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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Smoky Quartz with Epidote and Pilinite (Bavenite) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Strzegom (Striegau), Swidnica District, Strzegom-Sobotka Massif, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
6.2 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm
Chrysotile (Metaxite) (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Zloty Stok (Reichenstein), Zloty Stok Commune, Zabkowice Slaskie District, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
7.3 x 5.7 x 1.5 cm
Prehnite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria, Leiria District, Portugal
9.3 x 6.1 x 3.0 cm
Analcime (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Alpe di Siusi, Val Gardena, Bolzano (Sudtirol), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
6.7 x 6.3 x 3.5 cm
Scolecite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India
8.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Stilbite on Quartz with "casts" after Anhydrite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Rientallucke, Rien Valley, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland
8.0 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Gedrite (Amphibole) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Lavoute-Chilhac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
8.8 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Smithsonite stalactite (ex Belsky Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.6 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Descloizite (rare locality specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Commercial Cramer Mine, Georgetown, Georgetown District, Grant County, New Mexico
5.4 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Malachite and Cornwallite
Ibiajara district, Rio do Pires, Bahia, Brazil
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Chrysocolla (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
4.9 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Microcline (ex Obodda)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.2 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Hemimorphite (fine distinct crystals) with Calcite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.7 x 5.2 x 3.8 cm
Pyromorphite (rare material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bwlch Glas Mine, Talybont, Ceulanymaesmawr, Ceredigion, Wales, UK
5.5 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Bou Bekker, Touissit, Oujda-Angad Province, Morocco
7.7 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Matulaite (very rare)
Bachman Mine, Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (Type Locailty)
5.0 x 4.7 x 1.8 cm
Creedite on Smithsonite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.7 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
Tourmaline (green and pink) (16.06 grams)
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor) (6.63 grams)
Santa Rosa, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.6 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Quartz (Japan-Law Twin) with Wavellite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
Cornetite on Pseudomalachite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Type Locality for Cornetite)
6.0 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Opal (highly colorful)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.1 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Proustite with Polybasite (ex Frank Keutsch Collection)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
10.3 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm
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