MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION (part 1) - ends Thursday March 14, 2019

ends Thursday March 14, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Featuring new specimens culled from the purchase of the Robertson, Burgess, and 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!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Superb RHODOCHROSITE from the 1970s finds at the N'Chwaning I Mine.
2. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
3. Rare North Carolina LIMONITE after SIDERITE w/ RUTILE 4. Gem KUNZITE from a NEW FIND
5. Large SAPPHIRE from Madagascar
6. Old rare BORNITE after CHALCOCITE from Cornwall and a large SILVER
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Sapphire (331 grams) - large textbook crystal
Zazafotsy Quarry, Ihosy District, Ihorombe, Madagascar
7.2 x 5.6 x 3.5 cm
Mimetite (2013 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.8 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
Chrysoberyl twin (old classic)
Pancas, Espírito Santo, Brazil
2.1 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Wavellite (good color)
Avant, Garland County, Arkansas
10.5 x 9.3 x 7.2 cm
Large Epidote xl (RARE Namibia)
Nauchas Farm 14, Gamsberg Area, Khomas Region, Namibia
11.2 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Shattuckite (2014 find)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.7 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Limonite after Siderite w/ Rutile - old classic ex Robertson Coll.
Boiling Springs, Cleveland Co., North Carolina
3.7 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm
DT floater gem Kunzite (New Find - 61 grams)
Mawi pegmatite, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
5.8 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm
Calcite twin w/ phantom on drusy Dolomite ex Rob Sielecki Coll.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
7.1 x 6.3 x 2.6 cm
Cinnabar & Calomel (Type Locality - old classic) ex Robertson Coll.
Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Obermoschel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
7.5 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Apophyllite & Stilbite (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
7.2 x 4.1 x 2.0 cm
Tennantite-Tetrahedrite epitaxial on Chalcopyrite & Sphalerite, ex Burgess Coll.
Cobre Mine, Aranzazú, Mun. de Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
12.8 x 6.3 x 3.3 cm
Calcite (fluorescent) in fossil mollusc (Mercenaria Permagna)
Rucks pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee Co., Florida
9.5 x 7.8 x 4.5 cm
Rhodochrosite on Pyrrhotite (Rare & illustrated) ex Ed David & Logan Coll.
Potosi Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.0 x 5.8 x 5.7 cm
Gypsum w/ sand inclusions (Joe Lobell Coll.)
Great Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge, Jet, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma
12.8 x 8.5 x 7.8 cm
Fluorite octahedron (classic locale) David Burgess Coll.
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
5.4 x 5.0 x 4.6 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper (RARE Peru) Kay Robertson Coll.
Toquepala Mine, Barrio Obrero Toquepala, Jorge Basadre Province, Tacna, Peru
1.7 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Large Baryte (2012 find)
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa
11.3 x 10.7 x 4.0 cm
Electric-blue Azurite w/ Malachite (2004-2005 finds)
Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
7.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (100.06 carats)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar, Afghanistan
3.9 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
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