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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Aquamarine spray (uncommon)
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.8 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Large Fluorite (RARE - 2015 find)
Shijiangshan mine, Chifeng Pref., Inner Mongolia, China
14.2 x 11.2 x 6.0 cm
Goethite (rare Colorado) ex Kay Robertson Coll.
Tarryall Mts, Park Co., Colorado
8.2 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm
Large Spessartine Garnets w/ Schorl
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
4.5 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm
Gem Indicolite Tourmalines (old) Ed Swoboda Coll.
Golconda II Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm (Largest of 3)
Fluorite on Quartz (Old! circa 1930s) Ross Lillie Coll.
Shipp and Covert Mine, Lead Hill, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
9.3 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm
Cuprite w/ Chrysocolla
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
7.6 x 4.4 x 1.4 cm
Limonite ps. After Pyrite (RARE ) ex Ed Swoboda Coll.
Kirkeeks Mine (aka Nillinghoo), near Yunta, Olary Prov., South Australia, Australia
6.5 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
DT Amethyst (uncommon style)
Anahi Mine, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
9.9 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm
Large crystallized Copper (Barratt Phillips Coll.)
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
27.9 x 11.4 x 1.5 cm
Hematite "kidney ore" (old classic) Kay Robertson Coll.
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
7.4 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm
Lepidolite ps. After Tourmaline (Ed Swoboda Coll.)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.5 x 7.5 x 4.3 cm
Wulfenite & Mimetite (RARE combo) ex Bruce Murphy Coll.
450 ft Level, Toughnut Mine, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.6 x 4.9 x 3.6 cm
Large Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Baryte ex Soregaroli Coll.
Moscona Mine, Solis, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
15.7 x 8.0 x 6.2 cm
Large Pyromorphite (rich old classic)
Gute Hoffnung Mine, Bleibuir, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
19.0 x 10.7 x 6.3 cm
Bi-colored Tourmaline, Cleavelandite & Quartz
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
6.4 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm
Foitite on Schorl (Charlie Key Coll.)
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.4 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Gem Indicolite Tourmaline w/ Cleavelandite
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.2 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (old classic circa 1960s or 1970s) ex Kay Robertson Coll.
Hotazel Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
3.3 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm
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