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
- Kyanite
- Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
- 2.7 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm
- 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
- large Talc with Dendrites (rare)
- Yellowstone Mine, Gravelly Range, Madison Co., Montana, USA
- 23.2 x 16.5 x 1.1 cm
- Okenite and Gyrolite, with Laumontite, on Quartz
- Malad Quarry,Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
- 13.2 x 9.5 x 9.2 cm
- Quartz ps. Anhydrite
- Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 7.3 x 6.3 x 2.6 cm
- Fluorite - penetration twinned (fluorescent)
- West Cross Cut, Rogerley Mine, Stanhope, County Durham, England, UK
- 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
- Tourmaline (Doubly Terminated) with Albite
- Stak nala, Gilgit, Pakistan
- 7.6 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
- Thenardite ps. Halite
- Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
- 7.3 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm
- Cuprite with Malachite and Calcite
- Onganja Mine, Helen Farm 235, Seeis, Khomas Region, Namibia
- 4.7 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
- Tennantite ps. Chalcocite - classic pseudomorph
- Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
- 5.2 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
- Calcite (two generations) - old USA classic from 1960s
- Shullsburg area, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, USA
- 8.5 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm
- Malachite (two generations)
- L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
- 9.4 x 7.8 x 3.0 cm
- Tinzenite (rare, superb xls)
- Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
- 6.4 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
- Pectolite (rare USA locale)
- Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA
- 8.6 x 5.8 x 3.6 cm
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Libethenite and Pseudomalachite
- M'sesa Mine, Kambove District, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
- 5.5 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
- 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
- Phlogopite Mica (rare gemmy crystals)
- Pein-Pyit, Mogok Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
- 7.9 x 5.5 x 4.6 cm
- Stannite on Fluorite (superb TN)
- Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
- Celestine gem crystal
- near Majunga, Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Boeny, Madagascar
- 5.3 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm
- important large twinned Microcline var. Amazonite (Baveno Twin)
- Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 16.7 x 5.7 x 5.5 cm
- 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
- Weloganite (superb XL, TYPE LOCALITY)
- Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (TL)
- 6.7 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
- Prehnite on Epidote
- Sandare',Nioro Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
- 4.6 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
- Magnetite (superb sharp xl)
- Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- 4.7 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
- Anorthite var. Bytownite GEM feldspar (Rough & Cut set)
- Dorado Mine, Casas Grandes Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
- 2.8 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
- Orthoclase ps. Fluorite, with Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite
- Pucarrajo Mine, Ancash Department, Peru
- 5.6 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm