Select Deaccessions from the George Elling Collection - Ends April 7

George Elling, a lifelong mineral collector and former computer sector stock analyst for Deutschbank, has collected the classics for decades. 

He majored in Economics at Allegheny College but has always been a long time mineral enthusiast. During a recent visit to Allegheny, Mr. Elling also made a donation for the Geology Department to purchase new museum-quality mineral cases and donated new mineral specimens that are highlights of the displays. The new mineral displays are an overwhelming hit – be sure to visit Alden Hall and see them if you live nearby! Although the large collection encompassed all old classics, particularly USA pieces, Elling has focused his mineral collection on the world-famous Franklin, New Jersey locality. It remains one of the most significant in that focus.

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Vesuvianite with Calcite
South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
7.3 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Beryllonite (Co-TYPE LOCALITY)
Stoneham, Oxford County, Maine, USA (CTL)
1.3 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $335
Phlogopite
Antanimora Sud, Ambovombe-Androy, Androy, Madagascar
9.2 x 6.5 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $360
Quartz (DT) on Muscovite
Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.2 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $138
Chrysocolla and Quartz, with Malachite
Live Oak Pit, Inspiration Mine, Globe-Miami Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
22.0 x 12.0 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $975
Cassiterite
Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro, Bolivia
6.9 x 4.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Thomsonite-Ca (ex. AMNH)
Grand Marais, Alger Co., Michigan, USA
4.3 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Quartz var. Amethyst
Amatitlan, Eduardo Neri Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico
9.6 x 8.3 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $676
Slavikite (ex. AMNH)
Franquenies, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium
6.3 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $101
Prehnite and Calcite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
8.4 x 7.1 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $352
Ilvaite on Quartz
Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
5.5 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $231
Diamond (ex. AMNH)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
0.9 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,250
Tourmaline (huge size for a rare locality)
Mwami, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
19.6 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Beryl var. Goshenite
Marambaia, Carai, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.2 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,025
Almandine Garnet
Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $657
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,405
Vivianite
Canutillos subdistrict, Machacamarca mining district, Potosi, Bolivia
5.0 x 3.2 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Childrenite
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.4 x 1.0 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $182
Microcline var. Amazonite and Smoky Quartz
Kenticha mine, Kenticha pegmatite field, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
10.2 x 7.9 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,059
Andradite-Grossular Garnet
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
29.3 x 17.5 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $3,200
Calcite (twinned)
Picher Field, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA
13.3 x 7.7 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $684