SPECIAL AUCTION: Hoppel Collection RARE SPECIES & CLASSIC MINERALS
Mineral Liquidation Auction
ends TUESDAY July 28th

NOTE SPECIAL END DAY: TUESDAY July 28th, 2015
at 6 PM (Central Time Zone)!

In partnership with one of the world's largest auction companies, Heritage Auctions of Dallas, we are honored to present the second megasized set of several large auctions of rare species and fine locality pieces and classic mineral specimens from the massive Hoppel Collection. After several years of holding back many rare species and more sophisticated collector specimens from the Hoppel collection, Heritage and I have negotiated a deal to let me offer these specimens to my customers via our own auction style. Bidding starts at $10 even though many specimens are valued at $1000 and more! We are excited that these liquidation auctions will bring to market hundreds of specimens of importance to collectors, many from the 1980s and 1990s heyday of mineral collection dispersals!
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Wollastonite (fluorescent)
Chicago Mine, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
10.7 x 5.0 x 5.0 cm
Grossular garnet
Sierra de las Cruces, Alicante, Coahuila, Mexico
8.3 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Mordenite (rare locality)
Wolf Creek Pass, San Juan Mts, Mineral Co., Colorado, USA
8.0 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Chalcophanite and Rosasite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.2 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
Pyrolucite var. Polianite
Stella Maris No. 1 Mine, Tohono O'odom Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Copper ps. Azurite
Copper Rose Mine, San Lorenzo, Georgetown District, Grant Co., New Mexico, USA
2.5 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Chalcocite
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
4.1 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Glaucocerinite (near TL)
Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
4.0 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Titanite on Orthoclase, with Chlorite
Tormiq valley, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.7 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Zincite (fluorescent)
Zinc smelter slag locality, Upper Silesia, Poland
6.3 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Magnetite
Ilogo Prefecture, Central African Republic
3.5 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm
Prehnite
Djebel Zelmou, Figuig Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
6.3 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm
Andalusite var. Chiastolite
Sangping Mine (Xixia Mine), Xixia Co., Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China
5.3 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Silver on Copper (old dealer price $8000!)
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
6.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
Witherite (fluorescent)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
7.8 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Phenakite
Rio Piracicaba (Old Sao Miguel de Piracicaba), Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
Celestine (rare locale and style)
Government Orebody, Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
4.8 x 4.6 x 1.6 cm
Chalcopyrite with Quartz and Siderite
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
4.2 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Astrophyllite ex. Haineault coll.
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.9 x 3.4 x 1.4 cm
Fluorapatite (fluorescent) on Quartz
Panasqueira Mine, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
10.0 x 4.6 x 4.0 cm
Tremolite in Muscovite
Stubach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
9.7 x 7.5 x 3.4 cm
Cookeite cast ps. after Tourmaline
Bulochi, Astor valley, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
9.7 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
6.5 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
Saleeite (fluorescent)
Ranger Mine, Kakadu, West Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia
4.3 x 2.0 x 0.4 cm
Limonite ps. Garnet (circa 1800's)
Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
5.4 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
Native Arsenic crystals
Pribram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
3.3 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Stilbite and Calcite on Chalcedony
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
5.6 x 5.5 x 4.6 cm
Eudidymite
Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi
3.3 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Microcline Feldspar
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA
7.2 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
Seligmannite
Frank Hough Mine, Galena District, Hinsdale Co., Colorado, USA
1.7 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm