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
Current Bid: $478
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Calcite (doubly-terminated) (classic locality)
Pugh Quarry, Weston, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.3 x 10.8 x 9.5 cm
Current Bid: $141
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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
Current Bid: $302
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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
Current Bid: $197
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Witherite (doubly-terminated) on Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
4.6 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Current Bid: $460
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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
Current Bid: $65
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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
Current Bid: $20
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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
Current Bid: $20
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Copper (fine rare locality specimen)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
17.0 x 11.2 x 1.1 cm
Current Bid: $65
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Galena with Sphalerite, Fluorite and Calcite
Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.3 x 6.7 x 5.3 cm
Current Bid: $140
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Strontianite
Rosiclare Level, Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.7 x 6.3 x 5.4 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Celestine on Fluorite (excellent locality specimen)
St. Louis Level, Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
6.6 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
Current Bid: $685
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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
Current Bid: $15
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Sulfur on Celestine
Maybee Quarry, Exeter Township, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
6.4 x 4.9 x 3.3 cm
Current Bid: $62
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Hemimorphite (RARE locality specimen)
Mineral Point area, Upper Mississippi District, Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.3 x 8.2 x 5.0 cm
Current Bid: $10
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Chalcocite (fine quality)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
4.7 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Current Bid: $109
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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
Current Bid: $85
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Copper
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.4 x 4.6 x 0.7 cm
Current Bid: $10
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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
Current Bid: $104
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Pyrite (uncommon locality)
Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper Co., Indiana, USA
Ex. George Loud
5.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $10
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Fluorapophyllite-(K) (rare locality specimen)
near Houghton, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.1 x 7.0 x 2.2 cm
Current Bid: $10
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Mohawkite (amalgam) (classic material)
Mohawk #2 Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Armon McPherson
4.7 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm, 146.8 grams
Current Bid: $20
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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
Current Bid: $121
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Celestine
Maybee Quarry, Exeter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
14.1 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
Current Bid: $25
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Galena (RARE locality specimen)
Shullsburg area, Upper Mississippi Valley District, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.3 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Current Bid: $35
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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
Current Bid: $160
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Datolite with Copper (polished)
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.1 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm
Current Bid: $85
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Baryte on Fluorite
Rosiclare District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
14.1 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm
Current Bid: $37
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Calcite on Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.7 x 10.3 x 6.8 cm
Current Bid: $38
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Baryte on Fluorite
Minerva No. 2 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
11.2 x 8.0 x 7.7 cm
Current Bid: $80
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