FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 22, 2020

We have a great selection this week featuring plenty of attractive, fine quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source. We have specimens from the collections of David Burgess and Gary Weaver, along with 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. Super, doubly-terminated, RARE MATRIX AQUAMARINE specimen from Brazil

2. Attractive, beautifully crystallized, historic COPPER specimen from Michigan

3. Excellent, GEMMY, doubly-terminated KUNZITE crystal from Afghanistan (193 grams)

4. Classic and hard to find LARGE CABINET MALACHITE from the Cashin Mine, Colorado

5. Rare pseudomorph of TURQUOISE after FLUORAPATITE from Mexico

6. Wonderful, fine quality WITHERITE crystals on matrix from Illinois  

7. Rarities include: DRESSERITE, METAHEINRICHITE, BANDYLITE and BRAUNITE

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

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Aquamarine (doubly-terminated) (rare matrix specimen) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Mimoso do Sul Mine, Mimoso do Sul, Espirito Santo, Brazil
4.8 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $490
Sphalerite (classic material)
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee
8.3 x 7.0 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Amethyst (GEMMY scepter crystal)
Purple Hope No. 4 claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington
4.0 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Kunzite (doubly-terminated
Nuristan, Afghanistan
9.4 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Calcite (doubly-terminated crystals) with Fluorite
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China
5.7 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $142
Copper (beautiful crystallization)
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
8.3 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Turquoise pseudomorph after Fluorapatite (rare)
Baviacora Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
3.0 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Prehnite (recent find - unique color)
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $78
Serandite with Natrolite (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Pyrite (great quality)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Áncash, Peru
7.8 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Sapphire ("floater" crystal) (5.80 carats)
Chilas, Diamar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
0.9 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Amethyst (rare locality specimen)
Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico
10.8 x 6.8 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Witherite (excellent crystals) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Rosiclare Mining District, Hardin County, Illinois
4.2 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Rhodochrosite (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado
6.7 x 6.0 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $144
Dresserite (ridiculously rare) (ex Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Type Locality)
3.0 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Malachite with Copper (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Cashin Mine, La Sal Mining District / Paradox Mining District, Montrose Colorado, Colorado
15.3 x 9.0 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $209
Quartz (var: Chalcedony) ("floater")
Smara, Es-Semara Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
2.7 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Fluorite on Quartz (rare locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Anaconda Mine / Tunnel, Cripple Creek Mining District, Teller County, Colorado
8.4 x 7.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $99
Lazulite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
6.3 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Metaheinrichite (very rare) (ex David Burgess Collection)
White King Mine, Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon (Co-Type Locality)
8.8 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorapatite (rare locality specimen)
Vanderberg Mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala Mining District, San Diego County, California
4.2 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Braunite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $55
Scorodite (old classic) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Graul, Langenberg, Raschau-Markersbach, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
4.6 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $27
Tennantite with minor Bornite (19th Century) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Wheal Jewel, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8 x 6.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Quartz (rare pseudomorph after Garnet) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $47
Fluorite with RARE Sphalerite association (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Cacilia (Caecilia) Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wolsendorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
6.6 x 5.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Apophyllite on Stilbite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Lambert Quarry, Kings Valley, Benton County, Oregon
6.5 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Anatase ("Wiserine") (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Spissen, Lärchultini (Lercheltini), Binntal, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $331
Diopside (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Ocna de Fier, Caras-Severin, Romania
4.1 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $15