CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends March 10th

Ends Thursday, March 10th, 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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Bournonite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
4.0 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Ludlamite
Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.0 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Wavellite on Quartz
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
8.1 x 8.0 x 6.1 cm
Boracite (different color crystals together on the same specimen)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
4.4 x 3.5 x 1.6 cm
Potosiite (large crystals!) with Franckeite, Boulangerite and Cervantite
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
1.3 x 1. 1x 0.5 cm
Vauxite (good color)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
2.7 x 2.4 x 0.6 cm
Hubnerite (hard to find material)
Himalaya Mine, Mt Illimani, Murillo Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm
Vivianite (GEM quality)
Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.2 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm
Andorite
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm
Gold on Quartz
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
0.8 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Amethyst (Scepter) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
1st Scepter Amethyst Pocket, North Star Vein, Little Giant Basin, San Juan County, Colorado
3.0 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Kutnahorite (rare material) (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
near Cabezon Peak, Rio Puerco Area, Sandoval County, New Mexico
9.2 x 8.2 x 4.8 cm
Willemite (ex Pat Gross and Rich Kosnar Collections)
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey
0.3 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm
Prehnite ("finger" casts after Anhydrite) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
McBride Ave. & Browertown Rd. Pumping Station, West Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
5.5 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Titanite with Chabazite-Na (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.8 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Chabazite
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Augite (var: Fassaite) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
2.6 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Molybdenite (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Moly Hill mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
2.2 x 1.7 x 0.5 cm
Opal (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Gracios O Dios Mine, Honduras
1.6 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Fluorite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
5.0 x 3. 3x 2.2 cm
Pentagonite
Wagholi, Poona, India
1.9 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
6.5 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
Spessartine (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Namlook Mine, Dassu, Braldu Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
1.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Smoky Quartz (scepter)
Royal Scepter Mine, Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada
7.2 x 4.0 x 3.7 cm
Coquimbite
Javier Mine (Javier Ortega Mine), Huachuas, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho Department, Peru
2.3 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm
Peridot
Soppat, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan
1.8 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Tourmaline
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.8 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm
Ruby Spinel (GEM quality) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.25 cm
Calcite (Mn-bearing) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Idarado mine, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado
3.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
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