MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday July 26, 2018

ends Thursday July 26, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

A great mix this week featuring gem crystals from a Tourmaline collection plus old 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. Fine San Diego MICROCLINE
2. Superb old COPPER from Michigan
3. Irv Brown, Ken Roberts & W.S. Logan collection specimens
4. Rare large Pasto Bueno EUCLASE, FLUORITE & MUSCOVITE
5. Fine TOURMALINE and RUBY SPINEL crystal suites
6. MEXICO rarities
7. NEW Erongo AQUAMARINE FIND
8. Kay Robertson Collection classics and rarities
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Large Aquamarine plate (NEW FIND - excellent!)
Erongo Mts, Erongo Region, Namiba
11.9 x 7.1 x 5.3 cm
Smithsonite ps. After Calcite (classic locale) Ken Roberts Coll.
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.0 x 6.3 x 6.1 cm
Epidote in Calcite (rare old combo) Lindemann & Robertson Coll.
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway
4.8 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Amethyst (classic locale)
Piedra Parada (Las Vigas), Veracruz, Mexico
5.0 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
Chalcedony ps. After fossil sponge (2016 find)
Bu Craa, Laayoune Province, Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra Region, Morocco
5.2 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite on Calcite (both fluorescent) Robertson Coll.
Artenberg quarry, Steinach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
11.1 x 8.1 x 5.7 cm
12-piece Tourmaline suite (S. Schwarzinger Coll.)
Various Countries
4.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm (Largest of 12)
Rhodohrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
5.1 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
gem Spinel xls
Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
1.5 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (Largest of 5)
Fluorite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
4.8 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Siderite on Quartz (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Allevard, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France
3.7 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
"Neudorf style" Galena (rare locale) ex Robertson Coll.
Schone Aussicht Mine, Burbach, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.7 x 4.4 x 2.0 cm
Gem Watermelon Tourmaline (Irv Brown Coll.)
Cruzeiro Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Sharp Carrollite octahedron (New Find!)
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
2.5 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Bipyramidal Wulfenite xls
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.5 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm
Fluorite w/ Baryte (old - fluorescent) Falkenhorst & Robertson Coll.
Limestone quarry, Bergheim, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France
9.5 x 6.8 x 3.2 cm
Large faden Quartz ex Obodda
Toyee, Wana, South Waziristan, FATA, Pakistan
14.9 x 3.9 x 1.5 cm
Quartz scepter (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Crystal Tips Mine, Petersen Mountain, Hallelujah Junction, Washoe Co., Nevada
9.0 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm
Vanadinite - huge crystal
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.5 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
Analcime w/ Natrolite (old classic)
Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
5.7 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Augite (RARE Norway - old) Robertson Coll
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway
6.6 x 4.1 x 2.0 cm
Microcline (rare classic San Diego Co.) Robertson Coll.
Pala District, San Diego Co., California
9.2 x 7.6 x 4.1 cm
Euclase (RARE), with Fluorite & Muscovite (ex Art Soregaroli Coll.)
Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
14.3 x 10.2 x 5.3 cm
Chalcopyrite w/ Calcite (rare combo) Robertson Coll.
Musina (Messina), Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
6.5 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
rare Deep Blue Euclase (classic locale, superb TN $2000) Irv Brown Coll.
Lost Hope Mine, Mwami, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Quartz "hedgehog" (RARE Mexico) Robertson Coll.
Barranca de Cobre (Copper Canyon), Chihuahua, Mexico
10.5 x 10.4 x 6.5cm
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