CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends March 17th

Ends Thursday, March 17th, 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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Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
4.1 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Bournonite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
4.8 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm
Augelite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
5.1 x 4.3 x 1.6 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite (new find)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
3.4 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm
Copper (attractive locality specimen)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
7.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 cm
Monazite-Ce (new find) (color change crystals)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 4.9 x 3.1 cm
Calcite with Siderite on Dolomite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Billy Creek Wildlife Refuge, Ouray County, Colorado
2.1 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Goethite with Fluorite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
5.0 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
Datolite (var Botryolite) with Axinite-(Mn) (ex Pat Gross and Rich Kosnar Collections)
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey
1.2 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm and 1.0 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Apophyllite partially replacing Pectolite
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
7.0 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
Opal-AN (Hyalite Opal) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Lesvos Island, Lesvos (Mytilene) Prefecture, Aegean Islands (Sea), Greece
5.7 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Silver
Uranium Mine #21, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
2.4 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm
Emerald (from the ALPS!) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Pizzo Marcio, Val Vigezzo, Val d'Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
4.7 x 4.5 x 3.4 cm
Onegite (Amethyst included by Goethite)
Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana
1.7 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Calcite (hollow "hoppered" crystal)
Wenshan Mine, Dulong ore field, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
5.7 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Antase (bicolor crystals) on Quartz
Lapcha Mine, Neroyka Mt, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Polar Urals, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
4.8 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Pyrite
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
4.7 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Stilbite (bow tie) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
6.8 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm
Langite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Lubietova (Libethen) ore belt, Western Slovenske Rudohorie Mts, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
14.0 x 10.8 x 4.0 cm
Rhodochrosite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
3.3 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (new find!)
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
1.3 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm
Spessartine Garnet with Muscovite on Microcline
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
7.7 x 6.1 x 2.7 cm
Franckeite on Pyrite (rare matrix piece)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.0 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
Galena with Pyrite on Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado
14.6 x 9.2 x 3.2 cm
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