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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Tremolite (fluorescent) in Gypsum
Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
6.3 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.0 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Valleriite
Whitheorse Copper Belt, Whitheorse Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
2.9 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Phosphosiderite with Barbosalite and Pyrite (superb xls)
Hagendorf South, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
6.0 x 4.4 x 3.0 cm
Manganite
Caland pit, Atikokan, Hutchinson Township, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
5.2 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm
Gonnardite
Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
8.2 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm
Hydrozincite (fluorescent)
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.7 x 5.7 x 2.6 cm
Clinoptilolite-Na
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
5.8 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm
Dawsonite (rare xls!)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.2 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Bloedite
Big Salt Lake, Estancia Salt District, Torrance Co., New Mexico, USA
9.7 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm
Cylindrite (Type Locality)
Poopo' town, Poopo' Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia (TL)
3.4 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
rare Tourmaline species: Povondraite (Type Locality)
Locotal Breccia, Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (TL)
6.2 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Pyrostilpnite with Miargyrite (rare locale)
Cerro de Potosi, Potosi City, Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.2 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Nakauriite
Sierra Magnesite Mine, Gabbs, Gabbs District, Paradise Range, Nye Co., Nevada, USA
4.2 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Poldevaartite (Type Locality - very rare, orginal specimen!)
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Mn field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (TL)
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Epistilbite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
6.6 x 6.3 x 3.4 cm
Magnesite
Magnesite deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria
7.2 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
Gadolinite-(Y) - rare TEXAS crystal!
Baringer Hill, Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Prehnite in Algodonite
Seneca #2 Mine (Gratiot Mine), Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
6.5 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm
Ezcurrite (Type Locality)
Tincalayu Mine, Salar Del Hombre Muerto, Salta, Argentina (TL)
5.0 x 0.7 x 0.35 cm
Palygorskite and Quartz, on Sulfides
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.7 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Boulangerite var. Plumosite, in Gypsum var. Selenite (DT)
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
6.0 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm
Hydrohonessite
132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7.7 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
Trinitite (manmade glass from nuclear explosion)
Trinity Site, White Sands Missile Range, Socorro County, New Mexico
3.0 x 2.6 x 1.0 cm
Spinel on Forsterite
Kollona, near Embilipitiya, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
4.8 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
Nadorite
Toussit Mine, Ouijda, Atlas Mtns, Morocco
0.7 x 0.5 x 0.1 cm
Edingtonite
Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
4.0 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Euxenite
Sahamandrevo pegmatite, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
2.9 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
Luanheite (very rare silver/mercury amalgam) - superb
Kola Peninsula, Russia
4.6 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
McGuinessite
Nix Prospect (Red Mountain prospect), Red Mountain District, Mendocino Co., California, USA
4.2 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm