Dr. Alex Schauss Collection Auction!

We are truly honored to be trusted with the purchase and sale of the lifelong thumbnail collection of Alex Schauss. As part of our effort to find new homes for his treasures, a number of pieces, including some of the most well-known and famous, were selected for auction. During the Tucson show, 45 specimens will be auctioned off, which will allow everyone, regardless of whether they are attending the show personally, the opportunity to acquire something.

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Calcite with Chalcotrichite on Copper
Onganja Mine, Seeis, Khomas Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,550
Uraninite
Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA
Ex. Cliff Trebilcock, Dr. Alex Schauss
1.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $592
Calcite with Mottramite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Fluorapatite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. Rene Dulon, Steve Smale, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.6 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $227
Pyrophyllite
Champion Mine, White Mtns., Mono Co., California, USA
Ex. Sobolewski, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Anhydrite
Kohnstein Quarry, Nordhausen Dist., Thuringia, Germany
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Prehnite
Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.9 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $138
Carletonite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Ex. Gilles Haineault, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.1 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Calcite with Hemimorphite
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
3.0 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Epidote
Dom Basílio, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Shattuckite
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Fluorapatite with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.8 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Mimetite
Rowley Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.6 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,915
Serendibite
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin Dist., Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Quartz with Dumortierite inclusions
Serra da Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.6 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Calcite with Aurichalcite inclusions
Graphic Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Chabazite var. Phacolite
Mount Sylvia, Manyara Region, Tanzania
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Copper
Copper Mtn. Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Wulfenite with Mimetite
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $4,201
Andradite var. Demantoid
Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Tatatila Mun., Veracruz, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.8 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Cobalt-bearing Calcite (doubly-terminated)
Dikuluwe Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
3.0 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Elbaite
Nuristan Dist., Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. F. J. Barlow, Allan Young, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,300
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,727
Marcasite
Ziegler Mine, Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
3.5 x 2.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $2,700
Dravite Tourmaline
Vargem Alegre, Barra de Sao Francisco, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Ex. Frank and Wendy Melanson, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Cobalt-bearing Calcite
Mashamba West Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Ex. Ernie Schlichter, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Strontianite
Diabase Quarry, Kitzbuhel, Tyrol, Austria
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
3.1 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $259
Heulandite
Coonabarabran, Gowen Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Woodhouseite
Champion Mine, White Mtns., Mono Co., California, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Diaspore (twinned)
Diaspore Mine, Aydun, Mugula, Turkey
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $441