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

We're pleased to announce 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 Midwestern US localities. 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
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Baryte (large doubly-terminated crystal)
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, USA
Ex. George Loud
17.1 x 11.8 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,338
Calcite (doubly-terminated) (classic locality)
Pugh Quarry, Weston, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.3 x 10.8 x 9.5 cm
Winning Bid: $702
Celestine (fine locality specimen)
Holloway Quarry (Rockwood Quarry), Newport, Berlin Charter Township, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.1 x 11.7 x 11.3 cm
Winning Bid: $670
Sphalerite on Fluorite (rare locality specimen)
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.3 x 8.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $780
Baryte
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
11.7 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Calcite on Marcasite
Shullsburg area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
13.8 x 11.7 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Rhodochrosite (RARE locality specimen)
Hiawatha No. 1 Mine, Hiawatha Group, Stambaugh, Iron River, Iron Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.1 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Copper (fine rare locality specimen)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
17.0 x 11.2 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $475
Copper pseudomorph after Laumontite (RARE)
Quincy Mine, Quincy Township, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
5.7 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $301
Sulfur on Celestine
Maybee Quarry, Exeter Township, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
6.4 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Chalcocite (fine quality)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Calcite on Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.3 x 6.7 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.4 x 4.6 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Celestine (doubly-terminated)
Holloway Quarry (Rockwood Quarry), Newport, Berlin Charter Township, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $162
Pyrite (uncommon locality)
Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper Co., Indiana, USA
Ex. George Loud
5.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Fluorapophyllite-(K) (rare locality specimen)
near Houghton, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.1 x 7.0 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $81
Mohawkite (amalgam) (classic material)
Mohawk #2 Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
4.7 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm, 146.8 grams
Winning Bid: $218
Fluorite (with iridescent faces)
Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Allen Township, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA
Ex. George Loud
15.3 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $532
Witherite (fine crystals)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.8 x 7.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Datolite with Copper (polished)
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.1 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $321
Baryte on Fluorite
Rosiclare District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
14.1 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Celestine (fine locality specimen)
Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Wood Co., Ohio, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.1 x 11.2 x 10.8 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Witherite (doubly-terminated) with Calcite and Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.8 x 7.7 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $652
Fluorite with Sphalerite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.3 x 12.2 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,363
Calcite
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
14.3 x 11.2 x 8.3 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Baryte
Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
14.7 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Baryte on Celestine
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.1 x 10.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Copper
White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
14.3 x 5.2 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Hematite (classic material)
Montreal Mine, Montreal, Gogebic Range, Iron Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.1 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $176
Copper
White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.9 x 6.7 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $155