PRE-TUCSON SPECIAL MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION:
featuring OLD CLASSICS - ends Thursday Jan 31, 2019

ends Thursday Jan 31, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This auction features a large group of minerals spanning over 100 years of history, mostly pulled from the collections of lifelong mineral collectors Kay Robertson and David Burgess. These are pieces nobody has seen for sale yet, offered to auction for the first time! Look for superb old classics ! Lots of rare mineral specimens here that are hard to find at ANY price, let alone at auction!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Crystallized GOLD specimens
2. NEW FIND of WAVELLITE from Ireland
3. Superb CALCITES from the George Feist Collection
4. Rare FERGUSONITE from Texas!
5. Specimens from the Rob Sielecki Australian Collection including a fine large
BUSTAMITE and a matrix Namibia AMETHYST
6. Sharp LONDONITE xl and a Rare NATIVE IRON slab from Russia
7. NEW FIND of DRAVITE-SCHORL from Brazil
8. Rare pink FLUORITE w/ green YTTRIUM centers from Colombia
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Shattuckite (2014 find)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
6.8 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Calcite (classic PA) George Feist Coll.
York Building Supply quarry, York, York Co., Pennsylvania
10.5 x 9.3 x 5.2 cm
Schalenblende stalactites (classic old locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Segen Gottes Mine, Wiesloch, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
5.9 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm
Fluorapophyllite on Stilbite
Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
8.7 x 7.4 x 6.0 cm
Almandine Garnet (uncommon locale)
Thackaringa Station, Thackaringa District, New South Wales, Australia
8.0 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
Allanite-(Ce) Kay Robertson Coll.
Mary Kathleen Mine, Queensland, Australia
3.9 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
Alstonite (Co-Type Locality) & Baryte (Dr. S. Moreton Coll.)
High Cross Vein, Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Cumbria, England
7.4 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm
Amazonite with intense color (rare Russia locality!) David Burgess Coll.
Ploskaya Mt, Keivy Mountains, Murmanskaya Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
3.4 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite w/ Kolwezite (rare)
Kolwezi District, Lualaba, DR Congo
6.5 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Large Olmiite (Type Locality) David Burgess Coll.
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
12.1 x 7.9 x 5.3 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) w/ Baryte (David Burgess Coll.)
Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
11.4 x 8.1 x 5.2 cm
Mimetite (2013 find)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.3 x 4.4 x 4.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Dravite-Schorl (RARE New Find - 2018)
Fundao, Espirito Santo State, Brazil
3.4 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite w/ Baryte
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
10.8 x 10.3 x 6.0 cm
Unusual large Tourmaline (new finds)
Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.3 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Quartz ps. After Aragonite (RARE Argentina) David Burgess Coll.
Estancia El Gavilan, Las Plumas, Martires Dept., Chubut, Argentina
7.7 x 6.3 x 5.5 cm
Ramsdellite (rare Mn-oxide) David Burgess Coll.
Mistake Mine, Box Canyon District, Yavapai Co., Arizona
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
Diamond var. Carbonado (4.23 carats) ex Burgess Coll
Bangui Region, Central African Republic
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Rutile var. Struverite (rare - old classic) ex David Burgess Coll
Ampangabe pegmatite, Miandrarivo, Faratsiho, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Kyanite w/ Staurolite on Paragonite (classic locale) Trelawney & Smithsonian Coll.
Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
5.8 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm
Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series (David Burgess Coll.)
Tsaramanga pegmatite, Mahaiza, Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Fergusonite-(Y) (Texas!) David Burgess Coll.
Baringer Hill, Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas
0.8 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
Ferberite, Quartz & Dolomite (rare combo) Rob Sielecki Coll.
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
8.5 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
Malachite ps. After Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
6.1 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Hauyne var. Lazurite (Type Locality) carving rough (David Burgess Coll.)
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
9.5 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Chalcocite ps. Fossilized Wood w/ Malachite (David Burgess Coll.)
Nacimiento Mine, San Pablo, Sandoval Co., New Mexico
3.9 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm (Largest of 2)
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