CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends June 7th

Ends Thursday, June 7th, 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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Sphalerite with Augelite (rare association)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm
Red Quartz
Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.8 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm
Cassiterite
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.7 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Copper with Malachite and Cuprite
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
7.1 x 3.7 x 0.5 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Gypsum (hard to find material)
Salar de Uyuni, Nor Lipez Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.1 x 4.7 x 3.6 cm
Valentinite
Colavi mine, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
1.8 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite (new find)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
5.0 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Apatite with Quartz and Marcasite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.2 x 6.8 x 3.2 cm
Prehnite (gemmy)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
5.2 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm
Calcite (two generations)
near La Junta, Otero County, Colorado
7.1 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm
Adamite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele County, Utah
4.3 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Pumpellyite on Datolite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
1.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Azurite (good quality) (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Copper Mountain, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona
5.0 x 4.8 x 1.8 cm
Hematite
Bouse, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.0 cm
Diaspore (rare color) (new find)
Monywa, Sagaing Division, Burma
1.0 x 0.4 x 0.1 cm
Dioptase (with a large crystal)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
7.7 x 7.1 x 5.2 cm
Liddicoatite Tourmaline (rare orange color on the termination)
Ambalabe pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
3.2 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm
Hematite ("iron roses")
Mount Cervandone, Alpe Devero, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.6 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
1.5 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Natrolite
Bound Brook Quarry, Chimney Rock, New Jersey
1.20 ct, 11.49 mm x 4.50 mm
Rhodochrosite
Potosu Mine, Aquiles Serdan, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.8 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Aquamarine with Albite and Schorl
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Balitstan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
9.2 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
Romanechite
Pinal County, Arizona
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Pectolite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
5.2 x 3.0 x 1.3 cm
Austinite (Cuprian)
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
5.2 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Spessartine with Muscovite on Albite
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
6.7 x 5.7 x 2.7 cm
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