CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends August 16th

Ends Thursday, August 16th, 2012 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)
Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with classic minerals, unusual pieces and Bolivian specimens).
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Arsenopyrite with Pyrite
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
7.8 x 6.1 x 2.2 cm
Bournonite
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Colavi, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Scorzalite (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Rhodochrosite
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
2.7 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
"Onegite" scepter on Smoky Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
4.5 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Fluorite on Amethyst on Fluorite
Nancy Hanks Mine, Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado
10.8 x 8.2 x 2.7 cm
Gold (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Argentine Vein, Idarado mine, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado
3.7 x 3.3 x 0.7 cm
Prehnite ("cast" after Anhydrite)
Upper New Street, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
5.3 x 4.7 x 4.7 cm
Pectolite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
9.0 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm
Fluorite
Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico
7.1 x 5.0 x 3.6 cm
Wavellite (ex Harold Urish Coll)
Red Ball Mine, Calhoun County, Alabama
4.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Azurite with Malachite (ex Brian Kosnar and Harold Urish Collections)
Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
4.8 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Boulder Opal
Australia
4.5 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm
Copper
Bennet Brook, Cape D'Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
6.0 x 3.8 x 1.4 cm
Quartz with "Chlorite" inclusions
Ganesh Himal (Ganesha), Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal
6.6 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
7.8 x 7.3 x 3.1 cm
Malachite
Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
8.7 x 8.2 x 5.7 cm
Painite (super rare)
Ongaing, near Mogok, Burma (type locality)
0.6 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Emerald (from the ALPS!) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Pizzo Marcio, Val Vigezzo, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
5.2 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Phlogopite (gemmy crystals!)
Lajuar Madan, Sar-e-Sang District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
4.2 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Dioptase (gemmy crystals)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Apophyllite on Quartz stalactite
Jalgaon Quarry, Maharashtra, India
4.3 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm
Fluorite (big specimen!)
De'an Mine, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
29.7 x 12.3 x 5.5 cm
Gibbsite (great color)
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
2.9 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm
Marcasite
Temple, Bell County, Texas
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Danburite (unique blue color)
Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
3.7 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.6 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
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