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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Crystallized Gold (Canada)
Nugget Pond Mine, Betts Cove, Newfoundland, Canada
2.2 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Rhodochrosite (W.S. Logan Coll.)
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
6.3 x 4.9 x 4.1 cm
Large Cryolite (Type Locality) w/ Siderite & Chalcopyrite (David Burgess Coll.)
Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Sermersooq, Greenland, Denmark
14.0 x 13.6 x 8.9 cm
Smithsonite (classic old Ireland locale)
Sheshodonnell East Mine, The Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland
2.9 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Rice-grain Smithsonite (rare style) Karl Warning Coll.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico
5.8 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Wulfenite (superb old classic)
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
4.5 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Excellent iridescent Chalcocite xls (classic 1990s finds)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin
5.3 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Pseudocubic Wulfenite
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.0 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Large Calcite (classic locale)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co, Tennessee
16.5 x 14.3 x 10.0 cm
Copper coated w/ Malachite & Cuprite (Rob Sielecki Coll.)
Black Rock lode (Black Rock Open cut), Mount Isa Mines, Queensland, Australia
4.4 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm
polished Shattuckite slice (Rare - Type Locality) Burgess Coll.
Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona
5.4 x 4.5 x 4.4 cm
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