Special Auction - Specimens from the George Loud Collection (Arizona)

We are proud to present the next offering of special auctions from the collection of George Loud. Each month we are going to highlight a specific locality or region, mainly focusing on minerals of the United States. This month's auction is filled with specimens from Arizona. There's a great selection of fine quality pieces from famous localities, obscure locations and interesting esoteric specimens in this set. We recently acquired most of George's impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections. George Loud was born August 16, 1942, and is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/george-loud for more information
Filter By

Wulfenite
Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud
4.7 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm
Current Bid: $77
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Cerussite with Malachite on Chrysocolla
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Joyce Hronik
7.1 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Current Bid: $15
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Vanadinite (rare Arizona locale)
Hamburg Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; D. Hennessey; Brander Robinson
7.7 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Current Bid: $96
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Smithsonite with Hemimorphite and Rosasite
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; David Garske
5.3 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Current Bid: $29
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Aragonite (RARE locality specimen)
Beaver Creek, Campe Verde area, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Richard Hronik; Buck Keller
7.8 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm
Current Bid: $30
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Azurite with Malachite (fine quality)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Richard Hronik
7.6 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $487
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Azurite or possibly Gypsum
Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; John White
6.7 x 6.4 x 4.1 cm
Current Bid: $30
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Kinoite (rare)
Christmas Mine, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Norman Leppert
2.3 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Current Bid: $75
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Vanadinite (hollow crystals!)
Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mountain District - Saguaro National Park, Amole Mining District, Tucson Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; August ''Andy'' Dietz; Sean Sweeny
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Current Bid: $75
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Malachite with Azurite
Morenci Mine (Metcalf Mine), Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
7.5 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Current Bid: $131
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Hematite (rare locality)
Portal area of an old mine near the Parker Dam, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dr. James Cole
12.3 x 9.3 x 5.7 cm
Current Bid: $35
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Fluorite with Quartz
La Fluorita Dulcita Claim, Tombstone, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Bruce Wood
6.2 x 5.9 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $102
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Dioptase (rare locality specimen)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud
1.7 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm
Current Bid: $20
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Malachite (polished)
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud
5.2 x 4.7 x 4.1 cm, 122.4 grams
Current Bid: $75
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Brochantite
Copper Mountain Mining District, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud
14.6 x 9.8 x 3.1 cm
Current Bid: $25
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Vanadinite
Puzzler Mine, Adams Mine group, Castle Dome Mining District, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dr. William Tatu
8.2 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Current Bid: $95
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Malachite
Northwest Extension, 4850' Level, Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Fred Parker
3.2 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Current Bid: $54
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Hemimorphite
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Sam Elbin
10.5 x 8.3 x 4.2 cm
Current Bid: $40
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Conichalcite (''Higginsite'')
Higgins Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dr. William Tatu; Joe Cilen
8.7 x 6.4 x 4.6 cm
Current Bid: $95
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Wulfenite coated by drusy Quartz
Finch Mine (Barking Spider Mine), Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.8 x 4.4 x 1.8
Current Bid: $145
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Cerussite (classic locality)
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dan Evanich
6.9 x 5.3 x 3.3 cm
Current Bid: $40
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Azurite with Malachite
Last Chance Mine, Casey Hill, Courtland, Turquoise Mining District, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Larry Cross
7.6 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Current Bid: $10
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Wulfenite
Glove Mine, Glove Mine group, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Tom Kenney
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Current Bid: $25
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Chrysocolla with Wulfenite (rare association)
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; R. Baldo
9.3 x 6.7 x 6.0 cm
Current Bid: $50
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Vanadinite
Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.3 x 5.7 x 3.9 cm
Current Bid: $265
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Dioptase (''bow tie''-shaped groups)
Christmas Mine, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dick and Joyce Willis
8.4 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Current Bid: $70
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Fluorite (bi-colored crystals)
Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Malcolm Alter
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Current Bid: $65
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Copper with Cuprite (rare locality specimen)
Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Fred Parker; Vince Rizzo
10.2 x 7.1 x 3.4 cm
Current Bid: $45
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Wulfenite (classic material)
Red Cloud Mine, Silver Dist., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Gary Grenier
10.3 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm
Current Bid: $210
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Richard Hronik
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Current Bid: $79
Time Left:
Close Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)