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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Rose Quartz on Quartz ex Hauck
Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.7 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,063
Witherite (fluorescent) ex Hauck
Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Northumberland, England, UK
4.8 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $65
Native Copper with Cuprite ex Hauck
Cornwall, England, UK
7.3 x 4.2 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $97
Fluorite (fluorescent) with Siderite ex Hauck
Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England, UK
5.6 x 4.2 x 4.0 cm
Winning Bid: $76
Ruby Jack Sphalerite with Pyrite ex Hauck
Tri-State District , Joplin Field, Jasper Co., Missouri, USA
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $370
Rutile on Hematite ex Hauck
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
4.8 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorite var. Blue John circa 1800s ex Hauck
Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK
8.6 x 6.7 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $255
Chalcopyrite on Quartz - rare old classic ex Hauck
Oppu mine, Nishimeya-mura, Nakatsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
7.3 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $427
Malachite polished carving ex Hauck collection
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
8.4 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $243
Mimetite - classic find 1968, ex Hauck
San Pedro Corralitos, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.7 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $250
Elbaite ex Hauck
Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.7 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $299
Muscovite - rare columnar crystals ex Hauck
Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.2 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Manganite (TYPE LOCALITY circa 1880s) ex Hauck
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Thuringia, Germany (TL)
5.1 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $369