Heck Collection of Mexico Minerals
When I was starting in minerals in the early 1980s, a kind old dentist at the swap table next to me loaned me some Mineralogical Records to read during slow parts of the Cincinnati Show. Dick Heck helped teach me the value of perfection and aesthetics in buying minerals, and he showed me some of the pieces he purchased in following that course at a time when many collectors simply bought for reference and beauty without regard for condition. His collection encompassed a remarkable breadth of Mexican localities with emphasis on unusual combinations and on classic finds. The collection disappeared for over a decade, and was "lost" for the 1990s. It turned up recently, and I was able to purchase it at Tucson after a few battles with competitors. I am now honored to release part of the Heck Collection featuring many of his pieces representing Mexican locales primarily from the 1960s through mid-1980s.
- RARE16G-51
- Pyrargyrite
- Fresillo, Mun. de Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 5.7 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
- $1,250.00
- HECK-233
- Fluorite
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 6.9 x 5.6 x 4.4 cm
- $3,000.00
- HECK-217
- Calcite With Mimetite
- Santa Eulalia Dist., Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 11.4 x 11.1 x 6.9 cm
- $2,000.00
- HECK-204
- Galena (Twinned)
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 9.5 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm
- $1,250.00
- HECK-200
- Calcite (Twinned)
- Noche Buena Mine, Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 7.6 x 6.6 x 5.5 cm
- $2,000.00
- J12-459
- Fluorite on Galena
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 7.4 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm
- $3,500.00
- J12-463
- Fluorite on Sphalerite
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 9.0 x 9.0 x 7.1 cm
- $2,500.00
- J12-462
- Fluorite, Galena, Calcite
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 7.7 x 5.6 x 4.5 cm
- $2,000.00
- HECK-129
- Fluorite on Galena
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 13.1 x 7.5 x 5.4 cm
- $2,000.00
- HECK-124
- Celestine
- Mina Ilusion, Tanque de Leon, near Pylas, Coahuila, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 10.6 x 7.4 x 6.1 cm
- $1,200.00
- HECK-111
- Pyrrhotite
- Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 7.2 x 5.1 x 4.9 cm
- $450.00
- HECK-108
- Quartz Encrusting Danburite With Calcite
- Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 9.2 x 8.8 x 8.5 cm
- $750.00
- HECK-105
- Hemimorphite
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 10.9 x 6.8 x 5.3 cm
- $1,200.00
- HECK-101
- Quartz Ps. After Danburite With Quartz
- Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 15.4 x 10.9 x 9.6 cm
- $900.00
- HECK-060
- Calcite
- Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 5.8 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
- $400.00
- HECK-056
- Celestine
- Mina Ilusion, Tanque de Leon, near Pylas, Coahuila, Mexico
- Miniature
- 4.8 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
- $400.00
- HECK-044
- Chalcopyrite, Galena and Quartz
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 10.4 x 7.8 x 5.8 cm
- $450.00
- HECK-026
- Bournonite With Fluorite and Galena
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 8.8 x 7.1 x 5.4 cm
- $950.00
- HECK-020
- Calcite on Calcite Cast
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 10.4 x 9.6 x 7.4 cm
- $1,200.00
- HECK-011
- Fluorite on Pyrite and Galena
- Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 7.8 x 7.4 x 5.4 cm
- $750.00
- HECK-005
- Arsenopyrite
- Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Small Cabinet
- 8.9 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm
- $1,800.00
- J12-492
- Adamite
- Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
- Cabinet
- 10.3 x 7.3 x 6.5 cm
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