Fine Mineral Auction - Tom Campbell Collection

Tom Campbell has had a life-long passion for minerals which was fueled by his father, a research chemist, as well as Sandy and Gloria Ludlum of What on Earth, and they helped refine his taste in collecting fine minerals. During the course of his graduate research on pegmatites with Bill Roberts, he discovered three new minerals (tiptopite, fransoletite, pahasapaite) and co-described eight other new species. Through the years, Tom has developed additional expertise in the geology and mineralogy of orogenic lode gold deposits, iron ore and various gemstone deposits. He has over 35 years of experience in exploration geology, mining, and applied mineralogy, and many more as a collector. Here we bring a selection of deacquisitions from his personal collection.

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Fluorite
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
5.2 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
Wiluite - large crystal ex Steve Smale coll.
Wilui River Basin (Vilyui River Basin), Sakha Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (type locality)
7.5 x 5.9 x 2.5 cm
Rutile, ex Gary Hansen Coll
Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA
5.3 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm
Kesterite with Muscovite
Huya Village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
3.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
Hematite ex Eric Asselborn coll.
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
5.1 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm
Siegenite with Dolomite
Buick Mine, Viburnum Trend, Iron Co., Missouri
5.1 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Quenselite
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
4.6 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Quartz var. Rose
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.9 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Euxenite-(Y)
Divinesia pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.0 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
Witherite (unusual 3-D large xls)
Minerva #1 Mine, Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
4.5 x 4.1 x 3.0 cm
Sulfur
Cozzo Disi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
4.5 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm
Babingtonite with Quartz and Prehnite (rich, for USA!)
Lane Quarry (Notch Quarry), Amherst, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA
7.0 x 6.5 x 2.6 cm
Apophyllite with Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
5.0 x 4.5 x 2.75 cm
Ferberite and Quartz ex Smale coll.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
5.2 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Copper after Aragonite
Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Calcite and Fluorite
Lower Rosiclaire Level, Denton Mine, Illinois Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
5.9 x 5.3 x 5.0 cm
Vanadinite
North Geronimo Mine (Pure Potential Mine), La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
7.8 x 6.0 x 4.8 cm
Gaudefroyite with Barite, Ettringite and Andradite
N'Chwanning II mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.1 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm
Scheelite with Muscovite
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China
4.9 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Quartz (var Smoky) with Spessartine
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
8.3 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm
Gibbsite
Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China
5.6x 4.8 x 2.0 cm
Wulfenite with Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.8 x 4.9 x 2.4 cm
Tetrahedrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Department, Peru
10.0 x 8.5 x 5.2 cm
Marcasite on Limestone
Kolenfeld Quarry, Wunstorf, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Manganite - rare, superb large xls, ex Lewadny Coll
Caland Pit, Atikokan, Hutchinson Township, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada
4.9 x 4.1 x 2.0 cm
Brochantite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
2.8 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm
Scorodite with Quartz
Hemerdon Mine, Plympton, Tavistock District, Devon, England, UK
7.2 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm
Groutite on Calcite
Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
9.3 x 5.4 x 1.5 cm
Malachite after Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
8.6 x 7.0 x 5.0 cm
Orpiment
Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
6.8 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm