SPECIAL AUCTION: Hoppel Collection Rare species suite
Mineral Liquidation Auction
ends TUESDAY Jan 6th.

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

 In partnership with Heritage Auctions of Dallas, we are honored to present the first of several large auction sets of rare species and fine locality pieces from the massive Hoppel Collection. After several years of holding back the rare species and important scientific specimens in the Hoppel collection, Heritage and I have negotiated a deal to let me offer these specimens to my customers at only our token $10 auction reserve, 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 !
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Perovskite (Type Locality)
Achmatovsk Mine, Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Russia (TL)
4.2 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Whiteite (Ca, Fe, Mg)
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
2.2 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Arsentsumebite (Type Locality) on Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Senegalite (Type Locality) and Turquoise
Kouroudiako iron deposit, Tambacounda Region, Senegal (Type Locality)
4.5 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Galkhaite
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
2.0 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Iowaite on Muscovite
Palabora mine, Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
2.2 x 1.2 x 0.2 cm
Allanite
Mary Kathleen Mine, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
7.0 x 5.5 x 2.0 cm
Microlite (Stannian) on Lepidolite and Albite
Walden Gem Quarry, Portland, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, USA
6.2 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Hetaerolite
Junction Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
7.6 x 6.0 x 4.2 cm
Arsenopyrite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite, Sphalerite?
Inquisivi Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Getchellite (rich sample)
Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Fergana Valley, Alai Range, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan
4.6 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
Wendwilsonite (Co-Type Locality, with signed label)
Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
Clinochlore var. Ripidolite ps. Garnet
Michigamme Mine, Marquette Iron range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA
4.9 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
Coquimbite, Romerite, Goldichite and Ferricopiapite
Dexter No. 7 Mine, San Rafael District, Emery County, Utah, USA
7.1 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
Fergusonite
J.G. Gole Quarry, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada
2.6 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Augelite with Lazulite (superb thumbnail)
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
2.9 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Bertrandite on Albite var. Cleavelandite
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.4 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Berzelianite (Type Locality) in Calcite
Skrikerum Mine, Valdemarsvik, Ostergutland, Sweden (TL)
3.8 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Allenite-(Ce) with Chalcopyrite
Barcelona, Spain
7.0 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm
Lazulite with Quartz and Siderite
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada
8.0 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Artinite
New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA
4.7 x 3.3 x 1.0 cm
Todorokite in Gypsum
N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Mn field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.0 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm
Catapleiite
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
4.0 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Rutile var. Ilmenorutile in Quartz. (old locality)
Amherst County, Virginia, USA
6.6 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Andradite (large for locale)
Marki Khel, Spin Ghar range, Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Cuprian Melanterite and Gypsum var. Selenite
Buena Vista Mine, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
6.7 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
Kovdorskite (Type Locality - fine crystals)
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Russia (Type Locality)
3.5 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Dawsonite
Siele Mine, Piancastagnaio, Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
7.5 x 5.0 x 2.1 cm
Nickeline
Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
4.0 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Descloizite (UNUSUAL LOCALE)
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos Mts., Chihuahua, Mexico
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm