FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends September 3, 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, plus we have plenty of pieces from the David Burgess collection along with 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. Superb old classic CALCITE with COPPER from Michigan
2. GEMMY red RHODOCHROSITE "flower" from the N'Chwaning Mines, South Africa
3. Rare elongated gemmy bi-colored FLUORITE crystals from the Annabel Lee Mine, Illinois, USA
4. Excellent classic FLUORITE on matrix from the Frazer's Hush Mine, England
5. Attractive fluorescent / tenebrescent SODALITE (Hackmanite) from Afghanistan
6. Wonderful doubly-terminated scepter SMOKY QUARTZ from Hallelujah Junction
7. Rarities include MISERITE, FLUELLITE and THORIANITE
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Pink Quartz (new find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
6.6 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $41
Cassiterite on Muscovite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Pingwu Beryl Mine, Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan, China
8.2 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz (ex David Burgess Collection)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, China
5.4 x 5.2 x2 .8 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Chalcopyrite on Quartz (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Ground Hog Mine, Vanadium, Central Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico
15.3 x 8.8 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Quartz coating Chrysocolla (ex David Burgess Collection)
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
6.5 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Dioptase
Mpita Mine, Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.0 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Smoky Quartz (doubly-terminated "floater" scepter)
5:00 Shadow Pocket, Foster Hallman Claim, Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada
8.7 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $107
Quartz rosettes on Chalcedony (new find)
Lesvos Island, North Aegean Sea, Greece
5.4 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Hematite pseudomorph after Siderite with Goethite
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
7.2 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Aquamarine (rich color) (1.71 grams)
Xuan Le, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
2.0 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Fluorite on Microcline
Dreamtime Mine, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado
6.1 x 4.0 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Hematite (doubly-terminated)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.1 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Atacamite (ex David Burgess Collection)
La Farola Mine, Atacama Province, Chile (Type Locality)
9.6 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Stilbite with Heulandite on Quartz
Nasik Quarry, Maharahstra, India
10.5 x 7.1 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Kutnohorite
Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Aragonite (beautiful purple color)
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $157
Barite (classic material)
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
3.1 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $32
Fluorite Carving, Otter / Sea Lion
Hunan Province, China
5.7 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm ; 79.05 grams (395.25 carats)
Winning Bid: $335
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral crystals)
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan, China
8.2 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Aragonite ("cast") (rare locality specimen) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)
Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Rush Creek Mining District, Marion County, Arkansas
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Smoky Quartz (scepter) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Azurite on Quartz (hard to find classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sierra Rica, Manuel Benavides Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.3 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Barite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Teufelsgrund Mine, Belchen, Munstertal, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
6.7 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Thorianite (fine crystal) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Betroka, Anosy, Madagascar
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Fluorite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
La Collada Mining Area, Siero, Asturias, Spain
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Cassiterite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Elsmore, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia
3.7 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $54
Fluellite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tuscarora Mine, Randolph, Crawford Mountains, Rich County, Utah
3.4 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $27
Gonnardite (rare zeolite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
La Chaux de Bergonne, Gignat, Puy-de-Dome, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France (Type Locality)
5.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $76