Mindat Mineralogy Messageboard - Lost and Stolen Specimens A forum to report lost and stolen specimens. http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-56.html Sun, 26 May 2013 08:36:28 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292168#msg-292168 U of Nevada Stibnite (6 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292168#msg-292168
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Reward-offered-for-information-in-UNR-mineral/DVFIFrpSVUGqYu2-4RpIrw.cspx]]> Eric D. Fritzsch Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 02 May 2013 13:50:01 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290747#msg-290747 Missing spheres (4 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290747#msg-290747 www.diwolf.com with any info. Thanks.]]> D&W Mueller Lost and Stolen Specimens Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:35:29 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,286566,286566#msg-286566 Covellite stolen from Leadville (CO) (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,286566,286566#msg-286566 (original message forwarded by Anthony Kampf and Marie Huizig)

Our magnificent Covellite Rosette specimen has been stolen. The thief broke one of our display glass domes at the base where it was screwed into a wooden block. They pocketed the Covellite and replaced the specimen with another mineral thinking that we would not notice that the Covellite was gone. Our last known view of the specimen was December 29 when a professional photographer we hired for marketing purposes took a photo of the specimen …and others. We have reported the loss to the police, insurance company, and I am in the process of notifying the gem and mineral people about the loss. Keith Proctor, owner of many of the crystals we have on display in our Crystal Room (that once housed the Rosette) valued the piece at between $40,000 and $50,000.
Bob

Robert E. Hartzell, Executive Director
National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
120 West Ninth Street
P.O. Box 981
Leadville, CO 80461
719-486-1229 office
719-486-3927 fax
director@mininghalloffame.org

(photo: Christian Mavris, november 2012)


]]> Chris Mavris Lost and Stolen Specimens Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:47:42 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,286521,286521#msg-286521 Beautiful Washington Camp Amethyst Scepter Specimen w/ Anatase Inclusions (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,286521,286521#msg-286521
Terrence Allison]]> Terrence Allison Lost and Stolen Specimens Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:19:16 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,285988,285988#msg-285988 Rice NW Museum mineral theft (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,285988,285988#msg-285988 gold from Ace of Diamonds Miner, Liberty, Kittitas Co., Washington; in green box with label RM7261; 14 mm x 12 mm x 9 mm.
brazilianite from Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil; label reads RM1284; 6 cm x 4 cm x 3 cm.
aquamarine from Shigar Valley, Pakistan; label reads 8050; 5 cm x 2.9 cm x 2 cm.
galena from Kansas; no label; 4 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm.

Please see attached photos.]]> Lara O'Dwyer Brown Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:31:15 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,284591,284591#msg-284591 Stolen Pyrargyrite from Saxony (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,284591,284591#msg-284591 Ross Lillie Lost and Stolen Specimens Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:35:39 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,281546,281546#msg-281546 BURKINA FASO GOLD NUGGET (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,281546,281546#msg-281546
The specimen comes from an artisanal mining field at Bitou in southern Burkina Faso. The specimen was retrieved from a weathered quartz vein in an area of native workings. It has some original vein quartz attached and in total weighs 238 g , 7.65 troy oz. The dimensions are 2 3/4" x 2" x 1 1/4", 7 x 5 x 3 cm. I had reserve of $ 3,600.

The long delay in posting the loss is due to the fact that I was only recently able to find photos I had taken of the piece in 1999. The piece is from an unusual locality in Africa and I would like it back if possible or be compensated for it.

Demetrius Pohl]]> Demetrius Pohl Lost and Stolen Specimens Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:12:46 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,280699,280699#msg-280699 Meteorites Stolen (1 reply) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,280699,280699#msg-280699
Hello, everyone,

My apologies for cross-postings.
I hope to make you aware of a major theft of meteorites.
I've worked with Don Cline and the Pisgah Atronomical Research Institute
(PARI) staff before, so I'm pitching in to spread the word.

Over Christmas Eve, the PARI facility was burglarized and about
100 meteorites stolen. There's good security footage of the three
thieves on the following links.

[www2.wspa.com]

[www.wlos.com]

Electronics should be easy to flog, but meteorites less so.
If these chuckleheads cross your paths, please let the Transylvania County,
North Carolina police know.
Sheriff's Office: 828-884-3169
CrimeStoppers: 828-862-7463


Best regards for the New Year,
Chris Tacker

Chris Tacker, Ph.D., P.G., Curator of Geology
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences [www.naturalsciences.org]
11 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-1029]]> Rob Woodside Lost and Stolen Specimens Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:34:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,272459#msg-272459 California State Mining & Mineral Museum robbed (14 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,272459#msg-272459 Kent G England Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:27:25 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,269583,269583#msg-269583 Bixbite, Red Beryl, Red Emerald (1 reply) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,269583,269583#msg-269583
Thanks.]]> Jesse Goodrich Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:52:29 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,268660,268660#msg-268660 missing bastnasite (11 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,268660,268660#msg-268660 James Christopher Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:41:40 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,260418,260418#msg-260418 Lost or Stolen Madagascan Aquamarine (2 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,260418,260418#msg-260418
I recieved a parcel from parcelforce today which was slightly damaged with a thumb sized hole through the box and a little scuffing around one of the edges. When I opened the parcel it was empty, except for a small aqua sample/present from the seller. The parcel was sent from Austria to the UK.

The specimen is a 16.2cm x 2.5cm aquamarine from Madagascar....

Please keep your eyes open for me, I suspect it has been stolen.

Thanks

Tony]]> Tony H. Gill Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 10 May 2012 19:55:26 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,256604,256604#msg-256604 Lost story of an Ixiolite Xl (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,256604,256604#msg-256604
I am just curious... I had a nice black xls which I was glad to sell at the time. I am just curious where it landed.

I remember in the 80"s so long ago I was a welder in a quarry called the Sunset Quarry in Glastonbury Ct. I was always an undercover mineralogist, so I foudn this big seam of decayed pegmatite. Big chunks (20lbs?) of gray quartz full of muscovite xls was washed down a kaolinite flow. I found dark (black) manganese garnets that some one had tested I think. Then there was this black, about 3cm x 2cm x2cm heavy, kind of eugenic xls with growth etching patterns. I think it was metalic black. I think Bruce Jarnot may have had it at one point. Soem onen told me it was identified as ixiolite. If it was....It was the biggest xl of ixiolite I ever saw from Conn or anywhere. It would be good to add a record of that to the Mindat locality for the Sunset Quarry. Too bad I lost so many specimens in moving, I remember interesting manganese crust minerals in the quartzite that Dick Schooner and I collected. So I was curious as to who may have this crystal? Is it really ixiolite? or maybe columbite??
Is it for sale? Is there a photo of it? or is it lost?

Fred]]> Fred A. Schuster Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:32:04 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,252201,252201#msg-252201 Reward: Oregon Sunstones Stolen From Tuscon (1 reply) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,252201,252201#msg-252201 www.icontact-archive.com]]]> John Truax Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:07:53 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,252153,252153#msg-252153 Gold - Siskiyou County Courthouse (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,252153,252153#msg-252153
[gemandjewelrydoctor.com]]]> David Von Bargen Lost and Stolen Specimens Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:56:20 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,247102,247102#msg-247102 Benitoite and gold stolen from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (1 reply) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,247102,247102#msg-247102 Images and brief descriptions.]]> Anthony Kampf Lost and Stolen Specimens Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:20:34 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,246597,246597#msg-246597 Missing Rock Candy mine barite (4 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,246597,246597#msg-246597
Bob]]> Bob Jackson Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:26:47 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,246593,246593#msg-246593 Astro Gallery of gems stolen emerald (1 reply) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,246593,246593#msg-246593 [newyork.cbslocal.com]]]> Jason Barrett (2) Lost and Stolen Specimens Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:00:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,241423,241423#msg-241423 Stolen Autunite (8 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,241423,241423#msg-241423
Even without the label, the specimen is clearly identifiable as an above-average Daybreak Mine autunite.

The specimen had not been photographed before its theft.]]> Steve Hardinger Lost and Stolen Specimens Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:37:05 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,231398,231398#msg-231398 Stolen gold specimens, Sterling Hill Mining Museum (10 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,231398,231398#msg-231398 ATTENTION! ATTENTION! - QUICK ACTION REQUIRED:

About 15 very fine gold specimens were stolen from the main exhibit hall of the Sterling Hill Mining Museum on the afternoon of July 27, 2011. This was a smash-and-grab operation that had to be accomplished within a 20-minute time window. We ask that dealers and collectors be alert for any sudden influx of fine gold specimens being offered from other than the usual sources. For the time being the museum president does not wish photos of the stolen specimens to be widely circulated, but the museum has good photo coverage of all specimens taken.

If anyone has information to offer, please call the Sterling Hill Mining Museum at 973-209-7212 and ask for Dick Hauck, Bob Hauck, or Earl Verbeek, or send e-mail to Earl Verbeek at everbeek@ptd.net. A hefty reward is being offered for the successful recovery of these specimens and capture of the thief.

Thanks, all- Earl Verbeek]]> Earl Verbeek Lost and Stolen Specimens Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:16:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,230243,230243#msg-230243 Eubrontes dinosaur track stolen from Portland, Connecticut brownstone quarry (2 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,230243,230243#msg-230243 Thanks
Harold Moritz


Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:18 AM
Subject: Mike Meehan brownstone quarry track stolen


Mike Meehan (Portland Brownstone quarry owner) had a really really nice Eubrontes track stolen last night (July 13th 2011). As a nice guy he shows people around when they show up etc. On Wed a young-ish fellow (to be named once Mike talks to police etc.) came and asked if he was selling any tracks and Mike said "no" but showed him some that he uses for demos when field trips visit etc.

This morning part of his fence was cut and the track was gone. It is heavy, so they slid it along using an old oil pan so the path of the stolen track from its location and out the fence was visible. So within 12 hours or less since Mike spoke with the collector, the very track he showed him disappeared (?).

This guy is apparently an active collector and told Mike he collected from Wethersfield Cove boat launch as well as other places. I'm sure that is either state or town property and collecting there would be illegal.

Please keep an ear to the ground and and eye out if anyone tries to sell or talks about a nice large Eubrontes.

If you have a picture of the track from the quarry that would help the police to identify the track, please send me a pic if you
have one.]]> Harold Moritz Lost and Stolen Specimens Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:40:54 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,227175,227175#msg-227175 4 Specimens Lost on Shipment to Europe (8 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,227175,227175#msg-227175
- Columbite crystal - 9.5 x 7.6 cm
- Hematite with Rutile with tiny Fluocerite-Ce cystals attached - 7.0 x 4.5 cm
- "Star" Muscovite on Albite - 9.5 x 8.0 cm
- Siderite on Ankerite - 11.2 x 8,6 cm

Attached here are the ohotos of 3 of the specimens (the fourth will be included in a separate message); any information about them will be greatly appreciated.

Luiz Menezes]]> Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes, Fo. Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:12:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,223793,223793#msg-223793 meteorite Argentina lost (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,223793,223793#msg-223793 Yanick Beaudet Lost and Stolen Specimens Sun, 15 May 2011 22:50:18 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,221975,221975#msg-221975 Stolen - SPESSARTINE (1 reply) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,221975,221975#msg-221975
SPESSARTINE, Marienflüss, Namibia
7x2.5x2.5 specimen; two rounded, partially resorbed (or dissolved) fire-orange spesartine crystals (0.8 cm) and four cut spessartine stones (1 circle 0.7 cm, one oval 0.7x0.5 cm, droplet 0.9x0.7 cm and rectangular 1.1x0.8 cm)]]> Gmtp Lost and Stolen Specimens Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:02:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,221971,221971#msg-221971 Stolen - JEREMEJEVITE (2 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,221971,221971#msg-221971
JEREMEJEVITE, Namibia - Superb single blue jeremejevite crystal, measuring 4x0.8x0.5 cm. Second best/largest crystal in the world]]> Gmtp Lost and Stolen Specimens Sun, 15 May 2011 22:19:52 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,221331,221331#msg-221331 Mineral theft at Broken Hill (2 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,221331,221331#msg-221331

"Hi All

Just letting you know that there was a recent theft of minerals here in Broken Hill. The minerals had belonged to Bill O'Neill and were part of his deceased estate. They were in plastic boxes out in the back shed and were taken sometime in the last week.
The theft has been reported to the police and a family friend of Bill has contacted me to get the word out to be on watch for any (suspicious) person suddenly trying to sell off some minerals to any of our members.

If you are approached please inquire as to how they got the minerals... you can usually work out if they are lying.

Thanks, Trevor Dart"]]> Uwe Kolitsch Lost and Stolen Specimens Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:52:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,209349,209349#msg-209349 Specimens stolen from Minerals Unlimited (3 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,209349,209349#msg-209349 If anyone sees it, we would like to know!]]> Wendi Elkins Lost and Stolen Specimens Sun, 13 Feb 2011 07:38:59 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,197890,197890#msg-197890 STEPHEN KAUFMAN (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,197890,197890#msg-197890 THOMAS RYAN Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:16:37 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,194940,194940#msg-194940 STOLEN SPECIMENS OF FIRE OBSIDIAN AND PINK FIRE QUARTZ (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,194940,194940#msg-194940 I was in edinburgh for the frindge and a mineral show last friday night ( 20th august ) and my bag was stolen from the greenside place / top of leith walk area of edinburgh.
in my bag were various items but unfortunately there was a box of gemstone facets and cabachons containing 12 fire obsidian cabs / about 100 cts of pink fire quartz and assorted other cabachons including brown lace calcite from peru / indian green moonstone / a one carat square emerald and 2 gaspeite cabs. ! a total of nearley £3000.
the majority of these are rare stones and unusual in the uk. i was going to get a friend to set them that weekend. this is a culmination of 8 years work for me and as you can imagine this is a big blow to me and my business.
if anyone has any information or has been offered these stones for sale in the uk i dont have photos but could recognise each and every single one of them as they are all part of my collection.
if anyone hears of anything or could advise me further about contacting a large range of jewellers in edinburgh. please let me know.
all the best and thanks , liam.]]> LIAM Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:38:41 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,194477,194477#msg-194477 Stolen: Big giant gold bar. (7 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,194477,194477#msg-194477
[www.cnn.com]]]> Jenna Lost and Stolen Specimens Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:43:52 +0000