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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Catapleiite
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
2.8 x 2.0 x 0.8 cm
Galkhaite (very rare thallium species)
Getchell Mine, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
5.2 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Hydroboracite and Colemanite
Thompson Mine, Darwin, Darwin District, Inyo Co., California, USA
6.2 x 4.9 x 3.0 cm
Kermesite
Globe and Phoenix Mine, Kwekwe District, Midlands, Zimbabwe
4.1 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Crednerite with Malachite
Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Miargyrite
Cerro de Potosi, Potosi City, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.8 x 8.0 x 2.1 cm
Hardystonite (TL, fl), Willemite (fl), Calcite (fl), and Franklinite (TL)
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA (TL)
8.4 x 7.1 x 5.0 cm
Tennantite ps. Azurite with Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
8.6 x 6.8 x 4.0 cm
Strontianite
Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming valley, Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria
5.6 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Hematite on Microcline crystal
Lake George, Park Co., Colorado, USA
6.2 x 5.5 x 2.8 cm
Aheylite (Type Locality) on Wavellite ex Kosnar collection
Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia (TL)
2.1 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
Galena ps. Pyromorphite - old, circa 1800s
Wheal Hope, Hendra Croft, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK
4.6 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Diaspore (V-twin crystal)
Mugla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
4.9 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Scholzite on Parahopeite alt. to Switzerite
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
2.4 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Paratacamite with Boleite (TL) on Gypsum
Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Boleo District, Baja California Sur, Mexico
4.5 x 4.0 x 1.0 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. Calcite on Galena
Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
6.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Witherite with Baryte
Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England, UK
5.2 x 5.0 x 3.4 cm
Ilmenite (very old classic locale)
Amdal, Amdalsmoen, Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway
8.0 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm
Armenite - large plate (fluorescent)
Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Simplon pass area, Wallis, Switzerland
5.7 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Manganese Dendrite in sandstone
Green River formation, Wyoming
22.1 x 12.6 x 1.0 cm
Barbosalite on Hureaulite ex Smith coll.
Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.8 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Euchroite (Type Locality) circa 1800s ex. Sir R. Ferguson coll.
Svatodusna deposit, Lubietova (Libethen), Banska Bystrica Co., Slovakia (TL)
2.5 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm
Lorandite (Type Locality) with Orpiment and Realgar
Allchar, Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia (TL)
0.9 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) (Type Locality) ex Swedish Natl Museum
Bjelke Mine, Nordmark Odal Field, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden (TL)
5.2 x 4.9 x 2.4 cm
Nickelskutterudite var. Chloanthite (TL) ex Scott Williams
Niederschlema, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (TL)
3.8 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
Tsaregorodtsevite (Type Locality) ex Fersman Museum
Yaruta Mt, Man-Khambo Mts, Polar Urals, Western-Siberian Region, Russia (TL)
1.8 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm
Digenite (sharp xls) on Chalcocite
Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
4.0 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
Hemimorphite (huge, complete pocket!)
Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico
25.0 x 14.5 x 7.5 cm
Baryte (superb old classic circa late 1800's)
Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England, UK
11.6 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm
Anatase
Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
3.3 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm