MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) with OLD CLASSICS, NEW FINDS and RARITIES - ends Thursday June 28, 2018

ends Thursday June 28, 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. Selection of fine and rare TOURMALINES
2. Large , important, doubly-terminated CARROLLITE
3. ROSE QUARTZ from the famous 1959 Brazil find
4. HYDROXLYHERDERITE from Maine
5. Fine Broken Hill (Kabwe) HOPEITE
6. Excellent selection of old and unusual QUARTZ specimens
7. RARE old CALIFORNIA AMETHYST
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Arsenian Pyromorphite (Lobell Coll.)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
5.4 x 5.0 x 2.0 cm
Gemmy purple-cap Tourmaline (1980s classic)
Tourmaline Queen Mine, Pala District, San Diego Co., California
3.3 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Smithsonite var. Cadmium rich (New/old Find)
Wei Nan, Yunnan Province, China
8.3 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Aegirine & Smoky Quartz ex Obodda
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
3.4 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Pyromorphite (Steve Smale Coll.)
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
6.0 x 4.5 x 3.0 cm
Rubellite Tourmaline in Lepidolite (old classic CA)
Stewart Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
5.7 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm
Pascoite (rare oxide)
Ambrosia Lake Sub-district, Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico
7.0 x 6.9 x 4.2 cm
Wavellite (rich color) Joe Lobell Coll.
Dug Hill, Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas
5.2 x 5.0 x 4.8 cm
Hopeite (rare phosphate - illustrated) Rapp & Robertson Coll.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia
5.9 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm
Rose Quartz & Quartz (classic locale - 1959 find)
Berilo Branco claim, Sapucaia do Norte, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.6 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite & Calcite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8.5 x 6.8 x 4.0 cm
Azurite & Malachite (2004-2005 finds)
Tongshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
11.2 x 8.0 x 5.3 cm
Arsenopyrite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
5.3 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Cave Calcite (1886!) Robertson Coll.
Dechen Cave, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
8.7 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
Yellow Beryl w/ Schorl (Robertson Coll.)
Mt. Tom prospects, Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex Co., Connecticut
4.0 x 4.0 x 1.6 cm
Japan-law twin Quartz (Japan!) Whitmore Coll.
Naru island, Gotoh archipelago, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
2.3 x 2.1 x 0.4 cm
Fluorite w/ Quartz (uncommon combo) Robertson Coll.
Erika Mine, Saulnhof, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining District, Bavaria, Germany
13.8 x 13.5 x 4.0 cm
Prehnite & Epidote ex Obodda
Sandare, Cercle de Nioro du Sahel, Kayes Region, Mali
4.5 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Gemmy bi-colored Tourmaline (85grams) NOTE CORRECTION
Sosedka pegmatite vein, Malkhan pegmatite field, Chitinskaya Oblast', Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
6.2 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Baryte (classic locale) Robertson Coll.
Himmelsfurst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
11.0 x 7.8 x 4.9 cm
Baryte (fluorescent) Ted Bartels Coll.
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa
4.5 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
Magnetite on Quartz (RARE New Mexico!) Ted Bartels Coll.
Gecko Prospect, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico
6.6 x 4.6 x 2.0 cm
Amethyst (RARE old CA!) Robertson Coll.
Steamboat Springs, Chocolate Mts, Imperial Co., California
6.8 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
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