MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING OLD CLASSIC SPECIMENS FROM MULTIPLE OLD COLLECTIONS !- end Thursday May 10, 2018

ends Thursday May 10, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

SUPER MIX of old classics with a few modern showy finds of gem crystals and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections of Bedogne, Robertson, Obodda, and others. Lots of old classics here that are hard to find at any price, let alone at auction.


Some of the highlights from this week's include:

1. Fine SERANDITE combination from Mont Saint-Hilaire valued $2000-plus
2. Unusual AMETHYST from the CHARLIE KEY COLLECTION
3. Large and rich Chinese SPESSARTINE plate from Ed David Coll. !
4. Old-time SPESSARTINE, SCHORL & SMOKY QUARTZ from the Little Three Mine
5. Large and rare German PYROPE GARNET
6. Superb FLUORITE from Chamonix
7. Many classic and rarities from the Kay Robertson and an East Coast collection
8. amazing, totally GEM PARISITE xl from France
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Gem Tourmaline, large DT Smoky Quartz & Cleavelandite (RARE combo)
Pech, Chapa Dara District, Konar Province, Afghanistan
16.3 x 12.3 x 7.0 cm
Cuprian Adamite, Smithsonite & Aragonite (RARE combo)
Serpieri Mine No. 60, Kamariza Mines, Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
5.8 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm
Calcite (classic locale) Robetson Coll.
Egremont, Cumbria, England
6.3 x 5.0 x 4.6 cm
Apatite on Hornblende (RARE combo) Robertson Coll.
Jebel Bou-Agrao, Khenifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region, Morocco
4.3 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Aragonite on Calcite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.3 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
"Turkey fat" Smithsonite (cadmian)
Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas
10.5 x 6.0 x 3.5 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite, Mimetite & Calcite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.4 x 6.5 x 2.0 cm
Pyrochlore & Aegirine on Microcline (Bedogne Coll.)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
3.9 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Large Baryte xl (uncommon) Robertson Coll.
Heisser Stein Mine, Stulln, Wolsendorf fluorite mining district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
7.0 x 5.4 x 1.2 cm
Parisite-(Ce) on Dolomite (Bedogne Coll.)
Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariege, Occitanie, France
6.5 x 4.9 x 2.4 cm
Variscite (uncommon locale)
Montcada hill quarry, Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
7.6 x 6.4 x 4.7 cm
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Wenshan A.P., Yunnan Province, China
9.8 x 6.3 x 2.2 cm
Sphalerite (old classic)
Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England
12.3 x 7.7 x 5.5 cm
Superb Gemmy pink Fluorite octahedrons on Quartz (classic locale)
Les Droites, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
4.5 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Large Ulexite ("TV rock") ex Minette
Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California
14.5 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm
Unusual Almandine Garnet on Schist (classic locale)
Otz valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
13.0 x 7.3 x 5.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (RARE form - 2 generations) W.S. Logan Coll.
Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.5 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Zircon & Smoky Quartz on Microcline (Bedogne Coll.)
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Ruby Spinel xls including a macle-twin
Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm (Largest of 4)
Large Cleavelandite & Muscovite (uncommon - classic locale)
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.0 x 9.3 x 3.8 cm
superb crystallized Pectolite (Charlie Key Coll.)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
8.0 x 5.3 x 5.0 cm
Large Spessartine Garnet, Smoky Quartz & Muscovite ex Ed David Coll.
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
15.3 x 12.0 x 4.0 cm
Phlogopite in Calcite (RARE - old)
Sydenham Mica Mine, Frontenac Co., Ontario, Canada
8.7 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Scapolite on Calcite (classic locale)
Yates mine, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
5.8 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Quartz incl. w/ Hematite on Baryte (rare old classic)
Cleator Moor Iron Mines, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
13.9 x 7.0 x 5.6 cm
Stilbite & Calcite (RARE CT combo!)
Silliman Quarry, Southbury, New Haven Co., Connecticut
5.5 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Spessartine, Smoky Quartz & Schorl on Cleavelandite (old classic CA)
Little Three Mine, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California
8.1 x 6.0 x 5.8 cm
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