SPECIAL TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 1 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday February 15th, 2018

Ends Thursday, February 15th, 2018
at 6:30 PM (Central Time Zone)



As the Tucson Show comes to a close, we have a full slate of auctions this week with two 60-piece auctions. You will find a great mix of gem crystals and display specimens, classics, contemporary pieces, rarities, unusual pieces. Look for pieces mixed in from various collections we've obtained including Willard Wulff, Rolando Gioia, Kay Robertson, Francesco Bedogné, and Paul Zerfass, along with dealers' inventories. Look here for the not so typical mineral specimens along with plenty of your favorites. We don't just offer the "standard 20 species", but an eclectic mix of specimens that appeal to everybody! Enjoy!


Some of the highlights from this week's auction include:

1. Large doubly-terminated gemmy pink and green KUNZITE from Afghanistan (571 grams)
2. Rich cranberry colored RUBELLITE TOURMALINE from Brazil
3. Classic, beautiful orange bladed WULFENITE crystals on matrix from Tsumeb!
4. Rare, large, silvery colored bladed crystal group of ANDORITE from Bolivia!
5. A phantom FLUORITE specimen & a big twinned CALCITE specimen from the Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
6. Rarities include LEIFITE, NENADKEVICHITE and SANTABARBARAITE
7. Classic rare TWINNED BORACITE crystal on matrix from Germany
8. PAGE 2 features classic and hard to find worldwide mineral specimens from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Neptunite (classic material)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito County, California
6.1 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Tourmaline (Rubellite) (doubly-terminated)
Santa Rosa mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Copper with green drusy Quartz
Central Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan
5.7 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Ametrine (polished slice) (169 grams)
Anahi, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
7.5 x 6.6 x 1.4 cm
Andorite (good sized, lustrous crystals)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.6 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Hematite (ex Franceso Bedogne Collection)
N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
4.7 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Liefite with Nenadkevichite and Rhodochrosite (ex Francesco Bedogne Collection)
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Pyromorphite (classic material)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
4.1 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Epidote (ex Obodda)
Tormiq, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.7 x 3.4 x 1.1 cm
Azurite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.4 cm
Zircon (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Gold Camp Road, St. Peters Dome District, El Paso County, Colorado
4.2 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
Quartz (ex Dave Bergman Collection)
Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado
8.2 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite (phantom crystal) on matrix
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee
4.2 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.1 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Tourmaline (Indicolite) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Santa Rosa mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Kyanite with Almandine (ex Scott Williams specimen)
Staro Bonce village, Selecka Mountain, Prilep, Republic of Macedonia
15.7 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
Rhodonite
San Martun Mine, Chiurucu, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
4.2 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Dolomite (GEMMY twins) on Dolomite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Pomba pit, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
3.5 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
8.3 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm
Sanidine (GEM) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Itrongay, Mahasoa East Commune, Betroka District, Anosy Region, Tulear Province, Madagascar
1.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Smoky Quartz (GEM quality!)
Goscheneralp, Gsschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
3.6 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Santabarbaraite (very rare)
Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerchenskyi (Fe)-ore basin, Kerch peninsula, Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine
2.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Calcite (674 grams)
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
11.4 x 8.1 x 7.7 cm
Creedite (rare material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Liberty Mine, Antone District, San Antonio Mts, Nye County, Nevada
7.2 x 4.7 x 1.3 cm
Boracite (RARE twin) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Sehnde, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
1.6 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Atacamite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
6.4 x 4.9 x 4.3 cm
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