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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Calcite (doubly-terminated) (classic locality)
Pugh Quarry, Weston, Wood County, Ohio, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.7 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Kinoite (RARE locality specimen)
Laurium Mine, Osceola Township, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
2.6 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $20
Celestine
Maybee Quarry, Exeter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.3 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Copper included in Calcite (rare locality specimen)
Adventure Mine, Greenland, Greenland Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.3 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $64
Datolite (polished)
Delaware Mine, Delaware, Grant Township, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.4 x 7.3 x 4.7 cm, 528 grams.
Winning Bid: $421
Hematite (RARE locality specimen)
McComber Mine (Lucy Mine; Pendill; East Jackson), Negaunee, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.2 x 7.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,200
Baryte
Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.7 x 9.2 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $197
Sphalerite with Fluorite
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
11.6 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $207
Baryte
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.3 x 7.9 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $265
Benstonite coating Calcite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.8 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Witherite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.2 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $285
Calcite on Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.7 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Goethite (RARE locality specimen)
Tilden Mine, Ishpeming, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.3 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Celestine
Holloway Quarry (Rockwood Quarry), Newport, Berlin Charter Township, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
9.7 x 6.7 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Calcite (large crystal group)
Corydon Stone Co. Quarry, Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, USA
Ex. George Loud
16.7 x 8.5 x 7.9 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Fluorite (classic material)
Stoneco White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Allen Township, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.4 x 7.7 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $132
Baryte on Fluorite
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Dolomite
Corydon Stone Co. Quarry, Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $60
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
Winning Bid: $1,300
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
Winning Bid: $250
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
Winning Bid: $387
Celestine
Maybee Quarry, Exeter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
Ex. George Loud
14.1 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $115
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
Winning Bid: $217
Galena on Fluorite (uncommon locality specimen)
Hill-Ledford Mine, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. George Loud
11.3 x 9.8 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Calcite with Marcasite inclusions
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, USA
Ex. George Loud
5.3 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $349
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
Winning Bid: $950
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
Winning Bid: $1,400
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
Winning Bid: $360
Azurite (RARE locality specimen)
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.0 x 6.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
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
Winning Bid: $600