*** SPECIAL *** <<-- -->> CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends February 9th -- PART TWO !!

No regular auctions this week with the Tucson Show in full swing, so we commissioned a SECOND consignment auction with another 30 specimens that will also end on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)
ENJOY !! Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with classic minerals, unusual pieces and Bolivian specimens).
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Potosiite on Franckeite (rare material)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
7.2 x 4.8 x 2.3 cm
Sphalerite with Augelite (rare association)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.5 x 4.2 x 2.0 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite on Copper (rare matrix piece)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.7 x 4.7 x 1.3 cm
Amethyst (scepters and reverse scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite on Tetrahedrite (rare material)
Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
7.2 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
Amazonite (great color)
Pike's Peak area, Park County, Colorado
3.3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Gold on Quartz
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
1.1 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm
Heulandite (rare pink color) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
4.6 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Tsumebite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Blue Bell claims, San Bernardino County, California
8.6 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
3.2 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm
Raspite with Cuprian Scheelite and Stolzite
Cordillera Mine, Kangaloolah, Tuena, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
1.1 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm
Chrysoberyl (twin)
Itaguacu, Espurito Santo, Brazil
1.3 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Quartz (faden)
Tole, Waziristan, NWFP, Pakistan
4.0 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
Titanite (twins) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Prepolar Ural, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
4.7 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Ruby Spinel in Calcite
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
3.0 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Titanite with Epidote and Diopside
Antronapiana, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.2 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
Quartz included with Hematite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Aouli, Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
11.8 x 6.9 x 4.2 cm
Chromium/Vanadium Uvite (rare)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
1.4 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Anglesite (GEM quality)
Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
3.7 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
Gypsum (var: "Selenite") (gem twins) with Halite
Las Salinas, Otume Village, Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru
15.8 x 13.2 x 9.7 cm
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
9.2 x 7.4 x 4.5 cm
Smoky Quartz with Spessartine
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
4.3 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Phosphophyllite (rare!)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0 x 4.8 x 2.1 cm
Datolite (gemmy and lustrous!) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
7.4 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Rose Quartz (great color)
Alta da Pitora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.4 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
Scorzalite (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm
Azurite (great locality specimen) (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Cobre Mine, Mun. de Concepciun del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
4.3 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
Austinite on Conichalcite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
4.8 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Marcasite (classic material) (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)
Vintirov, Sokolov (Falkenau an der Eger), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.2 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm
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