SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION: old CHARLIE KEY MINERAL COLLECTION & mineral dealer stock (ends Nov 5)

Ends Nov 5, 2013 at 6:30 PM (CST) 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 3 MORE DIVERSE CHARLIE KEY AUCTIONS SORTED FOR SALE, AFTER THIS!
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Muscovite on Schorl with Feldspar
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.6 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)
Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.7 x 3.0 x 1.2 cm
Hematite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
Celestine
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
2.2 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm
Germanite Ore (TL)
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
2.9 x 1.8 x 2.0 cm
Inesite and Orange Prehnite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.7 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Hausmannite with Andradite Garnet
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Rhodochrosite and Shigaite
Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa (Type Locality)
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Mangan-Diaspore
Glosam mine, Postmasburg, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
7.0 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm
Pyrite and Calcite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
2.9 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Heulandite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Vanadanite
Otjindeka, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
0.9 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Fluornatromicrolite on Albite (var. Cleavelandite)
Quixaba mine, Frei Martinho, Paraiba, Brazil
1.8 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Gageite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Brucite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Bultfonteinite and Calcite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.3 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Feldspar
Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
2.6 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
Tephroite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.6 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Jouravskite
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, South Africa
5.2 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Sphalerite
Dzhezkazgan Mine, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
4.1 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Orthoclase Feldspar and Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.0 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Jeremejevite
Arandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.4 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite scepter
Hoenfeld, Erongo Mountains, Namibia
2.5 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm
Rhodochrosite
Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.5 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Azurite
Easter Pocket, Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
2.2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Schorl
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
11.5 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm
Smoky Quartz on Quartz
Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.8 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Silver and Copper-Silver Arsenides
Cobalt area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
5.1 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm
Fluorite (Spinel Twin)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Primary Malachite on Cerussite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm