SPECIAL LIQUIDATION AUCTION: Hoppel Collection RARE SPECIES & CLASSIC MINERALS
Mineral Liquidation Auction
ends FRIDAY FEB 26th, 2016

NOTE SPECIAL END DAY: FRIDAY Feb 26
at 630 PM (Central Time Zone)!

In partnership with one of the world's largest auction companies, Heritage Auctions of Dallas, we are honored to present the fourth (of 6) megasized set of several large auctions of rare species and fine locality pieces and classic mineral specimens from the massive Hoppel Collection. After several years of holding back many rare species and more sophisticated collector specimens from the Hoppel collection, Heritage and I have negotiated a deal to let me offer these specimens to my customers via our own auction style. Bidding starts at $10 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 heyday of a previous generation of old mineral collection dispersals!
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Stibiconite ps. Stibnite
Lushi Mine, Hunan Province, China
14.6 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm
Cadmian Smithsonite
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
8.2 x 5.0 x 3.6 cm
Hollandite (large, exceptional crystal)
Murjek, Jokkmokk, Lappland, Sweden
4.5 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
Erythrite
Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
5.0 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm
Buttgenbachite and Calcite (rare locale)
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
6.8 x 6.2 x 2.4 cm
Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.0 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Tourmaline with Cleavelandite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Magnetite
Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
2.0 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Elbaite Tourmaline
Aricanga mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.5 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Staurolite cross in Schist
Kola Peninsula, Russia
4.0 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Proustite on Native Silver (huge old specimen!)
Vater Abraham, Marienberg, Erzgebirge, Germany
24.1 x 9.0 x 6.3 cm
Wurtzite and Galena
Animas Mine, Chocaya-Animas, Sud Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
10.0 x 9.7 x 5.1 cm
Silver
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
7.6 x 7.5 x 4.0 cm
Anhydrite with Calcite
Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.5 x 9.8 x 5.7 cm
Chrysoberyl
Colatina, Espurito Santo, Brazil
3.1 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Cassiterite and Quartz
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.7 x 5.1 x 2.0 cm
Pyrrhotite (Huge Crystals)
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
12.2 x 10.2 x 7.0 cm
Fluorapatite and Aquamarine on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.0 x 7.4 x 4.6 cm
Haiweeite (fl) on Gypsum
Teofilo Otoni, Mucuri valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Calcite (fluorescent)
Irai, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6.7 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Tunellite
Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
7.0 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Gahnite (twinned)
Snow Lake District, Manitoba, Canada
2.9 x 1.8 x 0.4 cm
Libethenite
Mindola pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
4.2 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Rhodochrosite ps. Calcite
Taxco de Alarcon, Mun. de Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
9.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 cm
Topaz (faceted)
Gilgit, NWFP, Pakistan
2.4 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm, 82.5 ct
Schrockingerite (fluorescent)
Peeth Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just District, Cornwall, England, UK
6.7 x 2.0 x 1.9 cm
Hubnerite on Quartz
Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Ancash Department, Peru
9.9 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
Calcite
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
25.4 x 13.0 x 10.0 cm