POST-TUCSON FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday February 22nd, 2018

Ends Thursday, February 22nd, 2018
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)



Back from Tucson and we've got a great selection of material that we picked up over the last few months along with rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for new goodies from Tucson along with new collection acquisitions to appear in the coming weeks. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. We'll still have selections from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Rolando Gioia, Francesco Bedogné, Paul Zerfass and plenty of pieces from Kay Robertson along with various dealers' inventories. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Several gemmy multicolor TOURMALINE crystals from Brazil
2. Classic Japan-Twin QUARTZ with WAVELLITE from Bolivia
3. Newly mine unusual "Coconut" ANDRADITE GARNET specimen from Peru
4. LARGE BROOKITE crystal group from Pakistan
5. Fine rare steel blue color crystals of SCORODITE from China!
6. FLUORITE specimen with a MOVING WATER BUBBLE from Mexico!
7. Rare ILLITE pseudomorph after HALITE from Nebraska!
8. PAGE 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Rutile (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mts, Mono County, California
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Brookite
Taftan, near Dalbandi, Baluchistan, Pakistan
4.2 x 1.2 x 0.1 cm
Rose Quartz (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.7 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Quartz over Chrysocolla with Malachite
Inspiration pit, Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Inspiration, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona
6.7 x 6.6 x 4.3 cm
Copper ("spinel twin")
Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Grant County, New Mexico
3.7 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Andradite Garnet (Geode / "Coconut") (new find)
Pampa Blanca District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
7.2 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
0.5 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
Epidote (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Amber with insect inclusions
Sabana de la Mar (Sabana), Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm
Amazonite
near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
4.3 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Gypsum with "hourglass" sand inclusions
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
6.8 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm
Scorodite (rare)
Baishiding Mine, Zhongshan Co., Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
2.1 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Indicolite Tourmaline (7.93 grams)
Pederneira claim, Sa£o Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.1 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Siderite (gemmy!) with Pyrite (replacing Siderite) and Stannite
Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite Carving, Turtle
Jiangxi Province, China
66.58 grams (332.90 carats), 47 mm x 32 mm x 23 mm
Petedunnite (extremely rare)
Buckwheat pit (Buckwheat Mine), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality)
2.2 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Apatite with Albite and Rutile(?) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Esmeralda Hiddenite Mine, Alexander County, North Carolina
7.7 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Fluorite (rare locale) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Santa Rosa, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.1 cm
Inderborite (RARE and FINE) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau, Atyrau Province, Kazakhstan (Type Locality)
6.2 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Quartz with Hematite (var: "Specularite") (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, UK
7.2 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Phenakite (from the 1800's) (ex Kay Robertson and John Caswell Collection)
Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia (Type Locality)
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
5.7 x 4.6 x 2.0 cm
Bournonite on Pyrite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Concepcion Del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
8.7 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
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