MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end THURSDAY June 1, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, June 1, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

Another great auction this week loaded with plenty of goodies! This auction set, as do all, features classic and rare minerals from contemporary and historic worldwide localities along with gem crystals, native elements and more, mostly from old stashes and old dealer inventories that you cannot even access easily at shows anymore.

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 Classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection
2 Rare Nevada QUARTZ combination and a large TOPAZ
3 Rich pink TOURMALINE slice from Madagascar
4. Unusual large "Angle plated" QUARTZ
5 Superb Erongo AQUAMARINE, SIDERITE & FELDSPAR combination
6 Outstanding India APOPHYLLITE and STILBITE
7. Striking GEM AQUAMARINE from Pakistan
8. a rare fine CALIFORNIA MAGNETITE combination
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Superb gem Liddicoatite Tourmaline slice (25 grams)
Valozoro tourmaline deposits, Camp Robin area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
5.8 x 4.7 x 0.4 cm
Dioptase (RARE locale)
Mfouati, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo
5.3 x 5.0 x 2.9 cm
Vanadinite on Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
6.5 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
Hematite (old) ex Heinrich & Seaman Museum Coll.
Netzberg, Ilfeld, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
6.2 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Silver leaf w/ Bornite coating (Barratt Phillips Coll.)
San Martin Mine, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
7.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 cm
Limonite stalactite (rare - classic locale) Barratt Phillips Coll.
Eisenzecher Zug Mine, Eiserfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
7.6 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Bournonite w/ Siderite (rare - classic locale)
Machacamarca District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite, Galena & Quartz (old classic ca. 1940-50s)
W.L. Davis-Deardorff Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
10.6 x 7.5 x 4.7 cm
Schorl Tourmaline (RARE LOCALITY- old) Kay Robertson Coll.
Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Russia
4.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Axinite-(Fe) w/ Quartz (old classic) John Patrick Coll.
Obira mine, Bungo-Ohno City, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
6.8 x 6.4 x 3.4 cm
Fluorite w/ phantoms (rare) on Quartz
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
8.4 x 7.7 x 4.3 cm
Baryte w/ Dolomite (old classic) Trimingham Coll.
Parkside Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, England
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Bayldonite & Cerussite on Quartz (classic locale) ex Trimingham Coll.
Upper Brandy Gill Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
6.1 x 4.3 x 1.3 cm
Smoky Quartz (classic locale)
Rhone Glacier, Furka, Wallis, Switzerland
8.7 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
Cuprian Adamite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.3 x 7.6 x 7.5 cm
Calcite on bi-colored Fluorite
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
12.7 x 8.3 x 4.6 cm
Native Silver (classic Colorado locale!)
Amethyst Mine, Creede District, Mineral Co., Colorado
1.1 x 0.7 x 0.5 (Largest of group)
Pyromorphite (1995 finds) ex Sanabria Coll.
Resuperferolitica Mine, Santa Eufemia, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
8.7 x 5.8 x 4.3 cm
Spinel-twinned Gold xls
Icabaru, Bolivar, Venezuela
1.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (Largest of 2)
Malachite (old - classic locale)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.0 x 6.5 x 4.2 cm
Hematite ps. After Magnetite (1990s finds)
Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza, Argentina
7.0 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm
Cobaltoan Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
6.8 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm
DT floater Quartz xls (Nowakowski Coll.)
Black Rapids Mine, Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
10.4 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (Largest of 2)
Gordaite (rare sulfate - Type Locality)
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda Dist., Antofagasta Region, Chile
4.8 x 3.6 x 1.9 cm
Pyromorphite w/ Crocoite (old, ex. Kay Robertson Coll.)
Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
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