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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Kunzite (doubly-terminated "floater" crystal) (139.69 grams)
Dara-i-Pech pegmatite field (Darra-i-Pech; Pech), Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
8.1 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $316
Sulfur (ex David Burgess Collection)
Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $146
Axinite (rare)
Baluchistan Region, Pakistan
3.00 ct; 10.5 mm x 8.1 mm
Winning Bid: $121
Epidote (doubly-terminated crystals)
Djouga, Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
5.6 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Manganite (great old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany (Type Locality)
5.3 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $144
Rutile (var: Ilmenorutile) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Setesdal, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
2.8 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Calcite (rare locality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Nuristan, Afghanistan
6.8 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Calcite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Marktredwitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
8.3 x 7.1 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Tennantite (excellent crystals) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Epistilbite (RARE locality specimen!) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Ribas Quarry, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4.8 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $48
Montebrasite (rare)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.92 ct; 12.9 mm x 7.7 mm
Winning Bid: $80
Wavellite with Quartz and Monazite-(Ce)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.7 x 5.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Ferberite with Fluorapatite, etc. (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
5.7 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Clinohumite (rare)
Kukh-i-Lal, Pyandzh River Valley, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
0.90 ct; 6.1 mm
Winning Bid: $129
Anatase on Quartz (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Griesserental, Maderanertal, Uri, Switzerland
5.0 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $176