PRE-CHRISTMAS END OF THE YEAR MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS:
featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Dec 20th, 2018
ends Thursday Dec 20, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
End of the year auction! Our next auctions will close in January, so this is it for 2018. A selection of specimens in this week's auctions with a mix of classics, gem crystals, contemporary minerals and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections and purchases including 1960s-90s specimens from the collections of Paul Zerfass, Ted Bartels, Tom Wolfe and Barratt Phillips Collections, and 60 years of collecting history from the Kay Robertson Collection. Lots of rare mineral specimens here that are hard to find at ANY price, let alone at auction!
Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Superb CUPRITE from the Onganja Mine
2. Large Montana AMETHYST from the Geary Murdock Collection
3. Classic French BOURNONITE & SPHALERITE
4. Specimens from the David Burgess Collection
5. Large Russian FLUORAPATITE
6. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
7. Excellent large Indian ZEOLITES
8. Old fine PYROLUSITE from Ilfeld
9. Unusual large old Broken Hill CALCITE
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)
End of the year auction! Our next auctions will close in January, so this is it for 2018. A selection of specimens in this week's auctions with a mix of classics, gem crystals, contemporary minerals and rare species ! We are continuing to process material from the wonderful old mineral collections and purchases including 1960s-90s specimens from the collections of Paul Zerfass, Ted Bartels, Tom Wolfe and Barratt Phillips Collections, and 60 years of collecting history from the Kay Robertson Collection. Lots of rare mineral specimens here that are hard to find at ANY price, let alone at auction!
Some of the highlights from this week's include:
1. Superb CUPRITE from the Onganja Mine
2. Large Montana AMETHYST from the Geary Murdock Collection
3. Classic French BOURNONITE & SPHALERITE
4. Specimens from the David Burgess Collection
5. Large Russian FLUORAPATITE
6. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
7. Excellent large Indian ZEOLITES
8. Old fine PYROLUSITE from Ilfeld
9. Unusual large old Broken Hill CALCITE