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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Grossular var. Hessonite and Clinochlore
Savona Province, Liguria, Italy
7.7 x 6.1 x 5.8 cm
Crocoite
Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
7.4 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Djurleite with Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, and Quartz
Berkeley pit, Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
3.9 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Parasymplesite on Limonite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.5 x 7.0 x 4.5 cm
Catapleiite
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Native Lead with Calcite (old $1500 label)
Langban, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
8.0 x 6.2 x 2.1 cm
Beryl var. Morganite (important San Diego crystal)
Elizabeth R. Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA
7.4 x 7.2 x 6.0 cm
Hilgardite with Parahilgardite and Boracite
Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England, UK
6.2 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Vesuvianite (large crystal!)
Sierra de Cruces, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
7.7 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Epidote with Byssolite
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
11.5 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Wardite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
3.5 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Edenite
Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
6.8 x 6.0 x 3.8 cm
Baryte (DT)
Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania
13.8 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm
Shigaite on Hematite and Gageite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
6.0 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Vesuvianite
Bellecombe, Chatillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
3.6 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
Galena on Chalcopyrite
Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
5.2 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Hydrocerussite on Cerussite (superb!)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.6 x 4.1 x 3.0 cm
Schorl in Cleavelandite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
5.0 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm
Inesite on Orlymanite (TL)
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (TL)
5.1 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Freibergite and Pyrite
Animas Mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.6 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Chilas area, near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan
6.8 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
superb Gahnite ex. Hauck, Ed David, & Areson Collections
1010 Stope, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
4.4 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
Tanteuxenite-(Y)
Ampanobe pegmatite, Ankazobe District, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
3.8 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Cobaltite (huge crystal, old classic!)
Tunaberg, Nykoping, Sodermanland, Sweden
1.9 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm