SPECIAL FINE MINERAL AUCTION - THE RICHARD HAUCK COLLECTION - Ends August 5, 2021

We are proud to present a special auction featuring specimens from the collection of Richard ‘Dick’ Hauck, including a wide variety of rare and interesting historical specimens. 

Richard Hauck co-founded the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, New Jersey with his brother, Robert after purchasing the land in 1989, three years after operations at the Sterling mine ceased in 1986. He is a charter member and a former President of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, the Geoliterary Society, and the Franklin Mineral Museum. The mineral species Hauckite was named in honor of him in 1980. 

This special auction features items such as:

Chalcopyrite from JAPAN

Magnetite from PENNSYLVANIA

Scheelite from CALIFORNIA

MANGANITE from Germany

and many more!

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Calcite ex Hauck Coll (old classic)
Tri-State District , Joplin Field, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA
8.1 x 5.6 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Epidote with Quartz - classic old USA locale ex Hauck
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
6.5 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Spessartine and Schorl in Muscovite ex Hauck
Villeneuve mine, Val-des-Bois, Quebec, Canada
8.5 x 7.1 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Prehnite ps. Laumontite ex Hauck
Malad Quarry, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
7.8 x 6.2 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $225
Hematite (old classic locale) ex Hauck
Congonhas di Campo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Titanite with Calcite (fluorescent) ex Hauck
California
3.6 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Galena and Quartz ex Hauck
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
4.9 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Cyanotrichite (VERY OLD TYPE LOCALITY) & Brochantite
Moldova Noua Mine, Moldova Noua-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Caras-Severin, Romania (TL)
6.3 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Magnetite - old classic locale, ex Hauck
20 Panel, Drift 200, Grace Mine, Morgantown, Pennsylvania, USA
5.7 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $387
Quartz var. Rose ex Hauck collection
Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $851
large Rutile crystal (rare locale) ex Hauck
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, Mono Co., California, USA
3.9 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Quartz var. Smoky on Hematite (circa 1800s) ex Hauck
Florence Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
4.2 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $145
Pyromorphite (fluorescent) ex Hauck
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, England, UK
4.7 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $53
Scheelite (rare gem crystal from USA!) ex Hauck
Greenhorn Mountains, Kern Co., California, USA
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $109
Bournonite ex Lambert, Hauck (circa 1800s)
Horhausen, Altenkirchen District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4.2 x 3.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $94
Celestine and Calcite ex Hauck
Winfield, Union Co., Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $228
Dolomite - rare USA locale ex Hauck coll
Canaan, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
2.9 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $66
Strontianite - fine, rare specimen ex Hauck
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
8.1 x 7.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $271
Malachite ps. Azurite, with Willemite ex Hauck
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
6.6 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $213
Andalusite (rare sharp crystals) ex Palumbo, Hauck
Lusens Valley, Tyrol, Austria
5.2 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $52
Orthoclase (Baveno Twin) ex Hauck collection
Tawara, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
5.1 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $38
Samarskite-(Y) with Columbite-(Fe)
Divinesia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Quartz var. Amethyst ex Hauck coll
Jackson Crossroads Amethyst Mine, Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA
10.4 x 8.4 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $455
Willemite (fluorescent) ex Hauck
Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $78
Wavellite - 1800s era classic ex Hauck
Trenice Quarry, Cerhovice, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
10.6 x 7.3 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Mimetite var. Campylite after Pyromorphite (circa 1800s)
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Cumbria, England, UK
5.4 x 4.4 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Corundum var. Ruby (fluorescent) ex Hauck
Limpopo, South Africa
5.8 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $210
Baryte ex Hauck
Santa Lucia Mine, Fluminimaggiore, Sardinia, Italy
4.5 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Leucite - old classic circa 1800s, ex Hauck
Ariccia, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy
5.4 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Blue Baryte - 1980s find, USA classic ex Hauck
Sterling Mine, Stoneham, Weld Co., Colorado, USA
5.4 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $355