TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION & INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION - Ends Feb 27, 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 along with pieces from our own Tom Campbell, 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. AMBER from the Dominican Republic with MULITPLE INSECT INCLUSIONS

2. Classic gemmy purple and yellow AMETRINE slice from Bolivia

3. A newly mined specimen of attractive "BLOOD VESSEL OPAL" from Mexico

4. A fantastic display quality miniature of the rare species HUBEITE from China!

5. Excellent classic AZURITE with MALACHITE from Morenci, AZ valued at $3,500 in our inventory

6. GOLD on QUARTZ from Timmins, Ontario, Canada

7. Rarities include:  ZIPPEITE with JOHANNITE, PLUMBOFERRITE STOLZITE and MURDOCITE

8. Plenty of cool US and European minerals and various rarities from the collection of Kay Robertson

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Fluorapatite with "Chlorite" inclusions (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Niit (Nyet), Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.2 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Stolzite (rare classic material) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Zinnwald, Ore Mountains, Europe (Type Locality)
9.7 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $143
Hubeite on Inesite (excellent specimen) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China (Type Locality for Hubeite)
4.5 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Kutnohorite (ex Tom Campbell Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.2 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Fluorite (classic material)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico
6.3 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Spessartine Garnet on Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China
8.5 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Calcite (interesting zoned crystals)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.2 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Azurite with Malachite
Morenci, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
11.6 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $635
Calcite (Manganoan) on Barite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Montreal Mine, Montreal, Gogebic Range, Iron County, Wisconsin
3.4 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $63
Calcite (unusual twinned crystal) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.1 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Calcite (GEMMY crystals) on Sphalerite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Bautsch Mine, Galena, Galena District, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Murdochite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
9.3 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $103
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb Otjikoto Region, Namibia
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Zippeite with Johannite (rare) (ex Kay Robertson Collection)
Happy Jack Mine, White Canyon, San Juan County, Utah
8.8 x 5.0 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $275