Special Auction - Specimens from the George Loud Collection (Northwestern US states)

We are proud to present the next offering of special auctions from the collection of George Loud. 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 the Northwestern US states. 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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Chalcocite pseudomorph after Covellite (excellent) (Pictured in the Mineralogical Record)
Leonard Mine, Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Ed Swoboda
11.7 x 10.8 x 6.2 cm
Winning Bid: $2,827
Rhodochrosite with Quartz (classic material)
Emma Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.4 x 5.8 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $802
Pyrite on Quartz (classic material)
Spruce Claim, King Co., Washington, USA
Ex. George Loud
15.8 x 9.9 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Pyromorphite (classic material)
Bunker Hill Mine, Wardner, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Ex. George Loud; Buck Keller
8.0 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $575
Ilvaite (classic material)
Laxey Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. George Loud; Joe Cilen; Dr. David Ellis
8.1 x 6.2 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $267
Bayldonite (RARE locality specimen)
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District, Granite County, Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.7 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $96
Rhodonite (RARE locality specimen)
Alice Mine, Walkerville, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Joe Cilen; Andrew Toussaint
9.6 x 6.0 x 2.3 cm, 280.4 grams
Winning Bid: $169
Mimetite with Cerussite (rare locality specimen)
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District, Granite County, Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Joe McCown Jr.
4.3 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Copper (rare locality specimen)
Mountain Con Mine, Butte, Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud
8.8 x 5.2 x 1.1, 117.6 grams
Winning Bid: $469
Fluorite (RARE Alaskan locality!)
Hound Island Breccia, Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA
Ex. George Loud
12.2 x 7.7 x 5.7 cm
Winning Bid: $305
Halotrichite pseudomorph after Melanterite stalactite (RARE locality specimen)
Anaconda Mine, Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
20.7 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid: $288
Anglesite pseudomorph after Pyromorphite (rare locality specimen)
Midnite Mine, Hunter Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dr. Robert Jenkins
9.6 x 8.3 x 6.7 cm
Winning Bid: $411
Veszelyite (classic material)
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District, Granite County, Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud
11.1 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $634
Calcite with Palygorskite (''Mountain Leather'')
Metaline Falls, Metaline Mining District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA
Ex. George Loud
11.2 x 9.3 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid: $100
Quartz var: Amethyst (rare multi-scepter specimen)
Pohndorf Mine, Toll Mountain, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Steven Chamberlain
8.6 x 8.4 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $241
Baryte (Pictured in the Mineralogical Record)
Indian Head Rock, Basin, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Allen Alsky
7.1 x 6.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $750
Wire Silver (excellent locality specimen)
Emma Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dr. Robert Jenkins; St. Möckel
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $430
Rhodochrosite (RARE locality specimen)
Travona Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dr. Robert Jenkins; Ted Hurr
5.4 x 3.0 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $875
Quartz pseudomorph after Apophyllite (RARE locality specimen)
Antelope Flat, Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA
Ex. George Loud; Lanny Ream
9.8 x 9.7 x 9.5 cm
Winning Bid: $340
Pyrite on Quartz
Steward Mine, Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud
10.6 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $232
Hemimorphite (excellent rare locality specimen)
Summit Mine, Radersburg Mining District, Broadwater Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Chris Tucker
12.3 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,012
Sphalerite on Quartz (rare locality specimen)
PC Mine, Cataract Mining District, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Bryant Harris
11.2 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid: $537
Pyrite on Quartz
Leonard Mine, Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Hal Miller
10.7 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm
Winning Bid: $624
Wavellite (RARE locality specimen)
Mountain Con Mine, Butte, Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Bryant Harris
7.2 x 5.6 x 3.1 cm
Winning Bid: $2,350
Bornite with Manganese-bearing Calcite
Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Bryant Harris
9.3 x 7.4 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $280
Quartz (with ''phantoms'')
PC Mine, Cataract Mining District, Jefferson Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Pete Knudsen
11.2 x 9.2 x 4.8 cm
Winning Bid: $162
Stolzite with Hübnerite on Quartz (rare locality specimen - flourescent)
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District, Granite County, Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; William Blackaddar
7.7 x 4.7 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid: $204
Gypsum on Pyrite (rare combo for Butte)
Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dr. Robert Jenkins; Fred Parker
2.7 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $117
Vivianite (classic material)
Blackbird Mine, Blackbird mine complex, Blackbird Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
Ex. George Loud
7.3 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $247
Tetrahedrite Subgroup
Butte Mining Dist., Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Ex. George Loud; Dick Hauck
13.2 x 9.0 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,005