SPECIAL MINERAL AUCTION – SPECIMENS FROM FRANKLIN & STERLING HILL, NEW JERSEY - ends SATURDAY August 8, 2020

SPECIAL AUCTION – Minerals from Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey
 
A great mix of classic fluorescent specimen along with some incredibly rare species (some only found at Franklin / Sterling Hill) along with some showy display specimen!
 
Highlights include:
1. Incredibly rare KRAISSLITE!
2. A large, superb, showy CHALCOPHANITE display specimen
3. An extraordinarily rare specimen of OGDENSBURGITE!
4. Cabinet sized specimen of beautiful FLUORITE with WILLEMITE
5. Superb incredibly rare crytallized "spray" of SUSSEXITE
6. Two different GEMMY green WILLEMITE specimens
7. A rarely seen specimen of AZURITE!
8. A couple of specimens of NATIVE SILVER (!) with CHALCOCITE
 
PLEASE NOTE: This auction closes on a SATURDAY.  We'll send out a reminder before it closes so you don't miss out.
 
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The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill (USGS Professional Paper #180)
N/A
28.7 x 23.0 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $40
Aragonite with Sauconite (RARE locality specimen)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
7.8 x 4.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $212
Sussexite (rare) (ex Casperson Collection)
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality)
6.8 x 6.2 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Chalcophanite (rare and fine) (ex Zigras Collection)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
12.7 x 10.5 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,600
Kraisslite (incredibly rare!)
100 Stope, 700 Level, Sterling Hill Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
14.4 x 9.1 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $181
Ogdensburgite (extraordinarily rare!)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey (Type Locality)
4.0 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Hemimorphite (classic material)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
8.2 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $90
Fluorite (RARE locality specimen!)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
12.3 x 7.9 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Augite (excellent crystals)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
12.7 x 8.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $146
Sussexite with Pyrochroite (rare)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
13.9 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm
Winning Bid: $25
Zincite with Willemite, Calcite and Franklinite
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
11.2 x 9.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $85
Zincite with Willemite and Franklinite
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
6.2 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $35
Fayalite (formerly Roepperite) (2 piece set)
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
6.6 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm and 3.1 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $30
Sussexite (rare radial "spray")
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
6.5 x 6.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Native Silver with Chalcocite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
7.8 x 6.5 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Pyrite in Dolomite (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
4.6 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $70
Lollingite (rare micro crystals) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
3.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Calcite with Willemite
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
4.6 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $83
Native Silver with Chalcocite, Magnetite and Aurichalcite (RARE locality specimen) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
5.6 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $362
Hancockite with Axinite-(Mn) (rare) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $36
Willemite with Calcite and Franklinite
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
9.6 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid: $185
Zincite with Willemite (classic material)
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
5.7 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $183
Magnesio-riebeckite (incredibly rare locality specimen)
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
10.3 x 7.7 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $50
Willemite with Calcite (classic material)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
12.2 x 8.4 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $215
Azurite (RARE locality specimen)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
10.1 x 8.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Brandtite (very rare)
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
10.3 x 7.3 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $282
Chlorophoenicite (remarkably rare)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
9.7 x 8.3 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $542
Willemite (gemmy green crystals!)
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
6.3 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $170
Willemite (gemmy green crystals!)
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
8.8 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $141
Ganophyllite (rare) (4 piece set) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.4 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm to 0.7 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $512