CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends January 27th

Ends Thursday, January 27th, 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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Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
5.6 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Bournonite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
3.3 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm
Danburite (blue)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
1.6 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
Wavellite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.4 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Scorzalite (rare) (new find)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
4.8 x 4.0 x 1.3 cm
Vivianite (very gemmy!)
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
2.2 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Emerald (from the ALPS!) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Pizzo Marcio, Val Vigezzo, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
4.1 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Hematite ("iron rose")
Mount Cervandone, Alpe Devero, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.5 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Kermesite (classic material) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Mt Kolarsky, Pezinok, Male Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
3.1 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Aquamarine (historic crystal!) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Adun-Cholon Range, Nerchinsk Gem mines, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
8.6 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Anhydrite (rare material) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
F Level, Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
2.6 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
Quartz (Doubly-terminated "Faden")
West of Miram Shah, South Waziristan, NWFP, Pakistan
6.2 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Barite
Denton mine, Goose Creek Mine Group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois
7.7 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm
Spinel
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
4.8 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
Gold on Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
1.6 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Vesuvianite
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
2.6 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Amethyst and Smoky Quartz (phantom crystal) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg area, Uis District, Erongo Region, Namibia
6.6 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite ("phantom" crystal)
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Vanadinite on Barite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
9.3 x 6.7 x 3.7 cm
Hubnerite with Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Huallypon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
4.3 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Prehnite with Heulandite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
5.4 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (new find!)
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
2.7 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Spessartine
Navegadora Mine, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
9.4 x 8.1 x 6.5 cm
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