Collections Information
Below, is a listing and description of the various collections from which specimens can be found on this website.
Alan Bohne
Alan is from south central Michigan and lives only ten minutes north of my cottage ( I was actually near there today picking Strawberries at a Strawberry farm - nothing is sweeter than fresh Michigan Strawberries). He had been collecting since he was a kid. He did quite a bit of field collecting in Ontario, Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, Maine, North Carolina and Michigan. Some of his self-collected specimens are very nice and will be featured on the site. He also bought from rock shops in his travels (and at my former store). On a trip to Scotland and England, he got a number of Blue John Fluorite specimens from his Uncle Angus. I bought his collection in May of 2010. |
K&J Enterprises
This was a business run by Ken and Jane Shainlein of Detroit, Michigan until his death in 1974. Ken owned a tool and die shop in Detroit. He only sold at the Detroit show - which at the time was only second to Tucson in size and importance as a show - it even had it's own satellite shows. They traveled extensively in the western US and Mexico. I bought the majority of their stock in 1997 (the top-end minerals were bought by another dealer). Their stock had been sitting in a garage since his death in 1974. I filled a Chevy cargo van twice. I still have a few specimens left from this purchase. Also, I often find specimens from them in old collections here in the Detroit area. There were a number of specimens from them in the Don Langham collection (below).
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George Katzmarek
George is from suburban Detroit and collected minerals for many years. During that time, he bought quite a number of specimens from myself. When he decieded to sell his collection, we agreed I would sell it on consignment. His collection was extensive; he has made several trips to my house with a car load of specimens - and he still has more to bring. Essentially, there are four parts to his collection: systematic, fluorescents, Michigan minerals and native copper from world wide locations (with an emphasis on Michigan).
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Don was a mineral collecter active starting in the late 1940s until his death in 1975. He lived in Lansing and Mason Michigan. In 1964, he was the president of the Central Michigan Lapidary and Mineral Club based in Lansing, Michigan. His collection consisted mostly of minerals from the U.S., Mexico, and Canada with a concentration of minerals from Michigan. Some of the specimens from Michigan were such that I had only seen similar specimens (mineral/location combination) at the Seaman Museum in Houghton. |
Steve Sarvis
Steve is from suburban Detroit. He had an extensively collection of very aesthetically pleasing minerals in good condition. |
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