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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Arsenopyrite on schist (rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
Platta, Medel Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
6.3 x 5.3 x 1.3 cm
Halite w/copper inclusions (fluorescent - new find)
Lubin, Lubin District, Legnica, Lower Silesia, Poland
7.5 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm
Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite (fluorescent)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
7.4 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Aragonite (rare style) Cowan Coll.
Stevenson-Bennett Mine, Organ Mts, Dona Ana Co., New Mexico
8.4 x 7.6 x 3.6 cm
Gillespite, Sanbornite (Type Locality) & Celsian (old - rare Ba-silicates)
Trumbull Peak Ba-silicate deposit, Mariposa Co., California
7.2 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
Quartz & Hematite (Zerfass Coll.)
Jinlong hill, Longchuan Co., Guangdong Province, China
10.8 x 7.2 x 6.8 cm
Large Calcite (2 generations) Wolfe Coll.
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
20.8 x 12.8 x 7.5 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
3.9 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Large Quartz incl. w/ Hematite
Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
18.3 x 7.5 x 5.7 cm
Bi-colored Baryte (RARE Mexico) Stoudt Coll.
San Pascual de las Adargas mine, Mun. de Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.8 x 6.7 x 6.4 cm
Pollucite (rare, old - classic locale)
Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine
6.1 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm
Ilvaite, Fluorite & Natanite? (RARE combo)
Main Silicate Ore Body, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
10.5 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm
Cuprian Smithsonite (Knudsen & Murphy Coll.)
Silver Bill Mine, Gleeson, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.1 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Cuprite ps. After Copper (RARE - old) Kay Robertson Coll.
Copper Country, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan
7.3 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm
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