Rice Museum Benefit Auction - Set 1, Closing April 17

We are honored to host the first deaccession auction of long-held duplicates and treasures from the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals, recently selected from their extensive collection built in the late 1900s by founders Richard and Helen Rice. Most of these items have never been seen outside of the museum and even then, some of them have simply been warehoused and not on display, for decades. We hope you enjoy this fine and diverse selection.

This is the first set of items set to close on Saturday, April 17.

We would like to thank the additional donors who contributed items to assist with fundraising for the museum. Most items listed are from the museum's collection, though several items from external donors are acknowledged in individual item descriptions.

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Wulfenite with Mimetite
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
16.0 x 10.5 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,355
Austinite (formerly Barthite)
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
13.5 x 8.5 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $676
Calcite with Benstonite, on Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
12.0 x 10.5 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $424
Fluorite
Chenzhou District, Hunan, China
27.0 x 13.0 x 17.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,040
Beryl var. Aquamarine with Muscovite
Baltistan, Skardu Dist., Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan
15.0 x 12.0 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $2,050
Malachite replacing Azurite
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
13.0 x 13.0 x 10.0 cm
Winning Bid: $925
Wulfenite with Descloizite
Erupcion Mine, Mun. de Ahumada, Los Lamentos Mtns., Chihuahua, Mexico
17.0 x 12.0 x 7.0 cm
Winning Bid: $5,936
Epidote
Pampa Blanca, Ica, Peru
22.5 x 16.5 x 17.0 cm
Winning Bid: $5,550
Malachite (polished)
Mashamba Copper District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
16.0 x 11.0 x 10.0 cm
Winning Bid: $410
Cobaltoan Dolomite
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
7.5 x 7.4 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid: $415
Quartz ps. after chrysocolla ps. after malachite ps. after azurite, in natural pocket
Live Oak (Inspiration) Mine, Miami, Globe-Miami District, Arizona, USA
5.4 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $615
Gratonite - rare find circa 1900
Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru
2.1 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $545
Malachite in Dolomite cast
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
7.9 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $5,600
Quartz var Chalcedony (historic Texas locale!)
Needle Peak, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
15.3 x 8.5 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Velvet Malachite (old classic)
Czar Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
9.7 x 8.0 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $390
Smithsonite
Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
10 x 8.1 x 4.5 cm
Winning Bid: $479
Copper (classic USA locality)
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
10.7 x 6.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $240
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
10.1 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $460
Quartz pseudo. after Calcite twin
Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India
10.7 x 7.7 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Wulfenite with Descloizite
Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Ahumada Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
7.6 x 6.8 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $425
Gold veins in Quartz
Ace Of Diamonds Mine, Liberty, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA
5.0 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid: $1,269
Rhodochrosite stalactites
Capillitas, Andalgala Dept., Catamarca Prov., Argentina
10.0 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,738
Ferberite, Arsenopyrite, Muscovite
Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
10.8 x 8.4 x 6.0 cm
Winning Bid: $527
Gold (elongated cluster)
Ace Of Diamonds Mine, Liberty, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA
5.3 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,314
Gold wires on Quartz
Ace Of Diamonds Mine, Liberty, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA
2.0 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $624
Meionite (Scapolite group)
La Panchita prospect, La Panchita, La Pe Mun., Oaxaca, Mexico
11.1 x 7.6 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $232
large Ferberite with Siderite and Muscovite
Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
15.2 x 9.9 x 6.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,760
Fluorite epimorph after Calcite with Calcite
Carmen Mine (El Carmen Mine), West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.5 x 8.8 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $343
Gold on Quartz (lot of three specimens)
Ace Of Diamonds Mine, Liberty, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA
3.6 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm (largest)
Winning Bid: $1,489
Gold (lot of 10 pieces)
Ace Of Diamonds Mine, Liberty, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA
mixed
Winning Bid: $1,256