CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends February 24th

Ends Thursday, February 24th, 2011 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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Stephanite (new find!)
Porco mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
1.5 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Bournonite ("cogwheel")
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Vauxite (good color)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
5.0 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
Cassiterite
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Red Quartz
Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Pyrite (mined 1977) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Rosasite
O-22 area, Sherman mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
6.2 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
Scheelite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
King Stope, Level 5, Camp Bird mine, Ouray County, Colorado
1.4 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Prehnite (finger "casts") (new find)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
4.4 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm
Amethyst and Smoky Quartz
Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana
2.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Datolite casts after Anhydrite (ex Rich Kosnar collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
9.0 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
Emerald (from the ALPS!) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Pizzo Marcio, Val Vigezzo, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
4.6 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm
Axinite with "Chlorite"
Delmoe Lake area, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana
1.3 x 0.8 x 0.2 cm
Quartz with "Chlorite" / Actinolite inclusions
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
8.3 x 7.6 x 3.6 cm
Aquamarine and Morganite (rare bicolor crystals)
Baha, Baltistan, Braldu Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite
Camissinone Mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.3 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Tourmaline (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Gaoligong Shan, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
3.2 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Fluorite on doubly-terminated Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Kara-Oba W deposit, Betpakdal Desert, Karaganda Oblast', Kazakhstan
4.2 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Pseudomalachite (classic material) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Horny Ladislav mine, Reiner deposit, Podlipa, Lubietova, Slovakia
5.4 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm
Ruby Spinel ("Star of David" Twin)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
0.5 x 0.5 x 0.25 cm
Apatite (unusual crystal group)
Tormiq, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.3 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Bustamite
South Africa
1.29 ct, 8.1 mm x 6.1 mm
Pyrite
Mr. Pickering's Mistress Mine, near Ubina, Potosi Mining District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.2 x 5.1 x 3.6 cm
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