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
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Calcite (fluorescent) var. Manganoan
- Bor Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
- 12.5 x 10.5 x 5.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Pyrite (rare locality)
- 2nd Soviet Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
- 13.0 x 11.0 x 8.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: blmineral
- Fluorite with Dolomite
- Xianghualing Mine, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
- 17.0 x 15.5 x 11.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Sulfur on Aragonite
- Agrigento (Girgenti), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
- 14.0 x 10.5 x 8.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- 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
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Fluorite & Baryte
- Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
- 18.0 x 16.0 x 13.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Heulandite on Quartz
- Jalgaon Dist., Maharashtra, India
- 17.0 x 8.5 x 8.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Scolecite on Stilbite
- Jalgaon Dist., Maharashtra, India
- 25.0 x 18.0 x 15.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Fluorite on Celestine
- Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio, USA
- 8.5 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Malachite (polished)
- Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
- 15.0 x 13.0 x 8.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: duncangb
- Calcite (twinned) - classic 1990s find
- Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
- 13.5 x 11.5 x 7.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Fluorite (old 1990s style)
- Shangbao Mine, Chenzhou District, Hunan Province, China
- 14.5 x 11.5 x 7.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Tourmaline
- Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 13.0 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Pyrite (octahedral classic style)
- Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
- 18.0 x 14.0 x 5.6 cm
- Winning Bidder: jabaco
- Hematite (old classic 'kidney ore')
- West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England, UK
- 20.0 x 17.5 x 8.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Pyrite (Cubic)
- Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
- 11.0 x 7.8 x 7.8 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Chalcopyrite and Siderite
- Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang Co., Bijie, Guizhou Prov., China
- 12.5 x 11.2 x 4.5 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- large Quartz cluster
- Collier Creek Mine, Mt Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
- 36.0 x 22.0 x 20.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: duncangb
- 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
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Smithsonite var. Cadmium (classic USA locale)
- Monte Cristo Mine, Rush, Marion Co., Arkansas, USA
- 11.0 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm
- Winning Bidder: jabaco
- Gypsum var. Selenite
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- 10.0 x 9.0 x 5.5 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Fluorite on Fluorite (iridescent)
- Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, USA
- 11.5 x 10.5 x 9.5 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Arsenopyrite with Quartz
- Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
- 15.0 x 14.0 x 4.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Calcite & Hemimorphite
- Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico
- 16.0 x 16.0 x 6.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Calcite & Pyrite (USA classic!)
- Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
- 19.0 x 17.0 x 12.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- 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
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Azurite ex. Wayne Thompson
- Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Cananea, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
- 8.0 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Apophyllite on Stilbite
- Jalgaon Dist., Maharashtra, India
- 12.0 x 10.8 x 7.0 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Fluorite (classic find)
- De'an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
- 22.0 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder