SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION: old CHARLIE KEY MINERAL COLLECTION & mineral dealer stock (ends Dec 17)

Ends TUESDAY Dec. 17, 2013
at 6 PM (Central Time Zone)
NOTE TUESDAY ENDING DATE!

Liquidation auctions of the vast mineral collections and mineral inventory hoarded by legendary mineral dealer, Charlie Key, over in Africa during the 1970s-1990s. A huge variety, from raritis to superb thumbnails and locality pieces, is presented here. WE HAVE ONLY A FEW MORE DIVERSE CHARLIE KEY AUCTIONS SORTED FOR SALE, AFTER THIS!
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Fluornatromicrolite on Albite (var. Cleavelandite)
Quixaba mine, Frei Martinho, Paraiba, Brazil
2.1 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm
Tephroite (rare, sharp crystals)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.1 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Quartz on Chrysocolla
Live Oak Mine, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
3.4 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Vesuvianite
Bellecombe, Val d'Aosta, Piemonte, Italy
2.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Gaudefroyite and Andradite Garnet
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.7 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Brucite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.2 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Muscovite, Schorl, Feldspar, and Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.5 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Kutnohorite and ?
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Cassiterite (rare locale)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.6 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Jouravskite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
5.9 x 4.1 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.9 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Smoky Quartz with Hyalite Opal, on Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.0 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Hematite with Andradite Garnet
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
Shattuckite and Primary Malachite (pocket)
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
6.2 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
Heulandite with Celadonite and Quartz
Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
4.2 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Muscovite with Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.5 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Schorl on Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Goethite ps Magnetite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Muscovite with Fluorite (superb TN)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.8 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
Rose & Smoky Quartz
Pitorra Claim, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 3.1 x 1.1 cm
Aquamarine/Heliodor on Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.2 x 6.9 x 5.5 cm
Manganvesuvianite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.8 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Olmiite (Type Locality)
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa (TL)
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Malachite
Burra Burra Copper Mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
2.9 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite and Hyaite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.4 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm
Azurite on Tennantite, with Calcite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.0 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Quartz and Feldspar (fluorescent)
Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.0 x 6.6 x 6.0 cm
Rhodochrosite (fluorescent)
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.7 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm
Fluorite with Muscovite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Ferberite (very rare for locale)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.3 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm