FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends January 16, 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, plus we have plenty of pieces from the newly acquired Gary Weaver collection along with a newly purchased prominent worldwide collection from the Midwest, plus dealers' inventories, and 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 gemmy KUNZITE with blue INDICOLITE TOURMALINE from Afghanistan
2. GEMMY "floater" crystal of AQUAMARINE from Jaqueto, Brazil
3. classic WIRE SILVER in AMETHYSTINE QUARTZ from Creede, Colorado
4. A beautiful "Star of David" twinned RUBY SPINEL from Mogok, Myanmar
5. GEM QUALITY HALITE crystal from the Kerr McGee Mine, New Mexico
6. Beautiful gemmy rich purple and green FLUORITE octahedra from the Surprise Mine, New Mexico
7. A VERY RARE specimen of BARIANDITE from the Type Locality!
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Aquamarine (gemmy "floater" crystal) (43 carats) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Jaquetô Mine, Guaratinga, Bahia, Brazil
3.0 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Cassiterite with Quartz
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
9.3 x 7.6 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Halite (GEM)
Kerr McGee Mine, Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy County, New Mexico
7.7 x 5.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Vivianite pseudomorph after Belemnite Fossil
Mullica Hill, Harrison Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey
3.7 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Chalcanthite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Aztec Mine, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts., Santa Cruz County, Arizona
7.8 x 6.7 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Covellite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado
3.6 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Creedite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Henderson Mine, Dailey Mining District (Jones Pass Mining District), Clear Creek County, Colorado
8.0 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Silver Wires in Amethystine Quartz in Breccia (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Bulldog Mine, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado
11.7 x 7.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Aquamarine (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado
4.5 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Calcite on Chrysocolla
Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
5.7 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Fluorapatite (fluorescent!)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $26
Flint (Polished)
Talpiot, Jerusalem, Israel
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Fluorite (purple and green crystals)
Surprise Mine, Cookes Peak District, Luna County, New Mexico
4.5 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Mimetite (classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.8 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Pink Quartz (new find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
7.3 x 6.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Barite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Muddy Creek, Tributary of Crater Creek, Pagosa Springs, Rio Grande County, Colorado
10.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Quartz "cast" after Calcite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
L&M vein, West of Brendel Gulch, Silverton District, San Juan County, Colorado
13.8 x 10.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Smithsonite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Santa Anita Mine, Mun. de Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
8.6 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $72
Sphalerite (GEMMY) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Zanett Tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray Amphitheater, Bear Creek Canyon, Ouray, San Juan Mts, Ouray County, Colorado
3.5 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Sugilite (rare)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Pyrite (iridescent spheres) on matrix
Brass Balls Claim, Eagle County, Colorado
12.1 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Ferberite ("butterfly" twin)
Tasna Mine, Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $78
Ruby Spinel ("Star of David" Twin)
Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
0.4 x 0.4 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $26
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) (2017 find)
Smara, Es-Semara Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
3.3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Fluorite on Sphalerite (classic material)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
6.8 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Sulfur (rare locality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Sulfur District, Sandoval County, New Mexico
7.7 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Celestine
Chihuahua, Mexico
8.3 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rudabanya, Rudabanyai Mts, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen Co., Hungary
3.2 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Fluorapatite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico
8.3 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $51