Consignment and Collection Auctions - Ends April 1st

Ends Thursday, April 1, 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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Cassiterite
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Phosphophyllite (new find!)
Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm
Bournonite ("cogwheel") on matrix
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.8 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite (new find)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
3.2 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm
Ferberite
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.6 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Scorzalite (rare) (new find)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.4 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
4.3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Andorite (great thumbnail)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.5 x 0.5 cm
Augelite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
9.4 x 7.8 x 2.7 cm
Gold on GYPSUM! with tellurides (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
1320 Stope, F Level, Sunnyside Mine, Gladstone, San Juan County, Colordo
4.3 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Amazonite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
4.6 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
Copper
Ojibway Mine, Ojibway, Keweenaw County, Michigan
5.3 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Stilbite ("bow tie") (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
4.7 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
Chabazite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.5 x 6.4 x 3.9 cm
Fluorite
Denton mine, Hardin County, Illinois
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
8.3 x 7.5 x 4.7 cm
Roselite-Wendwilsonite
Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
3.2 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (new find!)
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Dulong ore field, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
8.3 x 6.2 x 3.2 cm
Vesuvianite (cat's eye terminations)
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
3.1 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
Epidote
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
3.4 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.4 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Aquamarine (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Shigar, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.8 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm
Dioptase (new find)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
6.3 x 4.3 x 4.1 cm
Prehnite
Oficarsa Quarry (Cerro de las Culebras), Carchelejo, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain
9.2 x 6.0 x 4.1 cm
Fluorite
Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
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