PRE-MUNICH SHOW MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS (set 1 of 2) featuring OLD CLASSICS, GEM CRYSTALS and RARE SPECIES - ends Thursday Oct 25, 2018

ends Thursday Oct 25, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

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 of Kay Robertson along with fine minerals from numerous other collections and purchases including 1980s-90s specimens from the collections of Paul Zerfass, Ted Bartels and Barratt Phillips Collections. 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, rare matrix RUTILE twin from Graves Mountain
2. Fine COPPERS from Bisbee and the Ray Mine
3. Large ORANGE CREEDITE
4. Rare old BLACK FOREST combination
5. Selection of ARIZONA specimens
6. Excellent Chinese SCHEELITE miniature
7. Rich rare BRASSITE from the Type Locality
8. Superb large APOPHYLLITE & STILBITE from India
9. QUARTZ w/ HEMATITE iron roses from Switzerland from the collection of the Natural History Museum of Bern and the Ted Bartels Collection
10. RARE style FLUORITE from St. Gotthard, Switzerland
11. Rare RED BERYL thumbnail xl cluster
12. Large PLUMBOGUMMITE
13. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
14. Rare very fine MCGOVERNITE and a large WILLEMITE xl from the Sterling Mine
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Large Fluorapophyllite on Stilbite
Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
14.8 x 13.3 x 2.4 cm
Brassite (rare arsenate - Type Locality) Czech Natl. Museum & Vajdak Coll.
Jachymov, Erzgebirge, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
8.8 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
Amethyst scepter (excellent) Charlie Key Coll.
Brandberg Complex, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.0 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Prehnite (old classic)
Farmington Trap Rock Quarry, Farmington, Hartford Co., Connecticut
8.5 x 7.5 x 3.8 cm
Quartz "icicle" earrings
Unknown
3.6 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm (largest of 2)
Hematite (Charlie Key)
Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.0 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Sulfur incl. w/ bitumen (classic locale) Ted Bartels Coll.
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
5.5 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Natrolite, Stilbite & Heulandite (2016 find)
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
13.1 x 6.7 x 4.9 cm
Cyclic-twinned Cerussite (classic Arizona) Bruce Murphy Coll.
Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Graham Co., Arizona
2.0 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Calcite (Cynthia Payne Calcite Coll.)
Dead Indian Hill, Park Co., Wyoming
5.6 x 5.0 x 4.1 cm
Plumbogummite on Quartz
Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
12.8 x 8.8 x 5.2 cm
Andradite Garnet (Charlie Key Coll.)
Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.0 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Pyromorphite (great color)
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
3.0 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm
Baryte (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Sherman Mine, Leadville District, Lake Co., Colorado
7.3 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm
Celestine w/ twisted xl (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
6.1 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Kutnohorite & Aragonite (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Levane, Bucine, Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy
3.1 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm (largest of 2)
DT Aragonite
La Pesquera, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
4.6 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm
Baryte w/ Magnesite coating (rare) Kay Robertson Coll.
St Johann im Walde, Lienz, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria
7.0 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite w/ Baryte (Ted Bartels Coll.)
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
7.0 x 6.1 x 4.5 cm
Smithsonite w Hemimorphite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Luderitz District, Karas Region, Namibia
5.4 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm
Large orange Creedite!
Mina Navidad, Durango, Mexico
28.5 x 23.0 x 11.9 cm
Erythrite (classic locale)
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
7.5 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm
Rosasite (older)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.5 x 7.0 x 5.8 cm
Manganoan Calcite (2017 find - fluorescent!)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
9.7 x 6.0 x 1.3 cm
Baryte stalactites (rare style old classic)
Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland
10.2 x 7.9 x 5.6 cm
Chalcopyrite on floater Fluorite xl (Lillie & Bartels Coll.)
Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
6.6 x 4.5 x 4.1 cm
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