PRE-TUCSON SPECIAL MINERAL COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTION:
featuring OLD CLASSICS - ends Thursday Feb 7, 2019

ends Thursday Feb 7, 2019
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)

This auction features a large group of minerals spanning over 100 years of history, mostly pulled from the collections of lifelong mineral collectors Kay Robertson and David Burgess. These are pieces nobody has seen for sale yet, offered to auction for the first time! Look for superb old classics ! 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. Rare crystallized GOLDS, including an Arizona piece
2. RHODOCHROSITES from the W.S. Logan Collection
3. Large Elmwood CALCITE & an old classic CALCITE from Scotland
4. Stunning rare KAOLINITE replacing AGATE geode
5. Rare and unusual DIAMONDS from the Burgess Collection
6. Large Swiss FADEN QUARTZ from the Eric Asselborn Collection
7. FLUORESCENTS

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Orpiment xls (classic NV - excellent) Robertson Coll.
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Humboldt Co., Nevada
7.7 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Large faden Quartz (Eric Asselborn Coll.)
probably Graubunden, Switzerland
16.0 x 8.5 x 8.4 cm
DT Afghanite on Marble (both fluorescent) Burgess Coll.
Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
6.6 x 6.5 x 5.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic Colorado) W.S. Logan Coll.
Grizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek Canyon, Ouray District, Ouray Co., Colorado
3.5 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Baryte & Malachite (classic CT) Burgess Coll.
Cheshire, New Haven Co., Connecticut
8.0 x 8.0 x 3.2 cm
Titanite, Adularia & Chlorite (Burgess Coll.)
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
14.5 x 10.5 x 6.0 cm
Large Malachite stalactites (uncommon locale)
Kasompi Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, DR Congo
12.9 x 10.0 x 4.9 cm
Ferberite (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Tazna Mine, Cerro Tazna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi, Bolivia
5.5 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Raura District, Cajatambo Province, Lima, Peru
11.0 x 9.5 x 2.2 cm
Calcite w/ phantoms on Sphalerite (old classic)
New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
10.2 x 10.0 x 6.8 cm
Agate altering to Kaolinite (RARE! - old find)
Salto do Jacui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
11.8 x 10.5 x 7.8 cm
Bustamite & Galena (classic locale)
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
10.7 x 8.5 x 5.3 cm
Charoite (Type Locality) w/ Steacyite (rare) & Aegirine (Kay Robertson Coll.)
Murunskii Massif, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia
4.2 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
Bastnasite-(Ce) (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
8.4 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
Apophyllite & Stilbite (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
8.4 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic locale) W.S. Logan Coll.
Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
7.3 x 5.0 x 4.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic locale) W.S. Logan Coll.
Emma Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana
6.6 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Rhodochrosite & Sphalerite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Santa Rita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junin, Peru
6.4 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
1050 Level, Burgin Mine, East Tintic District, Utah Co., Utah
4.6 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Hotazel Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
3.6 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Calcite & Quartz (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Trepca complex, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
8.5 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
Mohawkite (447 grams) David Burgess Coll.
Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
7.6 x 6.1 x 4.1 cm
Carpathite (rare hydrocarbon) on Quartz (David Burgess Coll.)
Picacho Mine, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, San Benito Co., California
9.5 x 8.0 x 3.8 cm
Diamond var. Bort var. Framesite (rare - 15.8 carats) David Burgess Coll.
Cullinan mine (Premier Mine), Cullinan, Pretoria District, Gauteng, South Africa
2.1 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Rhodochrosite (classic locale) Rob Sielecki Coll.
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
5.8 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Pectolite w/ Calcite (Lindemann & Robertson Coll.)
Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
8.5 x 7.0 x 2.9 cm
Rhodochrosite w/ Polybasite, Pyrite, Proustite & Quartz (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
8.5 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm
Gold & Quartz nugget (RARE Arizona! - 8.3 grams)
Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona
2.5 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
Tourmaline var. Schorl (Sinkankis & Robertson Coll.)
Santa Cruz, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
12.2 x 8.0 x 7.7 cm
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