SPECIAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION: Hoppel Collection RARE SPECIES & CLASSIC MINERALS Minerals - ends 630 PM on Dec 29, 2016

AUCTION ENDS on Dec 29
We are honored to present the final megasized set of several large auctions of rare species and classic old locality pieces and classic mineral specimens from the massive Hoppel Collection, obtained between 1983 and 1998 or thereabouts. 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 more esoteric and collectible specimens to my customers via our own auction style. Bidding starts at $10 even though many specimens are valued at $1000 and more and the previous owner PAID in excess of $2000 for half a dozen things in this auction set! 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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Witherite (fluorescent)
Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
11.3 x 8.6 x 7.0 cm
Cosalite
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
4.5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Beta-Quartz and Hematite on Kidney Ore
Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England, UK
11.5 x 7.8 x 3.0 cm
Teallite
Carguaicollo Mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Hematite (superb TN )
Arzanah island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
2.7 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Goosecreekite and Fluoraphyllite
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
5.1 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Brazilianite with Albite
Conselheiro Pena Pegmatite District, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.6 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Ilvaite with Quartz
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
4.9 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
Anglesite on Cerussite
Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
4.0 x 3.8 x 1.4 cm
Melonite (very rare) ex. Cureton, Vajdak
Kambalda Nickel mines, Kambalda, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
5.0 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite
Kakanda deposit, Katanga Copper Crescent, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
4.2 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm
Stannite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
2.7 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Microlite (old USA locale)
Amelia, Amelia Co., Virginia, USA
1.5 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Topaz - large gem crystal
Gyaiungu, Braldu Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
8.6 x 8.6 x 3.9 cm
Fluorapatite (fl) on Ferberite with Pyrite
Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
9.2 x 5.6 x 3.9 cm
Gypsum (fluorescent)
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
10.1 x 9.3 x 7.2 cm
Anhydrite (large, dramatic spray)
Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Szenicsite (TL) with Powellite (fl) ex. Szenics
Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Atacama Region, Chile
5.2 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Pyrargyrite (huge, fat crystals)
Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
5.2 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Gypsum var. Selenite with Dolomite
Dolomite Products Quarry, Penfield, Monroe Co., New York, USA
16.5 x 12.5 x 6.5 cm
Turquoise ps. Fluorapatite & Apatite set of crystals
Cumobabi, Sonora, Mexico and Cerro de Mercado, Durango, Mexico
3.5 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm
Mellite
Csordakuti Mine, Fejer Co., Hungary
4.5 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Harmotome (Type Locality) ex Lazard Cahn in 1875
St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany (TL)
6.5 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Rutile on Hematite with Quartz
Ibitiara, Bahia, Brazil
9.6 x 6.5 x 2.4 cm
Cuprian Adamite on Calcite
Kamariza Mines, Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
3.8 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm
Strengite and Phosphosiderite ex Kosnar Coll
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
6.2 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Effenbergerite (TL) on Sugilite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (TL)
8.1 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Stokesite and Microlite
Urucum mine, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Fluorapophyllite with Manganbabingtonite
Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, Hubei Province, China
4.9 x 4.7 x 4.0 cm