CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends July 19th

Ends Thursday, July 19th, 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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Potosiite with Franckeite (rare material)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
8.5 x 4.8 x 1.7 cm
Monazite-Ce (color change twinned crystals!)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
14.0 x 11.8 x 5.6 cm
Siderite
Estano Orcko mine, Colavi District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Boracite
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
4.6 x 4.3. x 3.6 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm
Aragonite ("floater discoball")
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.8 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
4.0 x 3.2 x 0.9 cm
Augelite with Sphalerite (rare association)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm
Epidote (unusual habit)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
2.6 x 1.1 x 0.4 cm
Calcite with Pyrite
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
5.2 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm
Prehnite (cast after Anhydrite)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
4.7 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm
Fluorite on matrix
Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm
Wulfenite with Chrysocolla (ex Harold Urish Coll.)
Ford Mine No. 1, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
4.0 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Azurite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Blue Jay Claim, La Sal District, San Juan County, Utah
4.3 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Chalcedony / Agate Geode
Dugway Geode Beds, Dugway Pass Area, Juab County, Utah
7.4 x 6.2 x 2.6 cm
Sphalerite with Mn-Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado
2.4 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Galena (classic material)
Pine Point, Northwest Territories, Canada
2.3 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
Ruby
Jagdalak (Jagdalek) Ruby Mine, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
8.3 x 6.4 x 5.2 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
13.7 x 9.1 x 5.2 cm
Diaspore (rare color) (new find)
Monywa, Sagaing Division, Burma
0.8 x 0.8 x 0.1 cm
Chalcophyllite (classic material)
Piesky, Spania Dolina (Herrengrund), Banska Bystrica Co., Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
3.6 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Smithsonite (incredible color)
Masua mine, Italy
0.88 ct, 9.62 mm x 4.44 mm
Quartz Scepter (with Carbon floating in water bubbles)
Cong Ly (Cong Li), Hunan Province, China
7.2 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
3.7 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Cassiterite
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.7 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
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