Hemimorphite

79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Sam Elbin
Cabinet, 10.5 x 8.3 x 4.2 cm
Start Time: 01/23/2025 8:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/02/2025 6:03:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $100

Item Description

A sculptural and rich specimen of Hemimorphite from the 79 Mine featuring hundreds of spires and knobs, composed of striated, lustrous, prismatic crystals of silvery-colorless crystals, sitting on a thin layer of matrix with pale blue-grey colored Smithsonite. The piece is in superb condition, with no major damage and it displays wonderfully as you can see from the video. A fine quality and eye-catching example of this wonderful material from this famous locale.
Ex George Loud Collection No. 423 AZ.1; 9329. George (born August 16, 1942) is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. We recently acquired most of his impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections.
See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/george-loud for more information

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$100 02/02/2025 5:57:21 pm (CST)
$90 02/02/2025 5:52:35 pm (CST)
$88 02/02/2025 5:52:34 pm (CST)
$62 01/31/2025 7:10:17 am (CST)
$52 01/31/2025 7:10:17 am (CST)
$40 01/26/2025 9:27:05 pm (CST)
$35 01/26/2025 9:27:05 pm (CST)
$10 01/26/2025 2:10:01 pm (CST)