Auction Name: 2026 January 24 Minerals Showcase Auction

Lot Number: 48018

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/29183*48018

Group of (12) Mineral Specimens

Offered is an assortment of twelve (12) thumbnail to cabinet-sized mineral specimens from the Daniel "Dan" R. Kennedy collection-some of which are from his original collection in the 1960s. Included are seven (7) cubic crystals of Pyrite from Navajún, Spain; an aesthetic Amethyst specimen from Las Vigas, Mexico, which Dan received as a gift from his wife Rhondo; a combination specimen of Rhodonite and Galena from Broken Hill, Australia; a Fluorite specimen from Múzquiz Municipality, Mexico; a Heminorphite from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico, which Dan collected himself at the mining site; and a larger Apatite specimen from the Cerro de Mercado Mine, Mexico, which Dan collected himself at the mining site.

Measurements:
Set of Seven (7) Pyrites (Smallest to Largest)
1.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm (0.59 x 0.59 x 0.39 in) to 3.6 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm (1.42 x 1.34 x 1.22 in)

Amethyst
14.5 x 12.1 x 6.5 cm (5.71 x 4.76 x 2.56 in)

Rhodonite and Galena
5.5 x 3.4 x 3.1 cm (2.17 x 1.34 x 1.22 in)

Fluorite
11.1 x 7.9 x 6.9 cm (4.37 x 3.11 x 2.72 in)

Hemimorphite
10.2 x 7.6 x 5.3 cm (4.02 x 2.99 x 2.09 in)

Apatite
14.9 x 11.0 x 10.6 cm (5.87 x 4.33 x 4.17 in)

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