Dr. Alex Schauss Collection Auction!

We are truly honored to be trusted with the purchase and sale of the lifelong thumbnail collection of Alex Schauss. As part of our effort to find new homes for his treasures, a number of pieces, including some of the most well-known and famous, were selected for auction. During the Tucson show, 45 specimens will be auctioned off, which will allow everyone, regardless of whether they are attending the show personally, the opportunity to acquire something.

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Wulfenite with Mimetite
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $4,201
Metatorbernite - 1972 pocket, from discoverer
Nchanga Open Pit, Copperbelt Prov., Zambia
Ex. Richard Le Sueur, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $4,538
Calcite on Malachite (circa 1900)
Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Richard Graeme III, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.9 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $3,850
Carletonite
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Ex. Gilles Haineault, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.1 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Elbaite
Nuristan Dist., Nuristan, Afghanistan
Ex. F. J. Barlow, Allan Young, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,300
Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Santa Cruz Mun., Sonora, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,727
Andradite var. Demantoid
Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Tatatila Mun., Veracruz, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.8 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $450
Calcite with Chalcotrichite on Copper
Onganja Mine, Seeis, Khomas Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $2,550
Uraninite
Swamp No. 1 Quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA
Ex. Cliff Trebilcock, Dr. Alex Schauss
1.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $592
Fluorapatite with Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.8 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Smithsonite
Abenab Mine, Grootfontein Con., Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
1.6 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,350
Cobalt-bearing Calcite
Mashamba West Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Ex. Ernie Schlichter, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $800
Marcasite
Ziegler Mine, Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
3.5 x 2.6 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $2,700
Pyrrhotite with Sphalerite
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.9 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $653
Serendibite
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin Dist., Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Mimetite
Rowley Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.6 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,915
Cobalt-bearing Calcite (doubly-terminated)
Dikuluwe Mine, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
3.0 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $535
Rhodonite with Galena
North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.9 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Calcite with Aurichalcite inclusions
Graphic Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $1,050
Pyrophyllite
Champion Mine, White Mtns., Mono Co., California, USA
Ex. Sobolewski, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $290
Quartz with Dumortierite inclusions
Serra da Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.6 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $67
Copper
Copper Mtn. Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Dravite Tourmaline
Vargem Alegre, Barra de Sao Francisco, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Ex. Frank and Wendy Melanson, Dr. Alex Schauss
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Diaspore (twinned)
Diaspore Mine, Aydun, Mugula, Turkey
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid: $441
Calcite with Hemimorphite
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
3.0 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $355
Datolite with Chlorite
Lane Quarries, Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.1 x 1.6 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Mimetite
San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Sonora, Mexico
Ex. Frank Martz, Dr. Alex Schauss
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Azurite
Malbunka Copper Mine, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.9 x 2.9 x 0.5 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Shattuckite
Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $200
Epidote
Dom Basílio, Bahia, Brazil
Ex. Dr. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $110