SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION - PSEUDOMORPHS FROM THE COLLECTION WOUTER VAN TICHELEN - ends April 16, 2020

A special auction featuring specimens from the large and diverse pseudomorph collection of amazing mineral replacements, built over decades by our friend in Belgium, Dr Wouter Van Tichelen. Each piece comes with a collection label.

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Duftite (var: Duftite-β) pseudomorph after Hemimorphite (very rare) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.8 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $275
Muscovite (var: Sericite) pseudomorph after Andalusite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Quartz Creek, King County, Washington
6.1 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $161
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite with Malachite and Cuprite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.2 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $88
Quartz pseudomorph after Glauberite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.4 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Prehnite pseudomorph after Laumontite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey
3.8 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Malachite pseudomorph after Gypsum (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Apex Mine, near St. George, Washington County, Utah
6.3 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hematite pseudomorph after Siderite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Pikes Peak Pluton Area, Park County, Colorado
4.5 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Rio Marina, Elba, Italy
2.9 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $51
Mimetite pseudomorph after Cerussite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.3 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Albite pseudomorph after Scapolite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Route 41 road cut, 6 miles East of Griffith, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
5.0 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $75
Hinsdalite pseudomorph after Pyromorphite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Pyromorphite lode, Zeehan Queen Mine ("Sylvester-Queen"), Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia
8.3 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Calcite replacing Septarian Nodule ("Melicaria") (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Julimes, Julimes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.3 x 6.3 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $602
Calcite "flower" pseudomorph after Gypsum (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
3.8 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Gypsum pseudomorph after Glauberite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Camp Verde Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona
7.7 x 5.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Dundasite pseudomorph after Cerussite (RARE locality specimen!) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Tynagh Mine, Killimor, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland
5.3 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $147
Rhodochrosite pseudomorph after Serandite (rare) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
4.1 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Gypsum pseudomorph after Glauberite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Camp Verde Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona
5.3 x 3.6 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Manganite pseudomorph after Calcite (rare!) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Caland Pit, Steep, Atikokan area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
7.2 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Hisingerite pseudomorph after Pyrite (rare locality specimen) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Washington Camp-Duquesne Mining District, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
4.4 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $45
Shattuckite pseudomorph after Dioptase after Calcite (3 generations!) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
3.7 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Cerussite pseudomorph after Phosgenite (rare) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Bytom City County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
2.0 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $129
Santabarbaraite pseudomorph after Vivianite on mollusk shell (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Kamysh-Burun Trough, Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerchenskyi (Fe)-ore basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia
5.8 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $565
Natrolite pseudomorph after Serandite with Analcime (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
8.8 x 5.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Cerussite / Anglesite pseudomorph after Galena (rare locality specimen) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
La Purisima Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $167
Quartz pseudomorph after Aegirine (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
7.0 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $211
Quartz pseudomorph after Gypsum "rose" (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska
5.8 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $80
Quartz pseudomorph after Hemimorphite (RARE locality specimen!) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Jefferson County, Montana
6.1 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $223
Calcite pseudomorph after Halite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Fairview, NE of Orion, Major County, Oklahoma
4.6 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $281
Barite pseudomorph after Alstonite (rare material) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
High Raise 2nd Sun Vein, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
3.0 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $93
Quartz pseudomorph after Aragonite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.2 x 5.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $248