MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end THURSDAY June 15, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, June 15, 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. We also feature more choice pieces, including many of $1000 value and up, from the old Obodda material, and 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. Rare and superb Ross Lillie Collection FLUORITE & QUARTZ
2. Classic and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection
including a
Fine Arkansas "turkey fat" SMITHSONITE
3. Guanajuato ACANTHITE after PYRARGYRITE 4. GEM CRYSTALS 5. Vibrant COBALTOAN CALCITE and YELLOW SMITHSONITE from CHINA finds!
6. Rare Argentina gem TOPAZ
7. Large old rare BOURNONITE from France
8. Fine specimens from a new ARIZONA collection
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Gemmy Rhodochrosite (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Amethyst (uncommon California locale) ex Kay Robertson Coll
Purple Heart Mine, Kingston Peak, San Bernardino Co., California
11.1 x 6.6 x 3.5 cm
Doubly terminated gem Topaz (RARE - 2008 find)
El Chalten, Lago Argentino Department, Santa Cruz, Argentina
7.2 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Silver wires on Acanthite (Dr. Barratt Phillips Coll.)
Hongda Mine, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
4.7 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite on Quartz (rare style - old, ca. 1950s) Ross Lillie Coll.
W.L. Davis-Deardorff Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
8.2 x 6.4 x 4.7 cm
Vanadinite (classic Arizona) ex. Bruce Murphy Coll.
North Geronimo (Pure Potential Mine), Silver District, La Paz Co., Arizona
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Calcite w/ Conichalcite (Dr. Barratt Phillips Coll.)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
12.2 x 7.0 x 6.8 cm
Phenakite (classic old locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Rio Piracicaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.9 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Amethyst incl. w/ Hedenbergite (rare style)
Mega Xhorio, Serifos Island, Aegean Islands Department, Greece
6.3 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Fluorite (fluorescent) ex. Bruce Murphy Coll.
Skinner lode, Silver Creek area, Oatman District, Mohave Co., Arizona
6.3 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
Azurite & Malachite (Dr. Barratt Phillips Coll.)
Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker District, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
9.3 x 6.8 x 3.2 cm
Dioptase (RARE locale, 2013 find)
M'fouati, M'fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of Congo
9.2 x 8.4 x 4.8 cm
Vanadinite ex. Bruce Murphy Coll.
Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, Yuma Co., Arizona
5.8 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite (classic Arizona)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Gila Co., Arizona
6.8 x 6.5 x 3.2 cm
Acanthite ps. After Pyrargyrite (rare) ex Dave Stoudt Coll.
La Luz mine, La Luz, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
4.0 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Conichalcite (old classic)
Carisa Mine (Carissa Mine), Tintic District, Juab Co., Utah
9.7 x 7.7 x 5.3 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite (NEW FIND!)
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
9.9 x 9.5 x 6.4 cm
Japan-law Quartz twins (Phil Scalisi & K.C. Owings Coll.)
Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
7.5 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Cerussite (uncommon locale - fluorescent) ex Bob &Evan Jones Coll's
Hull Mine, Castle Dome District, Yuma Co., Arizona
7.3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
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