SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION: old CHARLIE KEY MINERAL COLLECTION & mineral dealer stock (ends FEB 20)

Ends Thursday Feb 20, 2013
at 630 PM (Central Time Zone)!

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 rarities to superb thumbnails and locality pieces, is presented here. THIS IS PROBABLY OUR LAST FULL AUCTION SET FROM THIS COLLECTION !
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Fluorite and Quartz (DT)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.5 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Primary Malachite with Cerussite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
8.0 x 6.3 x 3.0 cm
Smoky Quartz (enhydro)
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.1 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
Shattuckite and Quartz with primary Malachite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Epidote
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.7 x 1.9 x 0.8 cm
Fluorite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.3 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Topaz
Klein Spitzkopje, Namibia
2.8 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Vanadanite coated with Mottramite
Otjindeka, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
1.9 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Andradite Garnet var. Demantoid
Tubussis 22 farm, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.3 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Hematite and Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.2 x 1.2 x .9 cm
Quartz (DT) with Hematite
Orange River Area, Namibia
6.4 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.3 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Primary Malachite with Shattuckite on Quartz
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.3 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
Fluorite (Spinel Twin) with Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
9.3 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Dioptase
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Hematite with Andradite Garnet and Baryte
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.4 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite (pair)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Celestine (DT)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.3 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Ilvaite (DT) - superb thumbnail
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
2.6 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Sturmanite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
5.3 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Manganvesuvianite, Natrolite, and Apophyllite-KOH
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.0 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Smoky Quartz, Microcline, and blue Albite
Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.7 x 5.0 x 1.8 cm
Celestine and Calcite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
9.0 x 6.0 x 2.8 cm
Epidote and Sphene
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.6 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Olmiite (TL)
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.5 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm
Jamesonite and Siderite
Herja Mine, Romania
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Orange Prehnite with Inesite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.2 x 2.1 x 0.4 cm
Apophyllite-KOH (DT)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Ettringite and Jouravskite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
6.2 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Kutnohorite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm