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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Franklinite (Co-TYPE LOCALITY) ex Jack Halpern Collection
Sterling Hill, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA (CTL)
5.2 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $675
Boltwoodite on Calcite ex Jack Halpern Collection
Goanikontes Claim, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.2 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $2,600
Copper in Calcite - old USA classic, ex Jack Halpern Collection
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
7.3 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $1,019
impressive Tourmaline var Rubellite ex Jack Halpern
Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
7.9 x 4.8 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $5,916
large, fine Quartz ps. Crocidolite (Tiger's Eye) , ex Halpern coll
Northern Cape Province, South Africa
21 x 12 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,175
Copper ex Jack Halpern Collection
Itauz Mine, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
7.1 x 2.5 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,550
Grossular Garnet ex Jack Halpern Collection
Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico
10.2 x 7.6 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,125
Rutile starburst twin in Smoky Quartz ex Halpern Collection (NOT polished!)
June 2003, Serra da Mangabeira, Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
8.3 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $11,261
Galena (circa 1950s classic) ex Jack Halpern Collection
Barr Mine, Picher Field, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
6.3 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid: $4,550