FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - Ends Thursday March 12, 2020

This week's special auction set features great selection of minerals including classic species / localities along with gem crystals, contemporary beauties and rare minerals from around the world.   Look for pieces from important collections that include things seldom seen for sale on a  retail market! We dove back into the classics collections we have purchased over the years for some fresh choices for you ! Featuring another large round of old Classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection

Highlights this week include:

1. Superb APOPHYLLITE, CALCITE & STILBITE from the Steve Smale Collection

2. SILVER crystal Plate 6 from Brauns' 1903 classic Das Mineralreich

3. Rare large Michigan HEMATITE needle ore

4. Pederneira TOURMALINES

5. Large rare South Dakota AZURITE 

6. Rare CALFORNIA  gem crystals from the Kay Robertson Collection

7. Fine old Brazil gem AQUAMARINE

 

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Apophyllite, Calcite & Stilbite (superb - Steve Smale Coll.)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
12.5 x 8.8 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $922
Weird DT Sphalerite twin (NEW FIND)
Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia, China
5.5 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Gypsum (RARE urban LA locale!) Kay Robertson Coll.
Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles, California
9.5 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $10
Large Pyromorphite (classic locale) Rob Sielecki Coll.
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
15.6 x 9.0 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,407
Aragonite "star" floater
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
3.4 x 3.0 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Chalcotrichite & Cuprite on Copper (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
9.5 x 6.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Ruby xls (fluorescent) Kay Robertson Coll.
Ampanihy, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
2.0 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Cervantite ps. After Stibnite (RARE) Kay Robertson Coll.
Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexico
7.3 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Etched Aquamarine (RARE California!) Kay Robertson Coll.
White Mts., Mono Co., California
3.0 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Calcite & Colemanite on Ulexite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
U.S. Borax open pit (Boron pit), Boron, Kern Co., California
5.5 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $82
Gypsum w/ movable bubble (rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.8 x 7.0 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Pyrolusite var. Polianite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga Co., Michigan
5.0 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $71
Azurite (RARE South Dakota cabinet piece) H. de Linde Coll.
Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine, Galena Mining Dist., Lawrence Co., South Dakota
17.4 x 14.0 x 11.0 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Calcite (fluorescent) Karl Warning Coll.
Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
5.6 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Manganoan Calcite w/ Calcite (Karl Warning Coll.)
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
7.0 x 5.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $178
Calcite w/ Stilbite (Karl Warning Coll.)
Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
6.9 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Anglesite (fluorescent) on Argentiferous Galena (Robertson Coll.)
9th Level, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
4.2 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Calcite xls w/ coating (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Serifos Island, Milos, South Aegean, Greece
5.8 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Psilomelane (old Arizona) Kay Robertson Coll.
near Duncan, Greenlee Co., Arizona
8.8 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $32
Gemmy DT Indicolite Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazi
5.5 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Gem Albite (Cleavelandite) w/ Adularia (rare combo)
Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
5.2 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite ("Dahllite") ex Robertson Coll.
nr. Cody, Beartooth Mountains, Park Co., Wyoming
3.2 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Pectolite (classic New Jersey)
Millington Quarry, Basking Ridge, Somerset Co., New Jersey
4.8 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Fluorapatite on Quartz (rare South Dakota) Kay Robertson Coll.
Peerless Mine, Keystone District, Pennington Co., South Dakota
3.1 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $78
golden Muscovite
Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.3 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $180
Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.4 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Topaz xls (old classic San Diego Co.) Kay Robertson Coll.
San Diego Co., California
3.3 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Hematite needle ore (old and rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Ishpeming, Marquette Co., Michigan
26.5 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $153
Goethite (classic Colorado) Kay Robertson Coll.
Pikes Peak, El Paso Co., Colorado
3.4 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $42
Anglesite (rare Mexico) Kay Robertson Coll.
San Felipe Canyon, Aconchi, Sonora, Mexico
6.3 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $73