CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends March 24th

Ends Thursday, March 24th, 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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Andorite (ex Federico Ahlfeld specimen)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.6 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
Amethyst (good quality)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.0 x 5.4 x 4.2 cm
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.6 x 4.3 x 2.0 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
3.9 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Cassiterite
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.9 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite, Metavauxite and Sigloite (rare material)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for four species)
4.3 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Phenakite
Mt. Antero, Chaffee County, Colorado
1.3 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Rosasite with Cerussite and Smithsonite
O-22 area, Sherman mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
4.6 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
Aurichalcite
Silver Hill, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima County, Arizona
1.7 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Quartz (Japan-law Twin) with Epidote
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
3.2 x 3.0 x 1.1 cm
Prehnite (casts after Anhydrite) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
6.2 x 4.2 x 3.7 cm
Hubnerite with Quartz
Huallypon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
3.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
"Byssolite" with Epidote
Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
Apatite with Rutile and Siderite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Spessartine
Nani, (approximately 10 km SW of the Kenya border), near the village of Lemisikio, (approximately 30 km E of the Serengeti Nation Park), 35 km NE of Loliondo proper, Arusha Region, Tanzania
1.1 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
Aquamarine
Shah Nassir Peak, Nyet, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.7 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Dioptase (new find)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Kosnarite (named for Rich Kosnar) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Jenipapo district, Itinga, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.6 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
2.3 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm
Azurite partially altering to Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia
9.5 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm
Fluorite
Shangbao mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
6.2 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
5.8 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
Rhodolite
Tanzania
3.71 ct, 10.08 mm x 8.08 mm
Aquamarine with Scheelite
Huya Village, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co. Sichuan Province, China
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
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