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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Turquoise
Kingman, Hualapai Mts, Mohave County, Arizona
4.0 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
Aquamarine and white Beryl (interesting bi-colored crystals)
Baha, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
5.3 x 4.9 x 3.2 cm
Imperial Topaz (7 crystal set) (ex Richard Kosnar Collection)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
0.8 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm to 0.5 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Quartz included with Hematite "phantoms" with Epidote
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
8.3 x 6.7 x 3.2 cm
Hambergite (excellent rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rangkul' Pegmatite Field, Rangkul' Highlands, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
2.7 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
Brazilianite (old classic material) (81.90 carats)
Corrego Frio Mine, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Type Locality)
4.3 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) ("Blood Vessel Opal")
Étienne Mine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
9.3 x 7.5 x 4.4 cm
Brookite on Quartz
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
4.8 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Hanksite (gemmy crystal)
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California (Type Locality)
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
4.6 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
Fluorite (gemmy twins)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
7.7 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
Epidote on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Grouse Valley, Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, California
7.0 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Mimetite
Guatomo Mine, Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand
7.6 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm