FINE MINERAL SPECIMEN LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end THURSDAY June 29, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, June 29, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

FEATURING MANY SPECIMENS FROM OLD COLLECTIONS! Most of the specimens here are from old stashes and purchased dealer inventories that you cannot as easily find in today's market as in the past. This week will highlight some rare Arizona locality pieces recently obtained in a collection purchase, and classics from the Kay Robertson Collection.

We are honored to announce the purchase of several large collections including the fantastic Kay Robertson collection of 10,000 specimens, filled with European treasures and old classics accumulated since she started collecting in 1928 (see our website for more information: http://www.irocks.com/kay-robertson-a-treasure-in-the-mineral-collecting-world)!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. PSEUDOMORPHS suite from the Ed Swoboda Collection
2. Large crystallized Michigan COPPER
3. Fine ARIZONA specimens from the Bruce Murphy Collection
4. Rarities and classics from the Kay Robertson Collection
5. Dramatic,large JAPAN TWINNED QUARTZ from Peru
6. Early 1980's Hotazel Mine RHODOCHROSITE of rare style!
7. Classic MILARITE thumbnail from Brazil
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Large Magnetite xls (RARE Nevada) Kay Robertson Coll.
McCoy mine, McCoy District, Lander Co., Nevada
8.4 x 3.9 x 3.3 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline w/ Cleavelandite
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.8 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Large Japan-law Quartz twin (excellent) Robert Nowakowski Coll.
Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica Dept., Peru
14.0 x 12.8 x 12.0 cm
Cuprian Aragonite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan A. P., Yunnan Province, China
10.2 x 8.3 x 5.3 cm
Wulfenite (Bruce Murphy Coll.)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
2.7 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm
Quartz w/ Molybdenite inclusions (rare) Dick Hauck Coll.
Confianza Mine, Tilama, Coquimbo Region, Chile
6.6 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Calcite (RARE Spain - unusual style) ex Sanabria Coll.
Setares Mine, Otanes, Cantabria, Spain
14.1 x 10.5 x 9.0 cm
Cerussite (classic Arizona) ex Bruce Murphy Coll.
Flux Mine, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
6.8 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Calcite (old classic) ex Tom Wolfe Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
11.5 x 8.5 x 7.7 cm
Sulfoborite (RARE cut stone - 0.27 carats) ex OBODDA collection
Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau, Atyrau Province, Kazakhstan
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Datolite w/ Apophyllite & Chalcopyrite (rare)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
12.0 x 7.9 x 3.8 cm
Albite ps. After Scapolite (rare) ex Ed Swoboda Coll.
Griffith area, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada
6.0 x 4.0 x 3.8 cm
Quartz ps. After Fluorite & Quartz (Mitch Gunnell & Ed Swoboda Coll.)
Treasury Tunnel, Idarado Mine, Red Mountain District, Ouray Co., Colorado
8.0 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline
Malkhan pegmatite field, Chitinskaya Oblast', Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
6.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Rheniite (rare - Type Locality) ex Fersman Museum - Moscow
Kudriavy volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
4.3 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Limonite ps. After Marcasite (Ed Swoboda Coll.)
Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.9 cm
Milarite
Jaguaracu pegmatite, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.0 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Vivianite in fossil mollusc (extinct locale)
Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast, Ukraine
9.3 x 6.2 x 5.0 cm
Gem Topaz xl (Sanabria Coll.)
San Nicolas Mine, Valle de la Serena, Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain
3.6 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Kyanite & Quartz
Barra do Salinas district, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
12.6 x 8.7 x 6.2 cm
Doubly terminated Calcite & Dolomite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
7.0 x 5.9 x 2.5 cm
Gemmy Tourmaline w/ Lepidolite (old) Kay Robertson Coll.
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California
3.7 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Quartz on Wulfenite
M'fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo
6.7 x 5.5 x 3.0 cm
Aurichalcite w/ Calcite (Urish & Murphy Coll.)
Omega Mine, Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona
7.7 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Pyromorphite (1995 finds)
Resuperferolitica Mine, Santa Eufemia, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
5.1 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Chalcedony (super fluorescence!)
Yankee Dog Claim, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico
10.5 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
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