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
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