FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends May 7, 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 the collection of David Burgess, dealers' inventories, and plenty from 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. Classic specimen of the rare and sought after species LEGRANDITE from Mexico

2. Beautiful gemmy purple and yellow bi-colored AMETRINE specimen from Bolivia

3. Excellent sharp "Spinel"-twinned COPPER from Arizona

4. Wonderful RHODOCHROSITE specimen from the Grizzly Bear Mine, Colorado

5. GOLD on QUARTZ from Timmins, Ontario, Canada

6. Great classic old GROUTITE specimen from Germany

7. Superb, GEMMY, multi-terminated, twinned "floater" CALCITE from Mexico

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

 

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Spessartine Garnet
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
2.1 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $34
Ametrine (polished) (397.80 grams)
Anahi Mine, La Gaiba District, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
9.7 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Copper (SHARP "Spinel" Twin)
Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona
3.1 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
4.2 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Groutite (fine classic material)
Emilie Mine (Bülten-Adenstedt Mine), Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $61
Heulandite on Mordenite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse District, Custer County, Idaho
6.3 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Riebeckite (unique locality) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
6.3 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Tourmaline (ex Rolando Gioia Collection) (11.69 grams)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Amethyst (scepters) with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Zanett Tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
2.3 x 2.3 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Dioptase (recent find)
Ntola Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
7.2 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $173
Pyrite (classic material)
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
6.5 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Aragonite (rare locality specimen)
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit (Chaidarkan; Hajdarkan), Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
4.7 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Andradite Garnet
Garnet Hill Mine, Calaveras County, California
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $31
Trona (classic material)
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California
8.3 x 6.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $32
Eucryptite (rare silicate) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico
4.3 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Vesuvianite (doubly-terminated green and purple group)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Calcite with Stilbite-Ca on Chalcedony (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
6.5 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Brucite (attractive color)
Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
7.6 x 5.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Anatase
Taftan, Chagai District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
2.1 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Gypsum ("Desert Rose")
near Oued Souf, ("City of a Thousand Domes"), El Oued Province, Algeria
12.3 x 9.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Tremolite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Redwing Quarry, Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
4.7 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Fluorite (old specimen) (ex David Burgess Collection)
England
6.1 x 4.6 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Copper (ex Irv Brown Collection)
Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona
2.6 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Fluorite (tetrahexahedral) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
4.3 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Scapolite with Pyroxene (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Kuehl Lake (Lake Clear) occurrence, Brudenell Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
6.2 x 5.7 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Barite and Dolomite on Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cäcilia (Caecilia) Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
6.5 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Aurichalcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner Mining District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Fluorite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, County Durham, England, UK
10.7 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $110