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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Dioptase (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Christmas Mine, Christmas, Banner Mining District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
4.2 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Arsenopyrite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tannenbergsthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germanyi
3.4 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Topaz (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah
3.5 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $78
Wulfenite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Bariandite (extremely rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon (Type Locality)
1.0 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Perovskite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Klein Matterhorn (Chli Matterhorn), Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee area, Valais, Switzerland
4.2 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Meionite (var: Ersbyite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ersby, Pargas, Southwest Finland, Finland
2.9 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Cerussite with Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
6.0 x 5.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Arsenopyrite (good sized crystal group) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
5.3 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Epidote with Apatite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mount Tallac, Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California
6.2 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $39
Fluorite (rare locality specimen - 2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
6.6 x 6.3 x 5.9 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Fluorapatite with Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Pink Apatite on Microcline (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California
7.1 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $57
Garnet on Microcline (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ashely Mine (Katerina Mine), Hiriart Mountain (Hiriat Hill), Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California
5.2 x 4.1 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $262