FINE MINERAL SPECIMENS - MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends June 14th

Ends Thursday, June 14th, 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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Ludlamite on Pyrite with Greenockite (?)
Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
11.6 x 7.6 x 3.2 cm
Stannite with Jamesonite
San Jose mine, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.0 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Vivianite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Stephanite (new find!)
Porco mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
1.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Paravauxite with Sigloite
Contacto vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
3.3 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite ("floater")
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.2 cm
Scorzalite (rare) (good quality)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Stilbite with Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Moore's Station, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
8.3 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
Rhodochrosite
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
2.0 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Chalcopyrite on Albite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Summit Quarry (Houdaille Quarry), Union County, New Jersey
1.7 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor) ("floater")
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
1.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Opal (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Gracios O Dios Mine, Honduras
2.2 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm
Epidote (faden)
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
3.2 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Calcite on Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Coll)
Defiance mine, near Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona
4.3 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
Pyrite with Quartz (ex Harold Urish Coll)
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru
5.2 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Sapphire (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Helena area, Spring Hill District, Lewis and Clark County, Montana
0.5 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Vesuvianite (cat's eye terminations)
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Emerald (from the ALPS!) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Pizzo Marcio, Val Vigezzo, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
4.3 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (new find!)
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
3.1 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Fluorite
Tongbai County, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Province, China
13.0 x 7.9 x 1.7 cm
Gold on Quartz
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
1.3 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Red Calcite
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
9.3 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Pentagonite
Wagholi, Poona, India
1.4 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Boracite (rare pink color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
7.2 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
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