MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end THURSDAY MAY 4, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, May 4, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

We ramped up the auctions this week with some important, beautiful "spikers" including OLD CLASSIC MINERALS FROM EUROPE, RARE SPECIES and GEM CRYSTALS! 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. Rare Laos AZURITE & MALACHITE
2. Excellent selection of classics and rarities from the Kay Robertson Collection including rare old Type Locality pieces
3. Tsumeb CUPRIAN SMITHSONITE with large crystals
4. Ross Lillie Collection ILLINOIS pieces
5. Outstanding , competition quality Mexico POLYBASITE
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Azurite & Malachite (new find! Laos)
Sha Wan La Ji, Wan Xiang, Laos
7.2 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
Sphalerite (classic locale - old) Feist Coll.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri
8.2 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Torbernite (RARE - old - Type Locality) Kay Robertson Coll.
Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
7.7 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm
Large Illinois Baryte (rare locale) Ross Lillie Coll.
West Green Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
11.9 x 8.7 x 6.8 cm
Foitite on Schorl (Charlie Key coll)
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.5 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
Russian sheet Silver (OLD - RARE) Kay Robertson Coll.
Blagodatsk Mine, Urals Region, Russia
8.0 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
"Electric blue" Azurite w/ Malachite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
7.2 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite (rare - fluorescent)
Akchatau Mine, Akchatau, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
8.8 x 8.7 x 4.5 cm
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Yunnan Province, China
16.7 x 10.9 x 2.9 cm
Roselite (Type Locality area - old) Kay Robertson Coll.
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
3.2 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
Pyrite (Nowakowski Coll.)
American Aggregates Corp. Quarry, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
5.3 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
5.7 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Rutile ps. After Senaite twins (VERY rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Guariba farm, Presidente Kubitschek, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm
Spinel on large Chondrodite xl
Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen, Yenbai Provinc, Vietnam
6.8 x 5.2 x 4.1 cm
Ca-rich Monazite-(Ce) (Cheralite-(Ce)) (RARE & rare Wyoming) Vajdak Coll.
Sheep Creek, Mineral Point District, Ravalli Co., Montana,
3.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Mimetite (RARE - new 2017 find)
Adami No. 2 Mine, Plaka, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
7.2 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm
Fluorite w/ unusual Galena (classic locale)
Frazer's Hush Mine, Weardale, Co. Durham, England
19.1 x 10.7 x 8.7 cm
Gibbsite (fine color)
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
7.5 x 6.1 x 4.1 cm
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich (New Find)
Wei Nan, Yunnan Province, China
9.4 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Ruby on Marble ex Obodda
Jegdalek, Surobi District, Kabol Province, Afghanistan
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Polybasite w/ Quartz (excellent - classic locale)
Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico
3.2 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite (RARE locale) Ross Lillie Coll.
St. Louis Limestone, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co, Illinois
8.5 x 7.8 x 4.6 cm
Calcite (2009 find)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Huangshi Prefect., Hubei Prov., China
4.1 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Cave Calcite (unusual form) Wolfe Coll.
Santa Rita Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.1 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Matrix Herkimer Quartz "diamonds"
Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
4.4 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
3.8 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite w/ Scheelite (rare), Calcite & Quartz (classic locale)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
4.4 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm (Largest of 2)
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