FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends June 18, 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 Henry de LInde collection, plus dealers' inventories and 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. Excellent gemmy pink MORGANITE with RARE TOPAZ association from Afghanistan
2. Classic electric yellow LEGRANDITE specimen from Mexico
3. Superb, GEMMY, large, sharp, PETALITE crystal from Afghanistan
4. Wonderful, sharp, fine quality, old time ACANTHITE specimen from Germany
5. Sculptural classic beautiful MOTTRAMITE from Mexico         
6. Fine, gemmy, richly colored OLMIITE from South Africa
7. Rarities include YTTRIUM OXIDE CONCENTRATE, OTTRELITE and BETEKHTINITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
 
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Morganite with Topaz (rare combination)
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
6.1 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $976
Schorl on Orthoclase with Opal-AN
Erongo Mountain, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.3 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Sulfur (fine crystals)
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
7.1 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Petalite (superb, large sharp crystal) (185.19 grams)
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
10.0 x 6.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $835
Mottramite (good quality - classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
9.7 x 8.7 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Acanthite (excellent sharp crystals) (classic material)
Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
4.7 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $606
Azurite with Malachite
Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Yttrium Oxide Concentrate (extremely rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Denison Mine, Bouck Township, Elliot Lake area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
5.0 x 1.2 cm (vial)
Winning Bid: $290
Olmiite (very rare) (great quality)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa (Type Locality)
5.7 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $545
Danburite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Charcas, Charcas Municipality, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.0 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Gold (beautifully crystallized)
Piolho claim, Pacaraima, Roraima, Brazil
1.0 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Kunzite (bi-colored) (222.29 grams)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
6.7 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $223
Andradite Garnet (Geode / "Coconut") (2018 find)
Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
6.1 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Serpentine (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Ontario, Canada
14.3 x 8.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Hausmannite (fine classic material) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.7 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm'
Winning Bid: $253
Plumbogummite (fine color)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China
5.6 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $172
Andalusite (crystallized)
Jenipapo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.4 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Calcite with Goethite (var: Sammetblende) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Pribram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
7.7 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Barite with Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Freiberg, Saxony, Germany
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Drusy Quartz coating Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Schwarzenfeld, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
7.5 x 4.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Epidote on Quartz (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Silica Bell Claim, Jones Lake Power Station, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
4.5 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Hematite (excellent quality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Pomba Pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
4.2 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Calcite pseudomorph after Ikaite ("Glendonite") (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Codroy, Codroy Valley, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
3.3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $56
Fluorite (gemmy penetrations twins) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
South Vein, Heights Mine, Westgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK
2.5 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Hematite (excellent thumbnail) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah
2.5 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Metavoltine (?) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Le Cetine Mine), Chiusdino, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.3 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorite (rare locality specimen - 2017 find)
Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
5.6 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $158
Ottrelite (rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Ottre, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium (Type Locality)
4.9 x 4.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Betekhtinite with Bornite (rare and fine) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Dzhezkazgan, Chu-Sarysu basin, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
5.0 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90