FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends October 8, 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. Unique spherical DIOPTASE from Republic of the Congo

2. Excellent AZURITE and MALACHITE specimen from the Milpillas Mine, Mexico

3. Rarely seen RED COLORED APOPHYLLITE from Inida

4. Classic and hard to find COPPER from the Cashin Mine, Colorado

5. Gorgeous and rarely seen RHODOCHROSITE on PYRITE from the Quiruvilca Mine, Peru

6. Fantastic showy large cabinet display specimen of BARITE from Romania

7. Rarities include: ANDORITE, LIBETHENITE, CLINOCLASE, FAIRFIELDITE and GAUDEFROYITE

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

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Adamite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Gold Hill Mine, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
6.2 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $32
Calcite (2 generations) with Hematite inclusions
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 6.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Fluorapophyllite-(K) (rare color) with Stilbite
Chandwad, near Nasik, Maharashtra, India
13.5 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Plumbogummite (excellent color)
Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
8.3 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $455
Imperial Topaz (4.42 grams) (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Andorite (excellent quality)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $89
Tourmaline (5.15 grams) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Cruzeiro Mine, Santa Maria do Suacui, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $188
Fluorite on Quartz (ex Obodda)
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
10.3 x 6.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $191
Garnet (Andradite-Grossular Series) (rare locality specimen)
Carles Mine, Carles, Salas, Asturias, Spain
4.7 x 4.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $91
Barite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș, Romania
15.4 x 14.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Arsenopyrite with Sphalerite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
4.3 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Rhodochrosite on Pyrite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)
Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
5.6 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Colemanite (beautiful rare color crystals)
Kestelek Mine, Mustafa Kemalpafla, Bursa Province, Marmara Region, Turkey
4.8 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $782
Valentinite (beautiful color - 2012 find)
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.7 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $172