POST-DENVER SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 (set 1 of 2)

Ends Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

TWO PAGES filled with a diverse mix of classic, contemporary material, gem crystals, rarities and oddball pieces! Most of the specimens here are from old stashes and purchased dealer inventories that you cannot as easily find in today's market as in the past.

We are honored to announce the purchase of several large collections including the fantastic Kay Robertson collection of 10,000 specimens, filled with European treasures and old classics accumulated since she started collecting in 1928 (see our website for more information: http://www.irocks.com/kay-robertson-a-treasure-in-the-mineral-collecting-world)!


Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Classic and rarities from the Kay Robertson and Dave Stoudt Collections
2. Large MALACHITE "eyes"
3. Rare ILVAITE w/ FLUORITE from Santa Eulalia
4. Large and rare FAIRFIELDITE
5. Old large English FLUORITE and QUARTZ
6. Rare old CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN and MAINE specimens.
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Jouravskite (rare) on Xonotlite (New Find)
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari MN field, South Africa
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Large polished Malachite "eyes"
Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
13.8 x 9.3 x 6.8 cm
Psuedocubic Wulfenite, Mimetite & Calcite (2008 find)
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.8 x 8.8 x 6.0 cm
Spinel-twinned Copper w/ Hyalite Opal (RARE Mexico) Dave Stoudt Coll.
Guadalupe Mine, San Francisco del Oro, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.1 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
Smoky Quartz (uncommon locale) Zerfass Coll.
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
11.5 x 8.2 x 6.6 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (Sanders and Cowan Coll.)
Sunshine No. 2 adit, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
4.6 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Native Coppper (1800s!) Barker & Murphy Coll.
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
7.3 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Azurite rosette (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Guangdong Province, China
6.5 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm
Fairfieldite (rare fine xls) on Quartz (classic locale) ex Eaker
Foote Mine, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland County, North Carolina
10.5 x 9.3 x 7.0 cm
Gypsum (Dave Stoudt Coll.)
Lubin Mine, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
6.8 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite (old -classic locale)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Gila Co., Arizona
6.4 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Large Fluorite (2 generations - rare 2016 find)
nr. Yiwu City, Yiwu Co., Zhejiang Province, China
21.2 x 14.0 x 5.4 cm
Iridescent Bornite (RARE & RARE locale) Renaud Vochten Coll.
Chambishi Mine, Kalulushi District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
14.9 x 7.5 x 6.2 cm
Fluorite w/ Calcite (Zerfass Coll.)
Moscona Mine, Villabona, Asturias, Spain
14.9 x 9.2 x 6.2 cm
Opal w/ fluorescent Hyalite Opal (rare locale)
Smrcek, Vysocina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
12.4 x 8.8 x 5.7 cm
Arsenopyrite and Mn-Dolomite (RARE combo) Soregaroli Coll.
Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
5.1 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Aragonite (uncommon CA)
San Luis Obispo Co., California
4.9 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm
Staurolite "cross" twin (classic locale)
Pestsovye Keivy, Keivy Mountains, Murmanskaya Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
4.0 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
Color-zoned Fluorite (classic locale)
Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio
3.5 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Pectolite "bowtie" (classic locale) Kay Robertson Coll.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
5.1 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Marcasite, Dolomite & Gypsum (rare combo) Sanabria Coll.
Reocin Mine, Reocin, Cantabria, Spain
12.7 x 9.7 x 6.5 cm
Vanadinite on Baryte
Mibladen, Midelt Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.5 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Bi-colored Fluorite (rare locale - fluorescent) DeMark & Cowan Coll.
Summit group, Cooks Peak District, Luna Co., New Mexico
7.5 x 6.0 x 5.0 cm
Vanadinite (uncommon AZ locale) Hales & Murphy Coll.
Ramsey Mine, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona
5.1 x 3.1 x 2.5 cm
Apophyllite "balls" (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Cornwall Mines, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania
3.4 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
V-twinned Calcite (fluorescent) Payne Coll.
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
6.4 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
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