FEATURED AUCTION - Fran Allegra Collection
We are proud to offer on behalf of the family estate, the full collection of the late Judge Francis Allegra, noted collector, true friend to minerals, and MR legal columnist. Fran collected rocks since he was a child growing up in Cleveland and then collected minerals once he discovered the world of fine minerals as an art and an asset. He was very careful and deliberate in his acquisition strategy and generally only bought one good specimen each year, especially strongly from the late-1990s through 2010. The core value of his collection is therefore in classics that came out in those years and slightly earlier, including a very significant Dalnegorsk suite of specimens assembled over those decades. Interestingly, this was the most secure mineral collection outside of the Smithsonian in the Washington DC area. This collection, these same pieces you see here, was located in his office in the old red brick judicial building, that looked right across the lawn into the White House. I would venture that more congressman and high-level officials of the US government have seen this collection, than any other private mineral collection, over the years. Fran deserves more of a legacy then we can give it in the space here, so after you look at the auction please feel free to go to irocks.com/allegra and read the blog and article we have posted about him.
- Calcite with Hematite inclusions
- Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
- 27.0 x 19.0 x 16.0 cm
- Calcite (fluorescent) var. Manganoan
- Bor Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
- 12.5 x 10.5 x 5.0 cm
- Pyrite (rare locality)
- 2nd Soviet Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
- 13.0 x 11.0 x 8.0 cm
- Fluorite with Dolomite
- Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
- 17.0 x 15.5 x 11.0 cm
- Sulfur on Aragonite
- Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
- 14.0 x 10.5 x 8.0 cm
- Pyromorphite var. Arsenian ex Bob Hopper collection
- Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene Dist., Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
- 13.5 x 12.5 x 10.0 cm
- Fluorite & Baryte
- Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
- 18.0 x 16.0 x 13.0 cm
- Heulandite on Quartz
- Jalgaon Dist., Maharashtra, India
- 17.0 x 8.5 x 8.0 cm
- Scolecite on Stilbite
- Jalgaon Dist., Maharashtra, India
- 25.0 x 18.0 x 15.0 cm
- Fluorite on Celestine
- Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA
- 8.5 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm
- Malachite (polished)
- Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
- 15.0 x 13.0 x 8.0 cm
- Calcite (twinned) - classic 1990s find
- Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
- 13.5 x 11.5 x 7.0 cm
- Fluorite (old 1990s style)
- Shangbao Mine, Chenzhou District, Hunan Province, China
- 14.5 x 11.5 x 7.0 cm
- Tourmaline
- Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 13.0 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
- Pyrite (octahedral classic style)
- Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
- 18.0 x 14.0 x 5.6 cm
- Hematite (old classic 'kidney ore')
- West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England, UK
- 20.0 x 17.5 x 8.0 cm
- Pyrite (Cubic)
- Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
- 11.0 x 7.8 x 7.8 cm
- Chalcopyrite and Siderite
- Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang Co., Bijie, Guizhou Prov., China
- 12.5 x 11.2 x 4.5 cm
- large Quartz cluster
- Collier Creek Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
- 36.0 x 22.0 x 20.0 cm
- Stibnite - famous 2003 best of species find
- Wuning Mine, Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang Pref., Jiangxi Prov. China
- 23.0 x 16.0 x 6.0 cm
- Smithsonite var. Cadmium (classic USA locale)
- Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA
- 11.0 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm
- Gypsum var. Selenite
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- 10.0 x 9.0 x 5.5 cm
- Fluorite on Fluorite (iridescent)
- Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, USA
- 11.5 x 10.5 x 9.5 cm
- Arsenopyrite with Quartz
- Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
- 15.0 x 14.0 x 4.0 cm
- Calcite & Hemimorphite
- Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico
- 16.0 x 16.0 x 6.0 cm
- Calcite & Pyrite (USA classic!)
- Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
- 19.0 x 17.0 x 12.0 cm
- Rhodochrosite with Fluorite altering to Quartz
- Rodneys Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Park Co., Colorado, USA
- 13.0 x 8.0 x 3.5 cm
- Azurite ex. Wayne Thompson
- Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
- 8.0 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
- Apophyllite on Stilbite
- Jalgaon Dist., Maharashtra, India
- 12.0 x 10.8 x 7.0 cm
- Fluorite (classic find)
- De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
- 22.0 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm