Consignment and Collection Auctions - Ends April 15th

Ends Thursday, April 15th, 2010 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)
Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with many classic minerals and Bolivian specimens).
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Aragonite and Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (before and after set)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.7 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm and 2.7 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.5 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite (new find)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
4.7 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Sulfur
El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Wire Silver
Porco mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
2.4 x 1.4 x 0.6 cm
Amethyst (doubly-terminated reverse scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.0 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Andorite
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Boracite
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
5.5 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
Smoky Quartz (with great "phantoms")
Tanapaca Mine (Mocoya Mine), Mocoya, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
10.7 x 9.4 x 5.8 cm
Prehnite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
5.6 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Stilbite with Heulandite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.7 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
Franklinite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Franklin mine, Sussex County, New Jersey
6.7 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Rutile on Muscovite
Boiling Springs, Cleveland County, North Carolina
5.4 x 3.6 x 2.0 cm
Albite (var Pericline) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Grieswies, Huttwinkl valley, Rauris valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
9.7 x 5.4 x 4.8 cm
Grossular with Epidote
Val Sissone, Val Malenco, Sondrio, Lombardia, Italy
7.2 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Chalcopyrite with Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Krushev Dol Mine, Madan Ore Field, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
3.2 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Apatite-(CaF)
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
2.9 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Spinel (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Balangoda, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Calcite (bicolor - two generations)
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu County, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.6 x 4.0 x 3.3 cm
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz on Orthoclase
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
9.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm
Kyanite
Nepal
1.66 ct, 7.86 mm x 5.98 mm
Rhodonite
Brazil
1.35 ct, 9.14 mm x 6.28 mm
Chrysocolla
Miami, Arizona
1.00 ct, 8.9 mm x 5.5 mm
Malachite ps. Azurite with Plancheite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
5.3 x 4.0 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite with Amethyst
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
5.3 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm
Tourmaline (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Himalaya mine, San Diego County, California
3.7 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
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