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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Goethite ps. Magnetite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Prehnite
Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.9 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Schorl (floater)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
12.4 x 8.5 x 8.0 cm
Dioptase
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.9 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Schorl and Hyalite Opal on Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
2.7 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Bultfonteinite, Calcite, Quartz on Manganite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
6.0 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Aquamarine, Schorl, and Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
12.5 x 12.0 x 10.0 cm
Brucite, Apophyllite-KOH, and Sturmanite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Vesuvianite
Bellecombe, Val d'Aosta, Piemonte, Italy
1.8 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
Fluorite and Muscovite on Feldspar, with Goshenite
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
14.5 x 8.0 x 3.3 cm
Azurite
Shilu Copper Mine, Guangdong Province, China
3.0 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm
Calcite
Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.6 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Amethyst (DT)
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.2 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Orange Prehnite and Apophyllite-KOH
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.5 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
Manganoan Calcite and Andradite Garnet on Feldspar
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.6 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Inesite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
5.3 x 4.8 x 1.4 cm
Smoky Quartz and Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.5 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm
Topaz (DT)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.6 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
Fluornatromicrolite (TL)
Quixaba mine, Frei Martinho, Paraiba, Brazil (Type Locality)
1.9 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm
Jouravskite on Manganite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
7.7 x 5.4 x 3.0 cm
Manganvesuvianite Superb TN) ex. Charlie Key TN coll
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.7 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm