FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends July 2, 2020

A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, choice, rare and unusual specimens.  We selections from new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from newly acquired collections 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. Beautiful and usual newly mine DIOPTASE from Rep. of Congo
2. Unique and eye-catching fluorescent BLOOD VESSEL OPAL from Mexico
3. Gemmy bi-colored TOURMALINE from Brazil
4. Attractive WULFENITE coated by QUARTZ from the Finch Mine in Arizona
5. CERUSSITE from a RARE German locality!      
6. EXCELLENT Peruvian ORPIMENT on GALENA!        
7. Rarities include VANDENBRANDEITE, CUPROSKLODOWSKITE, CALEDONITE and GRANDIDIERITE,
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
 
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Wavellite (classic material) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Henry de Linde Mine, Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Caledonite (classic material)
Reward Mine, Reward, Russ District, Inyo Mts, Inyo County, California
4.7 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Fluorite (gemmy twin)
Rogerley Mine, Rogerley Quarry, Frosterley, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Sulfur (RARE locality specimen)
Milos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
8.7 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Chromian Muscovite (Fuchsite) (2019 find)
MQ Granite AS quarry, Gaskkabeaivári, Kautokeino, Finnmark, Norway
3.1 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Prehnite on Calcite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Brandberg Area, Daures, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.3 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Heliodor Beryl (EXCELLENT RARE locality specimen!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cahuilla District, Riverside County, California
3.8 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $476
Mottramite (with multiple fluorescent minerals!) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona
6.2 x 5.8 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $261
Gypsum ("fishtail" twins)
Salinas de Otuma, Otuma village, Paracas, Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica, Peru
10.7 x 10.4 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Fluorite (multi-color "phantom" crystals)
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Turquoise pseudomorph after Fluorapatite (rare)
Baviacora Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
3.6 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $243
Grandidierite (very rare)
Tranomaro Commune, Amboasary Sud District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Tuléar Province (Toliara), Madagascar
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $636
Orpiment on Galena (excellent specimen)
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru
11.3 x 5.2 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $825
Quartz (pseudo Beta crystals) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Auerberg (a mountain) near Stolberg, Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
6 mm (largest crystal)
Winning Bid: $768