CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends December 16th

Ends Thursday, December 16th, 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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Andorite on Pyrite (ex Federico Ahlfeld Collection)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
5.6 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Amethyst (reverse scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.5 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.2 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Boracite
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
5.8 x 4.5 x 4.1 cm
Arsenopyrite (good quality and aesthetics) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.0 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
Franckeite with Pyrite and Jamesonite
San Jose mine, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Phosphophyllite (new find!)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.4 x 4.3 x 2.6 cm
Scorzalite (rare) (new find)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
7.2 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm
Augelite (gemmy twin!) (new find)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 4.3 x 3.0 cm
Diopside with Vesuvianite (ex Rich Kosnar and Erberto Tealdi Collections)
San Vito quarry, San Vito, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy
3.8 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Vesuvianite (cat's eye terminations)
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
2.0 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Pyromorphite (ex Rich Kosnar and Allen Heyl Collections)
Chester County Mine Dump, 3 miles south of Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
7.6 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
Natrolite on Prehnite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
10.8 x 6.8 x 5.8 cm
Calcite with "casts" after Anhydrite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
11.8 x 8.3 x 5.8 cm
Quartz (after Fluorite) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Genoa Claim, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
14.4 x 12.0 x 6.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Champion Mine, near the top of Cinnamon Pass, between Ouray & Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado
4.4 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Goethite and Hematite after Siderite with a cast after Quartz (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
3.3 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Red Quartz ("floater") (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Chella, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Spinel (twin)
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
2.7 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
"Phengite" Mica (superb color!) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection
Goias, Brazil
2.6 x 2.0 x 0.8 cm
Zircon (GEM quality)
Rweko, Nkasi District, Rukwa Region, Tanzania
1.1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Hubnerite with Quartz (gemmy) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Huallypon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
3.3 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (new find!)
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
3.6 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Sapphire (interesting cut)
Sri Lanka
2.74 ct, 7.24 mm x 6.34 mm
Sphalerite (good quality) with Fluorite
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois
8.0 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm
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