FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Dec 12, 2019

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, plus we have plenty of pieces from a newly purchased prominent worldwide collection from the Midwest along with 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. Attractive and unique OPAL-AN (Hyalite Opal) ("Blood Vessel Opal") from Mexico
2. Fine quality WENDWILSONITE crystals on matrix from Morocco
3. GOLD on QUARTZ from Timmins, Ontario, Canada
4. Excellent, rare and fine quality ANCYLITE-(Ce) pseudomorph after BURBANKITE from Mont Saint-Hilaire
5.  Gemmy, bi-colored, "phantom" twinned DOLOMITE crystals from Brazil
6. An old Germany PYROMORPHITE from the TYPE LOCALITY!
7. Rarities include GERSDORFFITE, OSARIZAWAITE, CYLINDRITE and KINOITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Amethyst
Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada (Las Vigas) Mun. de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico
3.5 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm
Schorl with Quartz (ex Nowakowski Collection)
Erongo Mountains, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.7 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm
Wendwilsonite (rare and excellent)
Bou Azzer District (Bou Azer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco (Co-Type Locality)
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Gersdorffite (rare) (ex Josef Vajdak)
Ait Ahmane Mine, Bou Azzer District (Bou Azer District), Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Apophyllite on Stilbite
Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India
7.1 x 6.6 x 2.8 cm
Barite (GEM crystals)
Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
8.3 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline with Muscovite
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
7.2 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm
Dolomite ("phantom" twins)
Pomba Pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
5.3 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm
Sapphire ("floater" crystal) (12.29 carats)
Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
1.0 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Calcite with Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Azurite (rare locality specimen)
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
8.8 x 7.3 x 4.7 cm
Fluorite (iridescent)
Stoneco Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding County, Ohio
8.3 x 7.2 x 3.8 cm
Quartz Geode (fluorescent) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Bu Craa (Bou Craa), Laâyoune Province, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Morocco
7.8 x 7.2 x 5.8 cm and 7.6 x 5.6 x 4.7 cm
Vesuvianite on (?)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
3.0 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Vanadinite (classic material)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.8 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Obsidian ("Apache Tear")
Picketpost Mountain area, Superior, Superior District, Pinal County, Arizona
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Chalcedony ("Blue Holly Agate") (rare material)
Ngabu village, Chiwawy-Nsanje District, Malawi
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Goethite pseudomorph after Siderite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Crystal Peak, near Lake George, Teller County, Colorado
4.9 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Osarizawaite (rare)
Silver Hill Mine group, Silver Hill Mining District, Waterman Mining District, Pima County, Arizona
4.4 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Ancylite-(Ce) pseudomorph after Burbankite (rare and fine)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Corundum (var: Ruby) (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
near Mt Baldy (Camp Baldy), San Bernardino County, California
4.9 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Descloizite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Berg Aukus, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Pyromorphite (important old locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Zschopau, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany (Type Locality)
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Creedite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Cylindrite (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
3.1 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Cuprite on Calcite (1958 discovery) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
6.6 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Kinoite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Christmas Mine, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Phenakite on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado
5.7 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm
Torbernite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Jachymov (St. Joachimstal), Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
2.2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm