Hauerite (Type Locality)

Kalinka, Detva Dist., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Ex. Shields Flynn
Thumbnail, 1.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Start Time: 01/05/2023 7:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/12/2023 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Winning Bid: $80
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Item Description

Sharp octahedral crystals to 6mm, stand out on matrix, on this unusual specimen of the rare mineral hauerite. It is a display example, not merely reference, with two sharp crystals atop. We have seen hauerite from other locations, more commonly from old finds (1800s vintage) in Italy. In looking up information on this particular locality, much to our surprise, we found it to be the type locality of the species - per Wikipedia: It was discovered in Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Kalinka sulfur deposit near Detva in what is now Slovakia in 1846 and named after the Austrian geologists, Joseph Ritter von Hauer (1778–1863) and Franz Ritter von Hauer (1822–1899) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauerite)

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$80 01/12/2023 4:34:05 pm (CST)
$70 01/12/2023 4:34:05 pm (CST)
$60 01/12/2023 4:33:04 pm (CST)
$50 * 01/09/2023 11:57:31 am (CST)
$50 * 01/09/2023 11:57:30 am (CST)
$20 01/09/2023 11:57:16 am (CST)
$15 01/09/2023 11:57:16 am (CST)
$10 01/06/2023 1:48:52 pm (CST)
* Proxy Bid Battle: In the event of two customers inputting matching proxy bids, the leading bid goes to the earliest of the two proxy bids. Tie winners are shown in bold.