SPECIAL AUCTION: Hoppel Collection Rare species suite
Mineral Liquidation Auction
ends TUESDAY Jan 6th.

NOTE SPECIAL END DAY: TUESDAY JAN 6th, 2015
at 6 PM (Central Time Zone)!

 In partnership with Heritage Auctions of Dallas, we are honored to present the first of several large auction sets of rare species and fine locality pieces from the massive Hoppel Collection. After several years of holding back the rare species and important scientific specimens in the Hoppel collection, Heritage and I have negotiated a deal to let me offer these specimens to my customers at only our token $10 auction reserve, even though many specimens are valued at $1000 and more! We are excited that these liquidation auctions will bring to market hundreds of specimens of importance to collectors, many from the 1980s and 1990s !
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Offretite on Levyne
Adel, Lake County, Oregon, USA
4.7 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm
Xonotlite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Mn field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (TL)
4.5 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm
Pyromorphite
Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, Cumbria, England
6.7 x 5.0 x 2.6 cm
Iron var. Kamacite (meteoric origin)
Gibeon meteorite, Gibeon, Mariental District, Hardap Region, Namibia
2.4 x 1.6 x .25 cm
Leifite (superb cluster of crystals, rare habit)
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Spinel
Katukubura Hills, Kolonne village, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Laumontite
Bear Creek Quarry, Drain, Douglas Co., Oregon, USA
5.3 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm
Ilmenite with Albite var. Cleavelandite
Tormiq valley (above Bagicha), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.3 x 3.0 x 1.7 cm
Calcioancylite-(Ce) ps. Remondite ex. Gilles Haineult coll.
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
5.1 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Mellite (unusual ammonium species)
Csordakut Mine, Bicske-Zsambeki Basin, Fejer County, Hungary
4.2 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm
Uraninite (superb crystal)
Swamp quarry, Topsham, Sagadahoc Co., Maine, USA
1.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Gormanite (Co-Type Locality)
Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada (CTL)
5.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Hibonite
Andrakaholo, Amboasary District, Anosy Region, Tulear Province, Madagascar
7.2 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
Hematite ps. Marcasite
White Desert, Farafra Oasis, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
5.4 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Jarosite
Pozo Alfredo, Rio Tinto, Huelva, Spain
5.5 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm
Fayalite in Cristobalite in Obsidian
Coso Hot Springs, Coso District, Inyo Co., California, USA
7.1 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Whewellite (rare untwinned xl)
Paitzdorf, Ronneburg Uranium deposit, Gera, Thuringia, Germany
4.4 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Cummingtonite
America, Durango, Mexico
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Sinhalite - rare crystal (Type Locality)
near Niriella, near Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
1.5 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Olivenite with Pyromorphite (RARE 1990s find!)
Toussit Mine, Ouijda, Atlas Mtns, Morocco
6.3 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm
Bismutite ps. Bismuthinite
Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
6.4 x 5.4 x 4.1 cm
Hambergite ex. Bill Larson (circa mid 1990s)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
5.1 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
rare Green Witherite with Alstonite ex Ross Lillie collection
Bethel level, Minerva Mine #1, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
3.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Remondite-(La) - world class XL, ex. Haineault coll.
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2.5 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Rhabdophane (Ce) and Serandite
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
Todorokite ex. Fersman Museum
Aktas, Kazakhstan
7.3 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Brucite (superb, rare colored xls from old locale)
Wood's Chrome Mine, Texas, Little Britain Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA
7.1 x 4.8 x .8 cm
Leadhillite - important, rare crystal
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.6 x 4.0 x 2.4 cm