SPECIAL FINE MINERAL AUCTION - JACK HALPERN MINERAL COLLECTION DEACCESSIONS - ends Feb 25, 2021

SPECIAL SET! – We are truly honored to have obtained another large group of diverse beautiful specimens from the Jack Halpern Collection, built over decades by our old friend in San Francisco. To spread them out more widely out to the world of collectors, we are purposefully NOT saving many of these for shows as we would have in the past, and in fact did in 2020. Instead, we decided to let most of these beautiful minerals, where he purchased them long ago at old prices, fly at the auctions. Most of these have been purchased 20-40 years ago and are not on the market today! Look for another set in June or July!  For a newly added video on Jack and his collecting philosophy, please visit our updated blog post with his interview during a celebration at turning 100: https://www.irocks.com/the-jack-halpern-collection  (and we also have scans of previous published articles on Gentleman Jack available, upon request, to those who win items here.) More on Jack can also be seen   on The Mineralogical Record : https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/halpernjack/

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Quartz var. Agate ex Jack Halpern Collection
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
11.2 x 9.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $665
Azurite ex Jack Halpern Collection
Bou Beker, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
4.7 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $379
Silver ex Jack Halpern Collection
Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
4.6 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,150
Quartz var. Amethyst ex Jack Halpern Collection
Adrar Tirecht Bou Oudi, Tata Province, Souss-Massa Region, Morocco
2.9 x 2.1 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $350
Goethite ps. Pyrite - USA classic ex Jack Halpern Collection
Pelican Point Area, Utah Co., Utah, USA
4.6 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $186
Tetrahedrite with Chalcopyrite circa 1800s, ex Halpern Collection
Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK
3.3 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Azurite ex Jack Halpern Collection
La Sal Mining District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
4.1 x 4.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $269
Millerite ex Jack Halpern Collection
Estabrook Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, USA
2.7 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,351
Quartz var. Amethyst ex Jack Halpern Collection
Boekenhoutshoek area, Nkangala District, Mpumalanga, South Africa
7.1 x 7.1 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Pyrite Sun ex Jack Halpern Collection
Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois, USA
9.8 x 9.1 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $569
Garnet var. Almandine (USA classic!) ex Jack Halpern Collection
Garnet Ledge, Wrangell Island, Alaska, USA
7.3 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Sphalerite & Wurzite, Galena, and Marcasite ex Jack Halpern Collection
Pomorzany Mine, Olkusz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
14.3 x 10.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $535
lemon yellow Ettringite on Quartz ex Jack Halpern Collection
NChwaning II Mine, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $710
Malachite (ex. Smithsonian) ex Jack Halpern Collection
Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
7.3 x 5.6 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $2,050
Apatite on Calcite (fluorescent) ex Jack Halpern Collection
Liscombe Deposit, Wilberforce area, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
7.0 x 4.4 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $237
large, sharp Spinel ex Jack Halpern Collection
Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
6.3 x 5.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $658
Cavansite and Stilbite ex Jack Halpern Collection
Wagholi Quarries, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
3.5 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $525
Hematite ps. Magnetite ex Jack Halpern Collection
Payun volcano, Mendoza Province, Argentina
7.3 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $459
Blue Halite ex Halpern (intensely colored old specimen)
Herringen-Werra, Thuringia, Germany
20 x 12 x 10 cm
Winning Bid: $1,310
Pyrite (unusual shape) ex Halpern
Navajun Village, Logrono, Spain
10 x 8.0 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid: $719
Tanzanite ex Jack Halpern &Ed David
Merelani Mines, Arusha, Tanzania
8.0 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $6,650
Andradite Garnet and Hedenbergite ex Jack Halpern Collection
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, South Aegean, Greece
5.1 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $660
Rhodochrosite on Manganite ex Jack Halpern, Prosper Williams
Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
12.6 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Calcite (old Classic!) ex Jack Halpern Collection
Buena Tierra Mine, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.7 x 7.6 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $409
Heulandite with Celadonite inclusions ex Halpern Collection
between Nasik and Pune, Maharashtra, India
5.2 x 3.1 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $300
Opal ex Smithsonian, Jack Halpern collections
Quilpie, Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia
5.1 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,450
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ex Jack Halpern Collection
Khadokvasia complex, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
6.1 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $470
Rubellite & Lepidolite - JONAS POCKET ex Jack Halpern Collection
Jonas Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $5,651
Arsenian Pyromorphite ex Jack Halpern Collection
Bunker Hill Mine, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
5.1 x 4.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $675
superb large Gypsum included with sand (twinned) ex Halpern
Great Salt Plain, Jey, Alfalfa Co., Oklahoma, USA
15 x 14 x 7 cm
Winning Bid: $635