TUCSON SHOW FINE MINERAL COLLECTION and INVENTORY LIQUIDATION AUCTION (set 2 of 2) - FEATURING SPECIMENS FROM THE KAY ROBERTSON COLLECTION - end Thursday February 14th, 2019

Ends Thursday, February 14th, 2019
at 6:45 PM (Central Time Zone)


We're in Tucson, and the auctions will keep rolling. We have a great selection of rarities, unusual pieces, gem crystals, classics and display specimens. Look for new goodies from recent shows / discoveries along with new collection acquisitions to appear in the coming weeks. You'll even find a few fossils, carvings / lapidary items and gemstones mixed in every now and then. We'll still have selections from various collections we've obtained including the newly acquired collection of David Burgess along with Brian Lloyd, Rolando Gioia, Charlie Key, Dr. Stephen Smale, Geary Murdock and plenty of pieces from Kay Robertson along with various 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
2. Newly mined unusual "windswept" CHALCEDONY from Greece (very similar to Cornwall)
3. Fantastic GLOWING yellow STURMANITE on matrix from South Africa (ex David Burgess Collection)
4. HIGHLY AESTHETIC FLUORITE with HUBNERITE on QUARTZ from the Sweet Home Mine
5. Wonderful GEMMY green FLUORITE specimen from China (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
6. A cool SPESSARTINE GARNET on matrix from China with an eye-catching DOUBLY-TERMINATED SMOKY QUARTZ
7. Rarities include POLYDYMITE, LAZURITE pseudomorph after PHLOGOPITE and KERMESITE
8. Page 2 features assorted worldwide minerals (focusing on European and North American localities) from the Kay Robertson Collection
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Ruby (rare "Trapiche" form)
Mong Hsu, Loilem District, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.1 cm
Gold on Quartz
Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Uvarovite (classic material)
Outokumpu, Eastern Finland Region, Finland
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Quartz with unusual iridescent coating (unique material)
Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
6.5 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Sturmanite (gemmy!) (ex David Burgess Collection)
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.0 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Arsenopyrite (rare locality) (ex Rukin Jelks Collection)
Tajo Mine, Hidalgo del Parral, Mun. de Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.6 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Lazurite pseudomorph after Phlogopite (ex David Burgess Collection)
Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
8.3 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Tourmaline (bi-color) with Lepidolite
Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Stilbite (ex Robert Batic Collection)
Fanwood Quarry, Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey
4.3 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Aquamarine (rich color) on Microcline (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Ardeth Lake Area, Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise County, Idaho
9.7 x 7.8 x 2.8 cm
Phosgenite (old classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
4. 6x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Eudialyte (ex David Burgess Collection)
Kirovskii Mine (Kirovsky Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm
Gormanite / Souzalite (rare)
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
3.3 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Amethyst (doubly-terminated) on matrix
Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg area, Uis District, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm
Pink Fluorite (ex Josef Vajdak)
Goscheneralp, Goschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
3.1 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Epidote (magnetic!)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
6.4 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm
Brookite (gemmy "phantom" crystals) on matrix
Nausherwani mine, Char Kohan, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan
6.7 x 5.3 x 2.2 cm
Spessartine with Doubly-Terminated (!) Smoky Quartz
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
8.0 x 5.6 x 5.0 cm
Chrysocolla pseudomorph after Azurite or Gypsum (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal County, Arizona
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.4 cm
Catapleiite (gemmy!) (ex Charlie Key Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
2.0 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm
Kermesite (classic material) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Pezinok, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
7.1 x 6.7 x 4.2 cm
Baculite Fossil in Shale
Bearpaw Formation, Montana
8.4 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm
Andorite with Zinkenite (very rare)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.1 cm
Polydymite (rare and fine) (ex David Burgess Collection)
Madziwa Mine (Dry Nickel Mine), Bindura District, Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe
6.2 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite (GEM crystals) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Ruyuan Fluorite Mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Cerussite ("snowflake" twins) on matrix (ex Geary Murdock Collection)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
8.7 x 6.7 x 6.3 cm
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