SPECIAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION: Hoppel Collection RARE SPECIES & CLASSIC MINERALS Mineral Liquidation Auction ends 530 PM on Dec 1, 2016

NOTE SPECIAL END TIME: 530 PM CST on Dec 1st., 26
We are honored to present the fifth (of 6) megasized set of several large auctions of rare species and fine locality pieces and classic mineral specimens from the massive Hoppel Collection. After several years of holding back many rare species and more sophisticated collector specimens from the Hoppel collection, I have negotiated a deal to let me offer these specimens to my customers via our own auction style. Bidding starts at $10 even though many specimens are valued at $1000 and more! We are excited that these liquidation auctions will bring to market hundreds of specimens of importance to collectors, many from the 1980s and 1990s heyday of a previous generation of old mineral collection dispersals!
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Spessartine, Smoky Quartz, Muscovite, and Albite on Schorl
Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.5 x 7.0 x 5.2 cm
Aragonite var. Plumboan (Tarnowitzite)
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
11.7 x 7.9 x 6.8 cm
Quartz with Ankeritic Calcite
Nikolai Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
10.2 x 6.5 x 4.4 cm
Willemite var. Troostite (fl) and Franklinite (CTL) in Calcite (fl)
Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (CTL)
10.0 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm
Anapaite (Type Locality) - large specimen!
Anapa, Taman Peninsula, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia
14.4 x 8.0 x 6.6 cm
Thenardite ps. Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
10.3 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm
Antigorite var. Picrolite
Delight Quarry, Delight, Baltimore Co., Maryland, USA
19.4 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Mica var. Zinnwaldite on Albite (fl) and Orthoclase
Glens Peak, Sawtooth Batholith, Boise Co., Idaho, USA
16.0 x 8.1 x 4.0 cm
Sylvite (fl)
U. S. Potash Co. Mine, Carlsbad Potash District, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA
18.1 x 12.7 x 3.8 cm
Pyrite with Calcite on Dolomite
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
17.3 x 12.4 x 12.2 cm
Petalite
Grotta d'Oggi, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
2.9 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Gibbsite
Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
8.4 x 6.1 x 3.5 cm
Talmessite and Aragonite
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA
6.5 x 5.0 x 1.2 cm
Monazite-(Ce)
Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
3.2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Colemanite
Death valley, California, USA
5.8 x 5.1 x 3.1 cm
Novacekite-I and Magnesite
Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
4.4 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm
Veszelyite with Chrysocolla on Quartz
Black Pine Mine, John Long Mts, Philipsburg District, Granite Co., Montana, USA
3.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Julgoldite-(Fe3)
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
6.2 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Calcite ps. Gaylussite
Carter Creek, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Danburite with Calcite
Charcas, San Luis Potosu, Mexico
16.5 x 14.9 x 14.4 cm
Friedellite with Franklinite (CTL) and Willemite (fl)
Parker Shaft, Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (CTL)
17.6 x 10.4 x 6.6 cm
Chabazite-Ca with Datolite and Heulandite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
14.5 x 10.5 x 3.4 cm
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
14.2 x 9.7 x 5.0 cm
Pectolite xls
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
11.2 x 9.9 x 4.1 cm
Cornetite
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
10.9 x 9.5 x 1.0 cm
Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite
Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
9.9 x 7.4 x 3.6 cm
Quartz var. Amethyst
Amatitlan Mine, Guerrero, Mexico
5.7 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm
Ilmenite with Albite
Rondu, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
12.2 x 8.7 x 1.2 cm
Chabazite with Scolecite, Laumonite, and Calcite
Mumbai, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
9.1 x 7.1 x 6.0 cm
Voltaite, Halotrichite, and Coquimbite
Dexter No. 7 Mine, San Rafael District, Emery Co., Utah, USA
9.2 x 8.6 x 4.0 cm