CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends August 23rd

Ends Thursday, August 23rd, 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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Valentinite (2011 find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm
Phosphophyllite (very rare)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
12.6 x 7.2 x 6.6 cm
Sphalerite pseudomorphs after Wurtzite on Pyrite (new find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Ferberite (superb near "floater" twin)
Tasna mine, Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Amethyst (doubly-terminated reverse scepters!)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.3 x 7.0 x 5.4 cm
Quartz (GEM quality)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
8.2 x 5.8 x 3.3 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite on Copper (rare matrix piece)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 4.8 x 1.1 cm
Heulandite (rare pink color) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
6.7 x 6.0 x 1.8 cm
Calcite on Galena (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Mid-Continent Mine, Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas
4.2 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Wulfenite
Red Cloud mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona
3.3 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Amazonite
Smoky Hawk Mine, Teller County, Colorado
3.8 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Apatite on Quartz (mined by Rich Kosnar)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
4.0 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Quartz replacing Anhydrite on Quartz
Vein Outcrop, Dawn of Day (Sunshine) Mine, Cement Creek, Red Mountain District, San Juan County, Colorado
5.0 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Copper (crystallized)
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan
11.0 x 8.3 x 4.7 cm
Chabazite with Stilbite
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
3.8 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Kyanite (classic material)
Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
5.5 x 3.8 x 1.2 cm
Prehnite on Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Brandberg area, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.4 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Aquamarine
Erongo Region, Namibia
4.6 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm
Brookite
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
2.2 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
8.7 x 6.6 x 2.1 cm
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
2.7 x 2.0 x 0.5 cm
Tourmaline on Albite
Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.0 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Sapphire
Sri Lanka
1.17 ct, 5.50 mm x 7.18 mm
Titanite (great dispersion)
Afghanistan
1.61 ct, 9.0 mm x 6.1 mm
Diaspore (rare color) (new find)
Monywa, Sagaing Division, Burma
0.9 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite (great rarity)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
5.2 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Babingtonite with Stilbite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
5.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Chondrodite with Spinel
Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
13.2 x 9.2 x 7.7 cm
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