SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION - PSEUDOMORPHS FROM THE COLLECTION WOUTER VAN TICHELEN - ends May 13th, 2021

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. 

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Quartz pseudomorph after Aragonite (''floater'' specimen) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Valle de las Plumas, Las Plumas, Mártires Department, Chubut Province, Argentina
7.2 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $57
Calcite after Ikaite (formerly Gaylussite) (''floater'' specimen) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Timir Peninsula, Russia
5.2 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $86
Adularia pseudomorph after Ernstite (incredibly rare) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.8 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Dolomite pseudomorph after Aragonite (''floater'') (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Cottonwood Draw, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
6.6 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $15
Sphalerite pseudomorph after Willemite (SUPERB!) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
7.8 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $155
Muscovite pseudomorph after Nepheline (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Greenland
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $49
Goethite pseudomorph after Calcite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Ernstite pseudomorph after Eosphorite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (rare multi-group!) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.0 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $165
Colemanite pseudomorph after Inyoite with Todorokite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA
5.3 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Kaolinite pseudomorph after Leucite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Fosso Cancherone, Sant'Anastasia, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
3.8 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $44
Grossular Garnet (var: Hydrogrossular) pseudomorph after Helvine (?) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Akhtaragda River Mouth, Vilyui River Basin, Mirninsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Descloizite pseudomorph after As-bearing Vanadinite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Aurora Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Coyame del Sotol Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.7 x 6.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Vanadinite pseudomorph after Wulfenite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.5 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $150
Brassite pseudomorph after Rösslerite with Pharmacolite (INCREDIBLY rare) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Daniel Level, Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
10.3 x 7.9 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Parahopeite pseudomorph after Hopeite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe, Kabwe District, Central Province, Zambia
6.1 x 5.4 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $87
Anglesite pseudomorph after Pyromorphite (VERY rare) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Midnite Mine, Hunter Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
8.3 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $319
Quartz pseudomorph after Apophyllite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Antelope Flats, Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
9.3 x 7.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $78
Kaolinite pseudomorph after Carlsbad Twinned Orthoclase (''floater'' specimen) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Hensbarrow Moor, St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK
5.8 x 5.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $92
Quartz pseudomorph after Baryte (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
near Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado
2.2 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Hematite pseudomorph after Actinolite (rare material) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
7.3 x 7.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Strontianite pseudomorph after Celestine (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Alverson Mine, La Conner, Skagit County, Washington, USA
4.6 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $68
Elpidite pseudomorph after Serandite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
4.5 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (''disco ball'') (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $187
Vanadinite pseudomorph after Wulfenite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Aurora Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Coyame del Sotol Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.3 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Hausmannite pseudomorph after Manganite (classic material) (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
8.4 x 6.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Biotite pseudomorph after Tourmaline (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Willow Springs, Oracle, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
3.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $113
Catapleiite pseudomorph after Fluorite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
3.2 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $120
Shortite pseudomorph after Feldspar (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Siderite pseudomorph after Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite (ex Dr. Wouter van Tichelen Collection)
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Mare, Maramureș, Romania
9.3 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $659