MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday July 12, 2018

ends Thursday July 12, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A wonderful selection of specimens in this week's auctions with a mix of gem crystals, classics, contemporary beauties and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections of Kay Robertson along with fine minerals from numerous other collections and purchases including 1980s-90s specimens from the Ted Bartels Collection. 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 Superb gem TOPAZ from the Steve Smale Collection
2. Beautiful old SILVER wires from Cobalt
3. Fine selection of LARGER specimens
4. Old CROCOITE from the Jaye Smith Collection
5. Unusual old style Los Lamentos WULFENITE
6. ORBICULAR JASPER from California
7. Fine selection of gem TOURMALINES including Jonas and Pederneira mine pieces
8. Rare Swiss TWISTED QUARTZ with a faden
9. Old fine FLUORITE from Japan
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Orbicular Jasper (RARE California) Ken Roberts Coll.
Unspecified Gemstone occurrence [4], Paradise Valley, Santa Cruz Mts, Santa Clara Co., California
11.5 x 7.7 x 6.4 cm
Pyrite concretion (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
7.2 x 6.2 x 2.4 cm
Wulfenite (Robertson Coll.)
Touissit, Jerada Province, L'oriental Region, Morocco
6.4 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm
Arsenopyrite, Rhodochrosite & Calcite (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Trepca complex, Kosovska Mitrovica, Mitrovica, Kosovo
5.0 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm
Large Calcite on Fluorite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
12.2 x 9.7 x 7.5 cm
Scheelite, Boulangerite & Calcite on Quartz (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
7.1 x 5.6 x 3.4 cm
Baryte (uncommon NV) Ted Bartels Coll.
Rosebud Mine (Hecla Rosebud Mine), Pershing Co., Nevada
3.5 x 3.2 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite octahedrons (fluorescent) Ted Bartels Coll.
Judith Lynn Claim (T & G Prospect), Pine Canyon deposit, Grant Co., New Mexico
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Gem Rubellite Tourmaline (classic locale)
Jonas Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Wulfenite on Limestone Onyx (old classic) Robertson Coll.
Erupcion-Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.8 x 8.2 x 5.2 cm
Calcite w/ Fluorite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Denton Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.3 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm
Crystallized Native Copper (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
6.1 x 3.5 x 0.4 cm
Gem Goshenite Beryl & Muscovite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Sichuan Province, China
7.1 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Sulfur (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Maybee Quarry, Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan
6.4 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
Baryte & Calcite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
7.7 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Andradite Garnet (uncommon AZ) Hales & Bartels Coll.
Gray Throne prospect, Graham Co., Arizona
5.4 x 5.2 x 2.0 cm
Gem Watermelon Tourmaline (12 grams)
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8.7 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Martite (partial Hematite ps. After Magnetite)
Twin Peaks Prospect, Twin Peak, Millard Co., Utah
8.0 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm
Large Hematite-included Calcite (Tom Wolfe Coll.)
Buena Tierra Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
33.5 x 21.1 x 9.5 cm
Calcite (classic locale)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.5 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm
Calcite (uncommon TN locale)
Stonewall Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee
8.1 x 6.7 x 3.8 cm
Unusual twisted Quartz w/ faden (RARE Swiss) Robertson Coll.
Etzli Valley, Maderanertal, Uri, Switzerland
12.3 x 4.1 x 1.6 cm
Large botryoidal Fluorite
Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
13.5 x 10.2 x 4.0 cm
Superb gem Topaz w/ Cleavelandite (Steve Smale Coll.)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
5.3 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Fluorite (Robertson Coll.)
Mina Ojuel, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.0 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Galena (RARE combo - illustrated) W.S. Logan Coll.
10th Level, Postosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.2 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
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