TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - End Feb 13, 2020

A great selection this week with plenty of attractive, good quality, rare and unusual specimens.  Look for new discoveries that we picked up at recent shows or direct from the source, plus we have plenty of pieces from the newly acquired Gary Weaver collection, plus dealers' inventories, and plenty from Kay Robertson!  You might even find the occasional fossil, lapidary or gem item from time to time.   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!
  
 
Some of the highlights from this week’s auction include:
 
1. Beautiful matrix bi-color SAPPHIRE crystal from Madagascar
2. Wonderful new "BLOOD VESSEL OPAL" specimen from Mexico
3. Rare gemmy early discovery specimen of PEZZOTTAITE from Madagascar
4. Classic RHODOCHROSITE from the Sweet Home Mine
5. Fantastic big orange CREEDITE with green FLUORITE from Mexico
6. Rare "Trapiche" habit SAPPHIRE crystal from Myanmar
7. Rarities include VANDENBRANDEITE, VONSENITE, CRONSTEDTITE, TELLURITE and PARISITE-(Ce)
8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson
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Cuprite (gemmy crystals) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $62
Cronstedtite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș, Romania
3.3 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Fluorapatite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
6.3 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $27
Calcite (classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
4.7 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $39
Spessartine Garnet (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Garnet Hill, Ely, Robinson District, White Pine County, Nevada
6.2 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $43
Collinsite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $29
Vonsenite (very rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
5.3 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $28
Carrollite with Spherocobaltite
Kambove Principal Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Pink Sapphire (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Spessartine Garnet
Navegadora Mine, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Pink Quartz (new find)
Choique Mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
5.0 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Sapphire (bi-color crystal) on matrix
Amboarohy, Ihosy District, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
4.9 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Fluorite on Quartz
Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
6.9 x 5.9 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Grossular Garnet (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
3.1 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Andradite Garnet (var: Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $36