CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends March 3rd

Ends Thursday, March 3rd, 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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Vauxite with Paravauxite and Metavauxite (great association piece)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for THREE species)
2.0 x 1.9 x 1.0 cm
Bournonite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
3.0 x 2.3 x 0.4 cm
Amethyst (scepters and reverse scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.2 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Scorzalite (rare) (new find)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
4.7 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm
Paravauxite with Sigloite
Contacto vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
3.8 x 2.3 x 0.6 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
3.2 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Cassiterite with Quartz and TOURMALINE (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.4 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (large specimen!)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Gmelinite with Analcime (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
5.5 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm
Barite on Sphalerite
Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee
6.2 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
1.6 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm
Kidwellite with Beraunite (ex Allen Heyl Coll.)
Coon Creek Mine (York Mine), Shady, Polk Co., Arkansas
4.1 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Cinnabar on Dolomite (ex Brian Kosnar)
El Entredicho Mine, Almadenejos, Almaden District, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
1.9 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Titanite with Diopside and "Byssolite"
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
7.2 x 6.5 x 5.3 cm
Hackmanite (fluorescent)
Falsabad, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Apophyllite with Stilbite
Pashan Quarry #2, Pune, Maharashtra, India
4.4 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Titanite
Zagi Mountain (Zegi Mountain), Mulla Ghori, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
2.1 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm
Dioptase (new find)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Agatized Coral (fossil/pseudomorph)
Tampa Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida
6.2 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Creedite
Qinglong (Dachang) Sb-Au deposit, Qinglong Co., Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
9.1 x 8.8 x 6.6 cm
Diopside with Epidote and Apatite
Antronapiana, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.2 x 4.0 x 2.2 cm
Barite (gem crystal)
Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm
Aquamarine with Microcline
Shigar, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan
2.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Rhodochrosite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
6.0 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm
Azurite and Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
7.7 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm
Siderite on Pyrite with Stannite
Siete Suyos mine, Atocha-Quechisla District, Sud Chichas Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
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