SPECIAL AUCTION: SPECIMENS FROM THE BILL AND ANNE COOK COLLECTION - ENDS MAY 19, 2022
We are honored to present a large group of fine old classic specimens from the extensive collection of Bill and Anne Cook, of Cleveland Heights Ohio. They collected, together, for over 60 years and this collection represents an astonishing depth of interests and knowledge of all kinds of minerals. The collection is particularly strong on associations, pseudomorphs, and classic localities. Look for further auctions of this rich and diversified collection, in the several years ahead.
- Calcite (fluorescent) and Celadonite
- Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 7.7 x 7.5 x 2.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $576
- Winning Bidder: jabaco
- Kyanite
- Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
- 2.7 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $350
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Rhodochrosite on Quartz, with Pyrite (classic old USA locale)
- Sunnyside Mine group, Eureka Mining District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
- 11.5 x 8.6 x 5.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $460
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- large Talc with Dendrites (rare)
- Yellowstone Mine, Gravelly Range, Madison Co., Montana, USA
- 23.2 x 16.5 x 1.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $85
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Okenite and Gyrolite, with Laumontite, on Quartz
- Malad Quarry,Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
- 13.2 x 9.5 x 9.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $712
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Quartz ps. Anhydrite
- Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 7.3 x 6.3 x 2.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $60
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Fluorite - penetration twinned (fluorescent)
- West Cross Cut, Rogerley Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
- 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $205
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Tourmaline (Doubly Terminated) with Albite
- Stak nala, Gilgit, Pakistan
- 7.6 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $575
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Thenardite ps. Halite
- Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
- 7.3 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm
- Winning Bid: $133
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Cuprite with Malachite and Calcite
- Onganja Mine, Helen Farm 235, Seeis, Khomas Region, Namibia
- 4.7 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $625
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Tennantite ps. Chalcocite - classic pseudomorph
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- 5.2 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $165
- Winning Bidder: jabaco
- Calcite (two generations) - old USA classic from 1960s
- Shullsburg area, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA
- 8.5 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $488
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Malachite (two generations)
- L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
- 9.4 x 7.8 x 3.0 cm
- Winning Bid: $200
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Tinzenite (rare, superb xls)
- Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- 6.4 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $320
- Winning Bidder: jabaco
- Pectolite (rare USA locale)
- Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA
- 8.6 x 5.8 x 3.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $484
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Chalcopyrite (twinned) on Quartz (rare USA locale)
- Ground Hog Mine, Central Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
- 6.7 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $625
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Neptunite on Natrolite
- California State Gem Mine, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
- 3.7 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $375
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Willemite (fluorescent), Alleghanyite, Franklinite (TYPE LOCALITY)
- Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA (TL)
- 6.4 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $290
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Libethenite and Pseudomalachite
- M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
- 5.5 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $80
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Witherite (fluorescent)
- Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA
- 7.3 x 6.6 x 3.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $180
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Phlogopite Mica (rare gemmy crystals)
- Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
- 7.9 x 5.5 x 4.6 cm
- Winning Bid: $170
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Stannite on Fluorite (superb TN)
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $410
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Celestine gem crystal
- near Majunga, Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Boeny, Madagascar
- 5.3 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
- Winning Bid: $345
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- important large twinned Microcline var. Amazonite (Baveno Twin)
- Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 16.7 x 5.7 x 5.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $2,169
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Adamite (superb rare USA locality specimen)
- Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill (Clifton) Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USA
- 3.7 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
- Winning Bid: $310
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Weloganite (superb XL, TYPE LOCALITY)
- Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (TL)
- 6.7 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $460
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Prehnite on Epidote
- Sandare',Nioro Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
- 4.6 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
- Winning Bid: $100
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Magnetite (superb sharp xl)
- Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 4.7 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
- Winning Bid: $333
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Anorthite var. Bytownite GEM feldspar (Rough & Cut set)
- Dorado Mine, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
- 2.8 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
- Winning Bid: $108
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder
- Orthoclase ps. Fluorite, with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite
- Pucarrajo Mine, Ancash Department, Peru
- 5.6 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm
- Winning Bid: $100
- Winning Bidder: Private Bidder