RARE MINERAL & MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends June 21st

Ends Thursday, June 21st, 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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Quartz (Japan-Law Twin) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
8.2 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
Cassiterite
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Danburite (rare blue color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
4.6 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Ludlamite (rare locality)
Colavi Mine, Machacamarca District, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
6.0 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
Potosiite with Franckeite (rare material)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Monazite-Ce (butterfly twins!)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Grossular (new find)
Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China
2.1 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm
Chalcotrichite on Copper (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Mission Pit, Twin Buttes, Sierrita Mts, Pima County, Arizona
6.2 x 4.2 x 1.5 cm
Kosnarite (named for Rich Kosnar) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Jenipapo district, Itinga, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
6.0 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Epidote with Diopside (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Antronapiana, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.3 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm
Prehnite
Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Stilbite with Prehnite
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
5.2 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Calcite
Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee
4.9 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
3.7 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Sphalerite (gem quality) on Quartz
Septemvri Mine (Deveti Septemvri Mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
5.0 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.4 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Langite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Lubietova (Libethen) ore belt, Western Slovenske Rudohorie Mts, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
13.7 x 6.6 x 4.2 cm
Stilbite (bow ties) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India
12.4 x 8.6 x 5.6 cm
Aquamarine on Muscovite
Huya Village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co. Sichuan Province, China
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Malachite after Azurite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
5.3 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm
Amethyst (scepters) with Hematite/Goethite inclusions
Orange River, Warmbad, Karasburg District, Karas Region, Namibia
10.1 x 7.2 x 4.8 cm
Apophyllite with Chalcedony
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
6.4 x 6.4 x 3.6 cm
Vauxite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
8.7 x 8.1 x 1.7 cm
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