Special Mineral Collection Deaccession Auction: Dr. Tom Campbell Collection - ends December 17, 2020

A special “cull” Auction featuring worldwide Selections and old classics deaccessioned from the lifelong Collection of our friend Tom Campbell, assembled mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Tom was an author on the huge tome Encyclopedia of Minerals and a consulting geologist in gold and pegmatite exploration, and now lives in Dallas as the Arkenstone staff mineralogist. Look for an amazing mix of rare and classic, historic mineral specimens! 


1. fine THUMBNAILS  

2. historic SOUTH DAKOTA MONTGOMERYITE

3. AUSTRALIAN YELLOW MIMETITE

4. TSUMEB MIMETITE ON CERUSSITE

5. superb CHINESE KERMESITE

Filter By

Cobaltoan Smithsonite - superb TN
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
2.0 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $190
Mimetite with Cerussite - superb combination
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $110
Prehnite on Epidote - fine TN
Sandare, Nioro Cercle, Kayes Region, Mali
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $149
Cuprite
Onganja Mine, Helen Farm 235, Khomas Region, Namibia
2.9 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $130
Fluorapatite - sharp, fine thumbnail
Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $121
Aquamarine gem crystal
Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.1 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $79
Enargite - classic USA TN specimen
Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
2.6 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $135
Dyscrasite, Silver and Calcite (polished)
Uranium Mine No. 21, Haje, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
4.3 x 3.7 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Kermesite (rare 1990s find - superb miniature!)
Dafeng, Shanglin Co., Nanning, Guangxi, China
3.5 x 2.7 x 1.1 cm
Winning Bid: $452
Beryl var Morganite
Urucum Claim, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.1 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid: $175
Hausmannite
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
4.8 x 2.9 x 0.9 cm
Winning Bid: $140
Kutnohorite
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
Winning Bid: $235
Mimetite - superb TN, rare style
Elura Mine, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
3.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $447
Elbaite Tourmaline
Palelni Mine, Khetchel Village, Momeik Township, Shan State, Myanmar
6.5 x 4.7 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Tourmaline var. Schorl with Albite
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
3.5 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $405
Ferberite with Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $284
Pyrolusite with Muscovite and Albite
Itatiaia Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.3 x 6.0 x 4.9 cm
Winning Bid: $60
Alexandrite in schist matrix
Carnaiba, Pindobacu, Bahia, Brazil
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $123
Montgomeryite
Tip Top Mine, near Fourmile, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
6.5 x 6.0 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $1,001
Tourmaline var. Uvite (old USA classic!)
Powers Farm, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid: $131
Topaz
Mina Veronica, El Copetillo, Villa Garcia Mun., Zacatecas, Mexico
3.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $122
Galena, Realgar and Sphalerite with Quartz
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica, Peru
7.9 x 7.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid: $625
Fluorite - pegmatite origin
Castelo Branco Pegmatite, Castelo, Espirito Santo, Brazil
11.2 x 8.5 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid: $270
Nickeline with Nickelskutterudite
Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
6.7 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid: $393
Elbaite with Lepidolite
Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan
3.9 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Aquamarine
Quy Chau District, Nghe An Province, Vietnam
2.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid: $118
Dioptase on Calcite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
3.9 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $320
Quartz (faden)
Tole, Wana, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
8.0 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $160
Chrysoberyl (twinned)
Lac Alaotra, Ambatondrazaka, Alaotra-Mangoro, Madagascar
3.4 x 2.1 x 0.4 cm
Winning Bid: $446