SPECIAL COLLECTION AUCTION: SELECTIONS FROM THE ALBERT KIDWELL COLLECTION - Ends February 24, 2022

This week we are pleased to offer a selection of classic specimens from the diverse and historic collection of one of the great field collectors and mineralogists of mid-1900s Texas, Albert "Al" Kidwell of Houston (1919-2008), after whom the mineral Kidwellite is named. Al welcomed me to Houston when I moved there for school in 1991 and has played a role in the lives of many collectors and dealers in the area. After being "lost" for over a decade, his collection resurfaced in Texas and we have been selling it through our auctions and iRocks.com site. This, however, is a special auction dedicated to the kind of weird and fun minerals Al loved best.

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rich, large Crystallized Turquoise (rare) ex Kidwell
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, Campbell Co., Virginia, USA
9.8 x 6.6 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Mimetite (classic 1969 discovery) ex Kidwell
Congreso-Leon Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.7 x 5.5 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,051
Malachite (unusual location!) ex Kidwell
Bourke's Luck Mine, Bourke's Luck, Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga, South Africa
8.7 x 4.9 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Silver with Loellingite ex Kidwell
Christopher Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt, Timiskaming, Ontario, Canada
9.5 x 8.1 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Willemite (var. Troostite) with Calcite - old classic ex Kidwell
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
7.2 x 5.0 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Smithsonite ex Kidwell
Refugio Mine , Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
6.0 x 5.2 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Pyrite and Quartz ex Kidwell (classic find)
Spruce Claim, Spruce Ridge, King Co., Washington, USA
5.8 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Smithsonite var. Cadmian ex Kidwell
Monte Cristo Mine, Rush Creek, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA
7.1 x 5.6 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Goethite ex Kidwell
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdan Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
9.9 x 6.9 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $824
Benitoite with Natrolite and Neptunite ex Kidwell
California State Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
9.2 x 7.5 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $493
Hematite ex Kidwell
Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.1 x 4.9 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Native Iron (rare, early 1900s) ex Kidwell
Disko Island, Qeqertalik, Greenland
9.1 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Kidwellite with Rockbridgeite and Strengite - ex Kidwell
Coon Creek Mine, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA
3.5 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Smithsonite var. Cadmian ex Kidwell
Monte Cristo Mine, Rush Creek, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA
5.8 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Beryl var. Heliodor (rare USA locale) ex Kidwell
Freeport Granite quarry, Freeport, Cumberland Co., Maine, USA
4.8 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $128
Fluorapophyllite ex Kidwell (classic old USA loc.)
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall Borough, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA
5.2 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Stilbite on Fluorite ex Kidwell (old East Coast location)
Thomaston Dam railroad cut, Thomaston, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
3.8 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $398
Kidwellite with Beraunite, Dufrenite ex Kidwell
Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA
4.7 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Kidwellite with Goethite and Rockbridgeite - ex Kidwell
Coon Creek Mine, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA
7.5 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Celestine ex Kidwell (Texas!)
Lampasas area, Lampasas Co., Texas, USA
7.8 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $46
Dioptase ex Kidwell - superb miniature
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.5 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $876
Descloizite ex Kidwell
Chalk Mountain Mine, Chalk Mountain, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
8.4 x 5.7 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
Smithsonite on Wulfenite ex Kidwell
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
9.4 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $655
Cylindrite ex Kidwell
San Francisco Mine, Poopo, Poopo Province, Oruro, Bolivia
8.8 x 7.5 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $401
Rose Quartz ex Kidwell
Sapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $339