COLLECTIBLE MINERAL AND RARE MINERAL AUCTIONS - Ends March 8th

Ends Thursday, March 8th, 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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Vivianite with pink Apatite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
13.2 x 10.1 x 5.3 cm
Hubnerite with Monazite-(Ce) on Quartz
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
8.2 x 7.5 x 6.4 cm
Paravauxite with Sigloite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
5.5 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
9.8 x 7.2 x 1.6 cm
Danburite (unique blue color)
Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
Datolite casts after Anhydrite (ex Rich Kosnar collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.0 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
Malachite with Cerussite (1973 discovery)
Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Vanadinite with Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Coll)
Melissa Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz County, Arizona
4.8 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Amethyst/Smoky Quartz (Scepter)
Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg area, Uis District, Erongo Region, Namibia
8.2 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Grossular with Augite
Dosso degli Areti, Braone, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.1 x 3.4 x 3.6 cm
Tourmaline with Muscovite
Minas Gerais, Brazil
3.4 x 1.4 x 1.0 cm
Amethyst scepter (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Apex Pit, San Pedro Mine, Santa Fe County, New Mexico
2.6 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm
Serendibite (rare borosilicate)
Mogok, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma
1.5 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Diopside
Alchuri, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Mimetite
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.8 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Pezzottaite (very rare)
Sakavalana, near Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Type Locality)
4.8 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor) on Quartz with Albite
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
6.0 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (good color)
Antetezambato, near the town of Nosy Faly, Ambanja District, Diana Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
3.8 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm
Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Coll)
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico
4.2 x 4.1 x 3.9 cm
Quartz on Sphalerite, Pyrite and Chalcopyrite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru
5.2 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Afghanite
Rabot, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
5.8 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm
Smithsonite (Cuprian)
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
4.7 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm
Wavellite (new find)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.2 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite (rare and good quality)
David Mosiah Prospect, Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
0.8 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm
Calcite (gemmy "flower")
Wenshan Mine, Dulong ore field, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
5.3 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm
Stephanite (recent find)
Porco mine, Quijarro Province, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
2.1 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Stilpnomelane on Calcite and Stilbite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Summit Quarry (Houdaille Quarry), Union County, New Jersey
1.0 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm
Painite (super rare)
Ongaing, near Mogok, Burma (type locality)
0.5 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm
Ferberite (multi-twinned group)
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.0 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
6.3 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm
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