sarany Village, Gorozavod area, Permskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia (Type Locality)
4.5 x 2.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Uvite Tourmaline on Magnesite (ex David Burgess specimen)
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
6.4 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
3.9 x 3.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Lazulite (classic material)
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
5.1 x 3.2 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Quartz included with Siderophyllite ("Tanzurine")
Malambo, west of Lake Natron, Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $19
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite with Malachite and Cuprite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.9 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Ferberite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
6.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Prehnite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz with Feldspar
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
5.3 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Quartz (var: Agate) (var: Youngite) (highly fluorescent) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Guernsey, Hartville Mining District, Platte County, Wyoming
13.7 x 10.7 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.3 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Mica / Sericite pseudomorph after Cordierite-Indialite ("Cherry Blossom") (RARE MATRIX piece)
Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
1.2 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $213