Special Auction - Specimens from the Dick Hauck and Kenny Gay Collections

This week's special auction features a selection of specimens from two different collections.  The first half showcases worldwide classics from the private collection of Richard "Dick" Hauck, a longtime collector of minerals, books, and mining memorabilia, along with being an accomplished author in the mineral world.

The second half of the auction features mostly minerals of North Carolina from the collection of Kenny Gay.  There are lots of rare locality pieces in this section, that are seldom seen for sale in today's market.  Norman Kennedy ("Kenny") Gay (1953-2023), was a geologist, geoscience educator and mineral collector from North Carolina who worked for North Carolina Geological Survey starting 1995, andwas a member of the adjunct faculty at Wesleyan College, and a professor of geology since 2001.

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Quartz var: Smoky
Capitan Mining District, Capitan Mountains, Lincoln Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dick Hauck
7.3 x 5.1 x 4.8
Winning Bid: $288
Fluorite (penetration twin) (classic locality)
Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
Ex. Dick Hauck; Harold C. Buckelew
4.7 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Calcite (classic material)
Stank Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Dick Hauck
12.5 x 8.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $680
Cerussite (fluorescent crystals) on Baryte with Galena
Mibladen Mining District, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dick Hauck
11.2 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Malachite (classic locality)
Onganja Mine, Helen Farm 235, Seeis, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia
Ex. Dick Hauck
5.7 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Celestine with Sulfur
Floristella Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy
Ex. Dick Hauck
6.3 x 5.2 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $227
Quartz var: Agate (classic material)
Alzey-Land, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. Dick Hauck
8.3 x 7.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $119
Witherite (fine classic material)
Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Northumberland, England, UK
Ex. Dick Hauck
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $114
Native Tin (''sand'') (very rare locality)
Clarence River, Northern Rivers District, New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Dick Hauck
2.5 cm (vial)
Winning Bid: $435
Muscovite with Dolomite and Fluorapatite
Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry, Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
6.9 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Malachite with Quartz (rare locality specimen)
Blue Wing Mine, Virgilina District, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
12.7 x 9.2 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Azurite (very rare locality specimen)
Durgy Mine, Virgilina District, Person Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $435
Calcite with Malachite and Chalcopyrite (rare locality specimen)
Virgilina District, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
6.9 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $98
Columbite-(Mn) (labeled as Cassiterite)
McKinney Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
5.7 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Pyrite with Fluorite (rare locality specimen)
Gardner Quarry, Harnett County, North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
14.8 x 11.9 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $325
Dolomite with Muscovite and Fluorapatite
Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
4.0 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Turquoise (crystallized!) (classic material)
Bishop Mine, Lynch Station, James River-Roanoke River Manganese District, Campbell Co., Virginia, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
5.3 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $247
Malachite (rare locality specimen)
Blue Wing Mine, Virgilina District, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
2.0 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Xenotime-(Y)
Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay; Joe Cilen; Neal Yedlin
4.2 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $397
Malachite (very rare locality specimen)
Durgy Mine, Virgilina District, Person Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
5.7 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $289
Phosphosiderite on Lithiophilite
Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
4.6 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $260
Andalusite coated by Pyrophyllite
Snow Camp Mine (Holman's Mill Mine), Snow Camp, Alamance Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay; Russ Holshouser
7.2 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $95
Malachite (rare locality specimen)
Blue Wing Mine, Virgilina District, Granville Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay; Russ Holshouser
1.6 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Wulfenite on Calcite (classic material)
Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dick Hauck
7.3 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Vanadinite var: Arsenic-bearing Vanadinite
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Dick Hauck
8.8 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Baryte (uncommon locality)
Blaengwynlais Quarry, Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Ex. Dick Hauck
9.2 x 6.7 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $318
Scheelite (VERY RARE locality specimen!) (flourescent)
Cullen's Mine, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay; Charles Noll
8.2 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $2,050
Gahnite (rare locality specimen)
Stratford, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay; Steven Pullman
5.6 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Wavellite with Pyrophyllite (RARE locality specimen)
Snow Camp Mine (Holman's Mill Mine), Snow Camp, Alamance Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. Kenny Gay
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Manganite (old classic material)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany (Type Locality)
Ex. Dick Hauck; Alston Collins
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $205