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

Ends Thursday, February 1st, 2018
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)



As the Tucson Show is just getting started, we've put together a wonderful set of classics, contemporary pieces, rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals and display specimens. 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. Rare "Trapiche" Habit RUBY crystal from Myanmar (Bruma)
2. Fine, sharp, lustrous, gemmy emerald green trigonal crystals of DIOPTASE for Rep. of Congo
3. Hard to find matrix specimen of gemmy etched blue TOPAZ on doubly-terminated QUARTZ from Brazil
4. A hard to find gemmy reddish-pink rhomb of RHODOCHROSITE from the Moose Mine in Gilpin Co., Colorado
5. Rare glowing yellow colored BRUCITE from Pakistan
6. Gemmy blue KYANITE crystals on matrix from Barra do Salinas, Brazil
7. FINE QUALITY, very lustrous, jet-black botryoidal GOETHITE from Cornwall, England
8. PAGE 2 features assorted minerals from the Kay Robertson Collection!
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Dioptase (new find)
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
4.7 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Moose Mine, Russel Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Ruby (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.4 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
Smithsonite (classic material)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
10.0 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Kyanite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Barra do Salinas, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.1 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Ferberite (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
9.7 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
Pyrite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
6.2 x 6.1 x 6.0 cm
Brazilianite (doubly-terminated) with Albite
Telirio Mine, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 2.1 x 0.9 cm
Smoky Quartz (with phantoms) (fine quality)
Tanapaca Mine (Mocoya Mine), Mocoya, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
4.7 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Barite and Marcasite (polished)
Lubin Mine, Legnica, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
6.3 x 5.2 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite with Dolomite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
6.4 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Goethite (ex Williard Wulff Collection)
near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
2.5 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Azurite with Cerussite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Indiana Mine (Homestake Mine), Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima County, Arizona
3.3 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Cassiterite on Quartz (included with Tourmaline) (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
2.2 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Cuprite (var: Chalcotrichite) (ex Mullane Collection)
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise County, Arizona
5.4 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Montebrasite (rare)
Fazenda Pomarolli, Linupolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.2 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Smithsonite (ex Willard Wulff Collection)
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico
3.8 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Adularia (ex Obodda)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
13.2 x 7.2 x 3.6 cm
Monazite-(Ce) (color change crystals)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Brucite (fine color)
Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Quartz with Chalcedony (ex Obodda)
Zhob District, Balochistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Hureaulite (ex Rolando Gioia Collection)
Jocao pegmatite (Cigana claim), Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Gypsum (GEM quality) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Gaurdak basin, Chardzhou, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan
6.1 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Topaz with Smoky Quartz (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Government Pit (Government Gravel Pits), Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire
8.3 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm
Sodalite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Princess Sodalite Quarry, Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada
7.3 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Sturmanite / Ettringite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Nchwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Tourmaline ("curved" crystals) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Zinkenite (rare)
Saint-Pons area, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
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