Dr. Erika Pohl-Stroher Mineral Auction!

We are truly honored to present auctions from the collection of Dr. Erika Pohl, as released to us by her family to disperse to the world of collectors. Selected from the core of Dr. Pohl's amazing suite of African mineral specimens, assembled over more than 70 years of collecting, we have a large variety for you here! We selected such pieces for this auction with the purpose of showing you what is coming over the next 10-20-30 years as we work through her collection since much of it is made from exactly the same kind of choices, selections of perfect and beautiful smaller specimens; even as people today now think of her for larger pieces. This is what the family wanted, to spread them to as many people as possible, and we like to think she would have liked that as well. Enjoy!

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Azurite - large, antique style
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 91508
12.4 x 7.8 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $2,600
Cuprian Smithsonite casts after unknown
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 75935
12.8 x 9.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid: $3,900
Mimetite (unusual style)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 75936
11.0 x 9.1 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $198
Baryte on Quartz (classic German locale)
Pohla-Tellerhauser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 51755
10.2 x 8.0 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Calcite on Duftite with Quartz
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 77643
15.7 x 10.1 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,850
Copper with Cuprite
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky Dist., Altai Krai, Russia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 88578
9.4 x 7.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $485
Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 38216
10.9 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Hematite included Quartz
Orange River, Southern Africa
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 76999/SO405
11.7 x 10.0 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $456
Ilvaite and Quartz
Bor Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 43300
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $188
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 59279
5.9 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Azurite and Malachite Stalactite
M'Ssici, Tinghir Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 89987
9.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $333
Calcite on yellow Fluorite
Segen Gottes Erbstolln Mine, Gersdorf, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 27018
5.7 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Olaf Medenbach, Erika Pohl-Ströher - 70933
5.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Cerussite with Duftite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 53150
4.5 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Quartz with Hematite inclusions
Orange River, Southern Africa
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - SO157
7.1 x 5.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $298
Cuprite with Copper
Rubtsovsk Mine, Rubtsovsky Dist., Altai Krai, Russia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 89925
5.6 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Native Silver
Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 57313
6.0 x 5.1 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Quartz with Hematite inclusions
Orange River, Southern Africa
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 67758
11.0 x 8.3 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Tarnowitzite (Lead-bearing Aragonite) pocket
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 76651
14.2 x 7.4 x 7.1 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 20933
13.2 x 9.5 x 9.1 cm
Winning Bid: $431
Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite included Cerussite on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 52174
9.8 x 6.0 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $3,250
Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent)
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 43663
8.1 x 6.1 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 26315
9.1 x 8.0 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $952
Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 76667
11.7 x 6.0 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,600
Cerussite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - SCH4661
8.0 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,330
Anglesite - significant Tsumeb specimen
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 27661
6.9 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,150
Ajoite in Quartz
Messina Mine, Vhembe Dist. Mun., Limpopo, South Africa
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 44679
9.2 x 4.9 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $985
Wulfenite and Dolomite pocket piece
Touissit, Bou Beker, Jerada Prov., Oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 37879
8.1 x 5.9 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $790
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - 34342
11.7 x 8.4 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,900
Erythrite
Bou Azzer Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Ex. Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher - SCH1303
5.8 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $2,550