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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Goethite (rare old-timer) Kay Robertson Coll.
Oberwolfach, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
6.9 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Manganoan Calcite (2012 find - fluorescent!)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
9.5 x 5.6 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Uvite on Magnesite (classic locale)
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
6.8 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Apophyllite on Chalcedony
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
8.6 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $420
Huge gemmy Wulfenite w/ Quartz (2009 find - uncommon)
Onderra Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.8 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Botryoidal Hematite
Irhoud Mine, Safi Province, Marrakesh-Safi Region, Morocco
6.1 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Dolomite (classic locale) Sanabria Coll.
Asturreta Quarry, Eugui, Navarre, Spain
12.5 x 10.8 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Cuprian Calcite (RARE) Steve Smale Coll.
Dongbo, Guangxi, China
4.7 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $111
Large curved DT Indicolite Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite
Pederneira mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazi
11.0 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Large Quartz (China locale) Ken Roberts Coll.
Muli, Sichuan Province, China
14.3 x 8.0 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $277
Colored Lithographic Plate (from Brauns, 1903)
Stuttgart, Germany
39.2 x 29.6 x 0.1 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Arsenian Pyromorphite (Marty Zinn & Karl Warning Coll.)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
4.3 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Color-zone Fluorite
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.8 x 7.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $407
Iridescent Chalcopyrite on Calcite (2015 find)
Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
3.7 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $345