FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends May 21, 2020

A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for old classic along with new discoveries direct from the source.  We have plenty of pieces from the collections of David Burgess and Henry de Linde, along with 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, classic doubly-terminated KUNZITE from Afghanistan

2. Gorgeous multi-colored GEMMY TOURMALINE crystal from Brazil

3. Beautiful GOLD specimen from Leadville, Colorado

4. Rare associated BRAZILIANITE with BI-COLORED APATITE from Brazil (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)

5. GEM quality SULFUR crystal from Italy (ex David Burgess Collection)

6. Rare HUTCHINSONITE from Peru

7. Assorted gemstones, a serpentine carving and even a piece of MOLDAVITE (tektite)

8. Excellent PYRITE thumbnail from Rio Marino, Italy

9. Classic, fine quality, crystallized GEMMY "Iceland Spar" Calcite from Iceland

10. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson

 

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Smoky Quartz (scepter)
Foster Hallman Claim, Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
4.5 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Moldavite (11.932 grams)
Besednice, Cesky Krumlov, Bohemia, Republic
5.0 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Andalusite (var: Viridine) (Mn-bearing)
Viridine occurrence, Trikorfo area (Trikorfon area), Theologos, Thasos, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
9.1 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $23
Tourmaline (13.88 grams)
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suacui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.1 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $163
Gold ("leaf"-like specimen)
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
1.1 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Anhydrite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Naica, Saucillo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
12.5 x 7.8 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Rhodochrosite (ex Dr. William Logan Collection)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Hematite after Siderite on Microcline (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Yucca Hill Claim, Lake George area, Park County, Colorado
4.8 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Smithsonite
Sounion Mine No. 6 ("Exi Mine"), Agia Varvara Mines (St Barbara Mines), Sounion Area, Lavrion, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
5.5 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Hutchinsonite (rare) with Orpiment and Barite
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
5.7 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Schorl
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.2 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Pyrite (rare locality specimen)
State Bridge area, Eagle County, Colorado
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Uvite (Chrome/Vanadium bearing)
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma 
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Barite (ex Schlichter Collection)
Indian Head Rock, Basin, Jefferson County, Montana
5.5 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Albite with Epidote (?) and
Foksrod, Sandefjord, Norway
5.7 x 4.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Iridescent Sphalerite (ex Stoudt Collection)
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.6 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Artinite (rare classic material) (ex Consie Prince Collection)
Staten Island, New York City, New York
8.8 x 5.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Stibnite ("spray") (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
La Salvadora Mine, Oruro city, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Dolomite (GEM twins) on Fuchsite
Pomba pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
4.7 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $27
Chalcedony (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Ballast Point, Tampa Bay, Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
10.7 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Calcite (var: Iceland Spar) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Helgustadir Mine, Reydarfjordur, Fjarthabyggth, Eastern Region, Iceland
8.3 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $506
Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Johannesschacht Mine, Wolsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
5.7 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $73
Titanite ("Sphene") ("trilling" twin) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Untersulzbachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
8.1 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Boracite (rare matrix specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Luneburger Kalkberg, Luneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Apatite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rossing Mountains Area, Arandis, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.2 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Pyrite (excellent classic crystal group) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.8 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Brazilianite with Albite and Apatite (rare combo) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $81