MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION - ends Thursday March 28, 2019

ends Thursday March 28, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Featuring new specimens culled from the purchase of the Kay Robertson, David Burgess, and Bill Logan (Rhodochrosite) collections! We have pieces set aside specifically for the auctions that didn't make it to the Tucson shows, along with new finds and old collections we've purchased. Look for a great mix of old classics and specimens you'd expect to see at retail prices at shows! STAY TUNED : NEW TSUMEB COLLECTION ACQUIRED! Tsumeb minerals are harder to come by now, and we got lucky - a large number will be presented to the auctions, coming soon!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Superb large AQUAMARINE plate from the Erongos
2. rare and unusual CALCITES from the Kay Robertson Collection
3. Rich LONDONITE-RHODIZITE from the Type Locality
4. Large AMETHYST from Bolivia
5. Matrix WELOGANITE
6. RHODOCHROSITE from the W.S. Logan Collection
7 Superb large CALCITE from the Meshberger Quarry
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Okenite & Gyrolite on Prehnite (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Malad Quarry, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
10.6 x 8.8 x 5.0 cm
Talc (2018 find)
Muranska Dlha Luka, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
10.3 x 7.5 x 2.9 cm
Gold octahedrons w/ Quartz
Icabaru River placers, Santa Elena de Uairen, Bolivar, Venezuela
1.2 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite (2 generations - rare 2016 find)
nr. Yiwu City, Yiwu Co., Zhejiang Province, China
12.8 x 9.8 x 6.0 cm
very large matrix Cinnabar (classic locale)
Almaden District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
12.8 x 8.5 x 7.2 cm
Large Baryte (RARE New Mexico) Tom Hales Coll.
Palm Park Mine, Palm Park, Rincon District, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico
12.4 x 9.4 x 7.2 cm
Large Calcite w/ phantom (classic Indiana)
Meshberger Stone Company Quarry, Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Indiana
11.7 x 8.3 x 7.3 cm
Andradite var. Topazolite Garnet (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Antetezambato Demantoid-Topazolite Mine, Ambanja District, Diana, Madagascar
3.6 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Smithsonite (classic locale)
Serpieri Mine No. 60, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion District, Attica, Greece
6.8 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm
Londonite-Rhodizite (Type Locality) w/ Liddicoatite
Antandrokomby pegmatite, Manandona Valley, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Chalcopyrite on Quartz (old classic 1800s)
Moonta mines, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
6.6 x 5.7 x 2.4 cm
Gersdorffite, Ullmannite (both RARE) & Calcite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
4.9 x 4.1 x 1.5 cm
Amethyst (rare large matrix vug) Shields Flynn Coll.
Tafelkop, Goboboseb Mts, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.3 x 12.5 x 5.8 cm
Bastnasite-(Ce)
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
1.8 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Large Amethyst xl w/ phantoms
Anahi Mine, Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
16.4 x 11.3 x 9.6 cm
large Hydrozincite (fluorescent!) Ted Bartels Coll.
900' Level, Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings, Clark Co., Nevada
14.8 x 7.7 x 5.0 cm
Large Calcite xl w/ Pyrite & Hematite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Lyndhurst area (Black Rapids area), Leeds and Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada
8.8 x 8.8 x 7.8 cm
Gemmy Prehnite xls (rare form - 2017 find)
Merelani Hills, Manyara Region, Tanzania
5.4 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm
Large Aquamarine (Shields Flynn Coll.)
Erongo Mts, Erongo Region, Namibia
15.0 x 11.7 x 8.5 cm
Gemmy Spessartine (89.82 carats)
Nani Hill, Loliondo, Ngorongoro district, Arusha Region, Tanzania
2.5 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
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