Special Auction - Specimens from the George Loud Collection (California)

We're pleased to announce the next offering of special auctions from the collection of George Loud (with a few additional specimens from Jack Halpern). Each month we are going to highlight a specific locality or region, mainly focusing on minerals of the United States. This month's auction is filled with specimens from California. There's a great selection of fine quality pieces from famous localities, obscure locations and interesting esoteric specimens in this set. We recently acquired most of George's impressive 9000+ piece collection, and the VAST majority of these pieces will be offered here in the auctions, as we feel that everyone deserves and equal opportunity at acquiring these important, well-documented and fine quality specimens for their collections. George Loud was born August 16, 1942, and is a well-known mineral collector from Washington, DC and South Carolina respectively, and was a patent lawyer by trade for over 50 years. He assembled one of the great mineral collections in the U.S., comprising worldwide specimens, and in later years he sold the worldwide specimens to focus on minerals of the United States, specifically locality suites with an emphasis on amazing representation of species while still maintaining fine quality. The specimens remarkably range from micros to all the way up to large cabinets in size. See: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/george-loud for more information
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Gold on Quartz (RARE locality specimen)
Burns Creek Mine, Quartzburg, Hornitos Mining District, West Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm, 34.93 grams
Current Bid: $1,675
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Rutile (rare locality specimen)
Moreau Claim, Mine Canyon, Champion Mine area, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Jim Minette
3.6 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Grossular (excellent locality specimen)
Coyote Range (Coyote Front Range), Bishop, Bishop Mining District, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Jim Minette
10.3 x 6.6 x 3.8 cm
Current Bid: $302
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Columbite-(Mn) (RARE locality specimen)
White Queen Mine, Hiriart Mountain, Pala, Pala Mining District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.7 x 10.3 x 7.2 cm
Current Bid: $160
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Tourmaline (bi-color)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Jack Halpern
5.2 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Current Bid: $435
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Halite (RARE locality specimen)
South Bay Salt Work, Chula Vista, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
6.6 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm
Current Bid: $50
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Topaz (classic material) on Microcline with Albite
Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
6.3 x 5.9 x 5.7 cm
Current Bid: $75
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Colemanite (fine classic material)
Extension 21-S, Rio Tinto Borax Open Pit, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Jim Minette
10.8 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Current Bid: $99
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Turquoise pseudomorph after Beryl (rare)
Apache Mine (Apache Canyon Mine), Turquoise Mountain, Halloran Springs District, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Current Bid: $45
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Stibnite (uncommon locality)
Antimony Peak, Stayton Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.1 x 5.9 x 4.2 cm
Current Bid: $111
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Mimetite on Hemimorphite (RARE locality specimen)
Imperial Lode Mine, Sunshine Peak, Lava Beds District, Lava Bed Mountains, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Wes Greenamyer
5.3 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Gold in ''Mariposite'' (Chromium-bearing Phengite/Muscovite)
Joe Osmeyer's "Hardrock Mine", Mariposa Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
3.5 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm
Current Bid: $105
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Epidote with Andradite (large specimen)
Garnet Hill Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
13.7 x 13.2 x 8.3 cm
Current Bid: $176
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Quartz (large historic specimen with an internal ''phantom'')
Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Charles Noll; Lazard Cahn
21.1 x 7.3 x 5.9 cm, 1,416 grams
Current Bid: $180
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Nephrite Nodule (Actinolite) (large rare locality specimen - unique pedigree)
Jade Cove, Cape San Martin, Los Burros District, Santa Lucia Mountains, Monterey Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Charles Howell
15.1 x 12.2 x 9.7 cm, 2,527 grams
Current Bid: $160
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Fresnoite (rare classic material)
Junnila Mine (Junnila Claim), Santa Rita Peak, San Benito Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Current Bid: $20
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Tourmaline var: Rubellite in ''Lepidolite'' (historic specimen)
Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala Dist., San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Robert Linck; Hugh Ford; A. E. Foote
8.0 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Current Bid: $235
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Opal var: Opal-AN (RARE locality specimen) (fluorescent)
Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Jack Schwartz
6.6 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Current Bid: $30
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Dioptase with Fornacite and Chrysocolla
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mts., Silver Lake Dist., San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
5.2 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Current Bid: $20
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Howlite (polished)
Sterling Borax Mine, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
Ex. Jack Halpern
11.7 x 5.0 x 1.7 cm
Current Bid: $48
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Celadonite (rare locality specimen) (1958)
Red Rock Canyon prospects, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
6.6 x 4.3 x 3.6 cm
Current Bid: $68
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Ulexite (unique form!)
B Level, West Baker Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud; Jim Minette
11.3 x 7.7 x 4.6 cm
Current Bid: $135
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Cristobalite on Obsidian (excellent locality specimen)
Little Lake, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
11.8 x 8.8 x 7.3 cm
Current Bid: $1,656
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Woodhouseite (rare classic material)
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono Co., California, USA (Type Locality)
Ex. George Loud
5.1 x 5.0 x 2.7 cm
Current Bid: $110
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Quartz with ''Mariposite'' (Chromium-bearing Phengite/Muscovite) inclusions
Paradise, Butte Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
Small Cabinet
Current Bid: $30
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Pyrite (rare locality specimen)
Placerville, El Dorado Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.3 x 6.3 x 4.1cm
Current Bid: $73
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Opal
near Kenwood, Sonoma Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
3.7 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm, 30.70 grams
Current Bid: $25
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Rosasite (rare locality specimen)
Zinc Hill Mine, Zinc Hill, Zinc Hill Mining District, Argus Mts, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
5.4 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm
Current Bid: $78
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Gold (50th Anniversary Favor of the Mineralogical Society of the District of Columbia)
Tuolumne River, Stanislaus Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.5 x 7.0 x 0.7 cm (base)
Current Bid: $30
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Grossular
Garnet Hill Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras Co., California, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.7 x 6.7 x 2.8 cm
Current Bid: $121
Time Left:
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