CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends March 15th

Ends Thursday, March 15th, 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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Boracite
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
4.4 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
Aragonite and Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (before and after set)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
1.5 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm (both specimens measure the same)
Quartz (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Zanett tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
5.5 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Apatite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
3.1 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
1.6 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Prehnite (fantastic quality) (new find!)
Lower New Street, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.8 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm
Aquamarine (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan.
4.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Chalcedony (good quality) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Slanec Quarry, Slanske Mts, Kosice Region, Slovakia
6.2 x 4.2 x 1.0 cm
Dioptase (good quality)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
3.2 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
2.1 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Fluorite (phantoms)
Dachang (Qinglong), Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co., Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guilzhou Provice, China
9.5 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
Calcite (pseudo-pyritohedral)
Shizhuyuan Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
7.1 x 5.3 x 4.4 cm
Fluorite (unique color)
Yiyang, Tongbai, Henan Province, China
7.7 x 7.6 x 2.2 cm
Aquamarine (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan.
2.5 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
7.4 x 6.2 x 2.0 cm
Vesuvianite (cat's eye terminations)
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
5.4 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm
Kosnarite (named for Rich Kosnar) with several phosphates including Manganoan Zanazziite (ex Rich Kosnar coll) (very rare association)
Jenipapo district, Itinga, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6.2 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm
Scapolite
Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar)
2.3 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Anatase with Rutile (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
1.8 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Tourmaline
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.5 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm
Liddicoatite Tourmaline (rare orange color on the termination)
Ambalabe pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
4.1 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Sphalerite pseudomorphs after Wurtzite on Pyrite (new find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.1 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Naica Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.2 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm
Vauxite (great color) (new find!)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
5.0 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm
Valentinite (New Find!)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.3 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Malachite ps. Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
4.6 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Galena with Sphalerite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma
3.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Potosiite on Franckeite (very rare) (superb crystals) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
8.5 x 6.6 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite with Sphalerite and Barite
Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee
7.2 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm
Hureaulite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sapucaia Mine (Proberil mine), Sapucaia do Norte, Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.7 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm
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