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, Smoky Quartz, and Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.3 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Hubnerite (superb thumbnail)
Pasta Bueno, Ancsh Dept, Peru
2.7 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Olmiite (TL)
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
3.2 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Rhodochrosite (fluorescent)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.4 x 3.2 x 1.0 cm
Prehnite, Calcite, and Quartz
Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.2 x 12.0 x 7.0 cm
Amethyst and Orthoclase
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, and Galena
Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Aquamarine, Feldspar, Quartz, and Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Spessartine
Marienfluss, Kunene Region, Namibia
3.2 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Sphalerite (twinned?)
Madan, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
3.5 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Gaudefroyite on Manganite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
6.5 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite and Quartz
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.2 x 5.7 x 5.5 cm
Smoky Quartz (sceptered)
Gamsberg, Khomas Region, Namibia
21.0 x 14.0 x 12.0 cm
Neotocite
Nchwaning Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
Malachite
Burra Burra Mine, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia
2.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite
Hoenfeld, Erongo Mountains, Namibia
2.2 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Manganite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
3.2 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Calcite "jewels" on Fluorite
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
6.0 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Shattuckite and Primary Malachite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
7.0 x 6.6 x 4.5 cm
Amethyst
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.7 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Bultfonteinite and Olmiite (fluorescent)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.1 x 3.9 x 2.0 cm
Spessartine
Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Hausmannite, Andradite Garnet, and Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.8 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Goethite ps. Barite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.0 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Celestine and Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.8 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Pyrite (rare for locality)
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.6 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
Shigaite and Rhodochrosite with Caryopilite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
3.7 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Hematite and Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.8 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Jeremejevite and Schorl
Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.2 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm