Mindat Mineralogy Messageboard - Lost and Stolen Specimens A forum to report lost and stolen specimens. http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-56.html Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:59:20 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,295727#msg-295727 Re: Missing spheres http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,295727#msg-295727 Rob Woodside Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:25:20 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,295683#msg-295683 Re: Missing spheres http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,295683#msg-295683 Michael Hopkins Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,295669#msg-295669 Re: Missing spheres http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,295669#msg-295669 Simon Baxter Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:46:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292865#msg-292865 Re: U of Nevada Stibnite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292865#msg-292865 David Von Bargen Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 02 May 2013 13:50:01 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292853#msg-292853 Re: U of Nevada Stibnite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292853#msg-292853 Kelly Nash Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 02 May 2013 11:51:31 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292850#msg-292850 Re: U of Nevada Stibnite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292850#msg-292850 Michael Hopkins Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 02 May 2013 10:41:51 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292840#msg-292840 Re: U of Nevada Stibnite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292840#msg-292840 Doug Daniels Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 02 May 2013 02:24:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292833#msg-292833 Re: U of Nevada Stibnite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292833#msg-292833
C'mon guys, try acting like human beings instead of computers.. Let it go. UN got its specimen returned and got taught a valuable lesson in security. The thief got an opportunity to turn his life around. Unfortunately, law enforcement only wants to justify its existence by chalking up another win. Just let it go.]]> Franklin Roberts Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 02 May 2013 00:23:12 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292764#msg-292764 Re: U of Nevada Stibnite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292764#msg-292764
stibnite returned article]]> Eric D. Fritzsch Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 01 May 2013 00:55:42 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,292168,292168#msg-292168 U of Nevada Stibnite 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 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:48:58 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,291167#msg-291167 Missing spheres http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,291167#msg-291167 D&W Mueller Lost and Stolen Specimens Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:35:29 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290851#msg-290851 Re: Missing spheres http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290851#msg-290851 Karsten Ivan Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:40:26 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290847#msg-290847 Re: Missing spheres http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290847#msg-290847 Alfredo Petrov Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:26:54 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290844#msg-290844 Re: Missing spheres http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290844#msg-290844 Rob Woodside Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 10 Apr 2013 02:11:57 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,290747,290747#msg-290747 Missing spheres 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 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:29:38 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,288080#msg-288080 Re: California State Mining & Mineral Museum robbed http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,288080#msg-288080 Dona Leicht Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:27:25 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,286566,286566#msg-286566 Covellite stolen from Leadville (CO) 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 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 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 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,56,252201,284178#msg-284178 Re: Reward: Oregon Sunstones Stolen From Tuscon http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,252201,284178#msg-284178
[www.kvoa.com]]]> Eric D. Fritzsch Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:07:53 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,268660,282361#msg-282361 Re: missing bastnasite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,268660,282361#msg-282361 James Christopher Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:41:40 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,268660,282307#msg-282307 Re: missing bastnasite http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,268660,282307#msg-282307 James Christopher Lost and Stolen Specimens Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:10:21 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,281546,281546#msg-281546 BURKINA FASO GOLD NUGGET 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,56,280699,280701#msg-280701 Re: Meteorites Stolen http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,280699,280701#msg-280701
The Curator at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, John Sinclair, has just announced over the Meteorite List that the thieves have already been apprehended, no word yet on the extent of the recovery.]]> Anthony Kampf Lost and Stolen Specimens Mon, 31 Dec 2012 02:34:06 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,280699,280699#msg-280699 Meteorites Stolen 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 01:24:51 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,277892#msg-277892 Re: California State Mining & Mineral Museum robbed http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,277892#msg-277892 Eric Vanderlip (2) Lost and Stolen Specimens Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:43:54 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,276622#msg-276622 Re: California State Mining & Mineral Museum robbed http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,276622#msg-276622 [www.ksee24.com]]]> Kreigh Tomaszewski Lost and Stolen Specimens Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:23:47 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,276296#msg-276296 Re: California State Mining & Mineral Museum robbed http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,276296#msg-276296 www.mineweb.com]
RENO (MINEWEB) - Dorothy Kosich
Posted: Thursday , 15 Nov 2012

Suspects arrested in $1.3m California State Mining Museum gold heist
Three separate robberies this year have targeted California gold rush mineral displays in Mariposa, Oakland and Siskiyou County.

Four men have been arrested in connection with the heist of more than $1.3 million in gold and gems from the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa, California.

Men dressed as ninjas and armed with pick-axes broke into the museum in broad daylight on September 28 and threatened a museum curator and a museum guard. Neither was physically harmed.

The robbers then used pickaxes to break open displays of gems and gold, although they were unable to access the Fricot Nugget, believed to be the largest intact crystalline nugget of California’s Gold Rush era, at 201 troy ounces.

Earlier this week, state and local law enforcement officers served warrants in Sacramento, and Eldorado and Sutter counties. Christopher Sheffield, 42, Jonathan Maris, 41, Matthew Campbell, 43, and Edward Rushing III, 40, are all residents of gold country counties near Sacramento, according to news media reports.

According to the Los Angeles Times, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said some of the stolen gold with quartz has been recovered. The CHP is the lead agency investigating the Mariposa robbery.

So far this year, three gold heists have occurred in the Golden State. In February three thieves made off with large chunks of gold on display in the Siskiyou County Courthouse.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a burglar Monday broke into the Oakland Museum of California, making off with historic artifacts, including chunks of gold estimated to be worth thousands of dollars.

The Oakland Museum had never been burglarized since it was established in 1969.]]> Christian Lobscheid Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:49:16 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,276239#msg-276239 Re: California State Mining & Mineral Museum robbed http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,56,272459,276239#msg-276239 www.news10.net]]]> Jeff Stella Lost and Stolen Specimens Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:29:44 +0000