FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends July 30, 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 recently either at shows or direct from the source.  Plenty of good pieces this week from various collections such as Richard Kosnar, David Burgess, Bob Whitmore and of course 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. Wonderful old-time "sixling" CHRYSOBERYL twin from Brazil
2. Gemmy multi-color TOURMALINE from Nepal (with unusual color zoning)
3. Excellent quality AZURITE crystals from the Milpillas Mine in Mexico          
4. Classic FLUORITE from the Sweet Home Mine (1978)
5. Rare GEMMY PURPLE crystals of ALBITE from Pakistan
6. Attractive classic "cogwheel" twinned crystals of BOURNONITE from Bolivia
7. Rarities include RILANDITE, PARAVAUXITE, BOTRYOGEN and ARSENOLITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
 
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Arsenolite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
White Caps Mine, Manhattan, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada
2.8 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Brochantite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Baita (Rezbanya), Nucet, Bihor, Romania
2.6 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $90
"Tavistockite" (Apatite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England
3.3 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Descloizite (beautiful micro material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Commercial Cramer Mine, Georgetown, Grant County, New Mexico
2.7 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $54
Cassiterite (cyclic twins) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
New South Wales, Australia
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Barite on Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cacilia (Caecilia) Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wolsendorf, Bavaria, Germany
5.7 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Chrysoberyl (twin) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Espirito Santo, Brazil
2.5 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Azurite (fine quality)
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
3.7 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $205
Paravauxite (rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
5.5 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Citrine on Danburite (rare combo for the locality)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.3 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $106
Mottramite (good quality - classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
10.3 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $272
Quartz ("Faden")
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
10.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Bournonite ("cogwheels") on Sphalerite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Hematite (excellent thumbnail) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Hematite Occurrence, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
2.3 x 0.7 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $77
Albite (rare GEM PURPLE crystals!)
Khyber Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
6.1 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $577