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Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A E-mail : oilman2@airmail.net
Click HERE to see a brief biography of "Wally" Wallace MANN.
 Click on picture to close the window | Neiher my two degrees in Geology from the University of Oklahoma nor my background in science as a pretroleum geologist fostered any real interest in mineral collecting.
It actually began when I wandered into a rock shop and discovered the Mineralogical Record in May of 1980. I practically memorized that first issue, and decided to call advertisers Ken and Betty Roberts of Roberts minerals. Betty sent me several Elmwood specimens and I ended up purchasing $150 calcite that I still own.
My wife Gail said "Wally, you could have bought a new suit!" Too late, I was hooked.
I'm still hooked. Today my primary focus and passion are for superb specimens which exhibits aesthetics, color, and freedom for damage.
Specimens in my collection range from miniature to small-cabinet size; fine old specimens with history and provenance are particularly important to me, and are highly coveted.
In 1981 I became a member of MAD (Mineralogical Association of Dallas), where I met a group of devoted collectors who have since become my good friends, listeners and sometimes advisors.
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| FLUORITE | 15 cm Pakistan Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| AZURITE | 6.4 cm Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia Ex Marshall Sussmann collection Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| ELBAITE with LEPIDOLITE | 8.5 cm Jonas Mine, Itatiaia district, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Mined in 1978 Ex Perkins Sams, Bill Larson Collections Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| COPPER (spinel-law twin) | 8.2 cm Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan Ex Steve Neely collection Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| TOURMALINE | 7 cm Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| ELBAITE "Blue Cap" | 8.1 cm Tourmaline Queen Mine, Queen Mountain, Pala District, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A Ex Bill Larson collection Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| CERUSSITE | 6.1 cm Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia Ex Marshall Sussmann collection Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| EMERALD on CALCITE | 3.5 cm Coscuez mine, Boyaca, Colombia Mined in 2003 Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| EPIDOTE | 7.3 cm Austria Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| HELIODOR | 6.2 cm tall Brazil Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| PYROMORPHITE | 11.4 cm Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria (Cumberland), England, U.K Mined in 1840 Sold by Bryce Wright SR. in the 1860's Donated to the Royal Edinburgh Museum in the 1870's Exchanged to Simon Harrison in then 1980's Sold to Ralph Sutcliffe, then to Lindsay Greenbank then to Ed David (1998) Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| BARITE | 11.7 cm tall Mowbray mine, Frizington, Cumbria, United Kingdom Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| QUARTZ (closed japan law twin) | 8.4 cm tall Mina Tiro Estrella, El Capitan Mts, Lincoln County, New Mexico, U.S.A Collected by Richard Jones 1967 Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Irocks.com © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| BRAZILIANITE with MUSCOVITE | 4.5 cm Córrego Frio, near Linópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex Fred Kennedy, Wendell Wilson collections Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| BOURNONITE | 6.1 cm Herodsfoot mine, Cornwall, England mined in 1850-1875 Ex Violet Dawson, Ed Bancroft collections Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| CALCITE on STIBNITE | 7.1 cm China Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Irocks.com © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| WULFENITE | 4.5 cm Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, U.S.A Mined in 1938 Ex Ed Over, Rick Rolater collections Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo publiée avec l'aimable autorisation de "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| WULFENITE on CALCITE | 9.2 cm Ahumada mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico Ex Evan Jones, Irv Brown, Helmut Brückner collections Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Irocks.com © Photo publiée avec l'aimable autorisation de "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| SILVER | 11.8 cm tall Himmelsfürst mine, Freiberg, Upper Saxony, Germany Ex Eric Asselborn, Steve Smale collections Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Irocks.com © Photo courtesy of "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| FLUORITE (spinel-twin) | 4.5 cm across Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo publiée avec l'aimable autorisation de "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| GOLD "The Iguana" | 8.25 cm Colorado Quartz Mine, Mariposa County, California, U.S.A Mined in 2008 Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Jeffrey SCOVIL © Photo publiée avec l'aimable autorisation de "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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| TOPAZ with ELBAITE and LEPIDOLITE | 6 cm Xanda Mine, Virgem de Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex Ed David, Herb Obodda, Rick Rolater, Stuart Wilensky, Irv Brown collections Collection of "Wally" Wallace MANN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A Photography by Irocks.com © Photo publiée avec l'aimable autorisation de "Wally" Wallace MANN |
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