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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Fluorite (near "floater" specimen)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
3.3 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Pyromorphite (old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Hofsgrund, Hofsgrund, Oberried, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
4.3 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Fluorite with Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Nancy Hanks Mine, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep District, Mesa County, Colorado
5.0 x 3.6 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Maucherite (rare nickel arsenide - fine crystals) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Type Locality)
8.1 x 6.3 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Klebelsbergite on Stibnite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Pereta Mine, Pereta, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.6 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Vanadinite (classic material)
Apex Mine, San Carlos, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.3 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Bi-color Tourmaline (8.25 grams)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite (classic material)
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
4.1 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Thulite (manganese-bearing Zoisite) (new discovery)
Snillfjord, Krokstadora, Trondheim, Sor-Trandelag, Norway
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Fluorapatite (bi-colored crystals) (RARE locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cryo-Genie Mine, Warner Springs Mining District, San Diego County, California
2.1 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Scheelite with Fluorite (rare combination for the locale) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Tae Hwa Mine (Tong Wha Mine), Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju City, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
4.3 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Quartz (doubly-terminated) (rare locality specimen) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Willis Mine, Paron, Saline County, Arkansas
9.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $612
Pyrite
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Mimetite with Wulfenite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.2 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Legrandite (rare classic material)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $410