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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Calcite (old classic) Robertson Coll.
Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England
10.8 x 8.8 x 5.0 cm
Azurite (polished nodule pair)
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
7.4 x 6.5 x 1.7 (largest of 2)
Sharp large DT Carrollite octahedron (New Find)
Kamoya South II Mine, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
4.5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Baryte & Pyrite (Logan Coll.)
Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
7.4 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite imitating Calcite (rare style - fluorescent) Robertson
Cacilia Mine, Freiung, Wolsendorf Fluorite mining District, Bavaria, Germany
6.5 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm
Iridescent Chalcopyrite on Calcite (2015 find)
Baisha Copper Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefect., Hubei Province, China
5.1 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
"Star" Quartz (old classic) Robertson Coll.
Straznuk, Perimov, Jilemnice, Liberec Region, Czech Republic
8.3 x 6.7 x 3.9 cm
Stibnite (old classic)
Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramures Co., Romania
8.3 x 7.8 x 6.0 cm
Baryte (classic locale - fluorescent) Robertson Coll.
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrucke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
10.3 x 7.0 x 5.8 cm
Skeletal Quartz (unusual style) Robertson Coll.
Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Grischun, Switzerland
11.2 x 6.3 x 5.2 cm
"Strawberry" Quartz w/ Rutile inclusions (RARE) Robertson Coll.
Shymkent, South Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan
8.6 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz (Lobell Coll.)
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
11.3 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Hydroxylherderite (rare - 1930s) Robertson Coll.
Fisher Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine
2.4 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
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