Kinoite (rare)

Christmas Mine, Banner Dist., Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. George Loud; Norman Leppert
Thumbnail, 2.3 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Start Time: 01/23/2025 8:00:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/02/2025 6:00:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed
Winning Bid: $85

Item Description

Here we have a hard to find Kinoite specimen from the famed Christmas Mine. This is a lovely and classic example of this beautiful material, loaded with micro crystals of this rare hydrated calcium copper silicate.. Even though the most well-known examples of Kinoite come from this locality, most people don't realize that the type locality is actually further south in Pima County. The crystals on this piece have fantastic rich blue color, which are associated with colorless Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) or possibly Fluorapophyllite-(K). The species gets its name from the Italian Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711). You can actually see a statue of him along the Kino Parkway in Tucson.
Originally part of the Norman Leppert collection.
Ex George Loud Collection No. . 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
$85 02/01/2025 9:22:14 am (CST)
$75 01/26/2025 9:24:37 pm (CST)
$67 01/26/2025 9:24:37 pm (CST)
$50 01/25/2025 1:53:04 pm (CST)
$45 01/25/2025 1:53:04 pm (CST)
$35 01/24/2025 4:38:13 pm (CST)
$30 01/24/2025 4:38:13 pm (CST)
$25 01/24/2025 10:55:20 am (CST)
$20 01/24/2025 10:52:54 am (CST)
$15 01/24/2025 10:50:09 am (CST)
$10 01/24/2025 10:48:30 am (CST)