MINERAL SALES AND MINERAL DEALER COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends May 10th

Ends Thursday, May 10th, 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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Ferberite on Arsenopyrite
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.6 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Stannite with Jamesonite
San Jose mine, Oruro Department, Bolivia
1.9 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Paravauxite with Sigloite
Contacto vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
8.5 x 7.1 x 2.8 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy) on Quartz
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm
Scorzalite (good quality for the locality) (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.5 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Barite (good quality)
Estano Orcko mine, Colavi District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
Lepidolite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California
4.8 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Hematite
Bouse, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
4.2 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm
Stilbite (rare color)
Moore's Station Quarry, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
9.7 x 7.3 x 3.3 cm
Analcime
Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
2.9 x 2.8 x 2.7 cm
Fluorite ("phantom") on Microcline with Smoky Quartz (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
R. A. Kosnar #2 Prospect near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
3.8 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Marcasite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Temple, Bell County, Texas
4.6 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
Amethyst (scepter) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
1st Scepter Amethyst Pocket, North Star Vein, Little Giant Basin, San Juan County, Colorado
4.2 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm
Dioptase (new find)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
3.0 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Grossular (new find)
Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Prehnite
Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
3.0 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Quartz (unique material) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
5.3 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Quartz (with Carbon floating in water bubble)
Cong Ly (Cong Li), Hunan Province, China
5.2 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Shattuckite on Chrysocolla with Dioptase
Okatumba, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
6.8 x 5.2 x 1.8 cm
Diaspore (rare color) (new find)
Monywa, Sagaing Division, Burma
1.3 x 0.9 x 0.1 cm
Boracite
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 4.1 x 4.0 cm
Augelite with Sphalerite (rare association)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
8.2 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm
Liddicoatite Tourmaline (rare orange color on the termination)
Ambalabe pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
2.5 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
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