CRYSTALLIZED MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends March 1st

Ends Thursday, March 1st, 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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Valentinite (New Find!)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.1 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm
Siderite with Pyrite and Stannite
Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
5.6 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
Scorzalite (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.4 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Cassiterite (slightly gemmy)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.1 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm
Amethyst (scepters and reverse scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Bournonite (unusual crystals)
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Colavi, Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
4.7 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm
Calcite on Pyrite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Summit Quarry (Houdaille Quarry), Union County, New Jersey
1.7 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Stellerite (excellent quality) (ex Rich Kosnar collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.2 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
Anatase
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
4.5 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm
Microcline (Baveno Twin)
Ravalli County, Montana
2.1 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Olmiite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
3.2 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
10.2 x 9.4 x 8.0 cm
Tourmaline
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.2 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Epidote with Diopside
Antronapiana, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.6 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Petalite (rare champagne color)
Palelni mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Shan Sate, Burma (Myanmar)
3.4 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Liddicoatite Tourmaline
Ambalabe pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
2.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
4.2 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm
Dioptase (new find)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
1.8 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Quartz (faden)
West of Miram Shah, South Waziristan, NWFP, Pakistan
8.7 x 8.5 x 1.6 cm
Epidote (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
4.2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Goldmanite (rare garnet species)
Rybnucek, Pezinok Co., Bratislava Region, Slovakia
4.4 x 3.9 x 2.7 cm
Andradite (new find)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
5.8 x 4.9 x 3.6 cm
Fluorite (unique color)
Yiyang, Tongbai, Henan Province, China
10.2 x 5.9 x 2.3 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
6.8 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
4.7 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm
Andorite with Zinkenite (rare and good quality)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
Azurite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.8 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm
Silver (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Cobalt, Coleman Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
3.3 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm
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