CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends Nov 11th

Ends Thursday, November 11th, 2010 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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Phosphophyllite (new find!)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Cassiterite (gemmy, good sized twins)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite (new find)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
7.3 x 5.5 x 1.2 cm
Quartz (Japan-Law Twin) with Wavellite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.8 x 5.0 x 4.7 cm
Ludlamite
Huanuni mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.0 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Copper with Malachite and Cuprite
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
8.2 x 4.1 x 0.6 cm
Wavellite with Quartz
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm
Rhodochrosite
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Amazonite with Smoky Quartz (ex Tresa Kosnar Collection)
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Datolite (gemmy and lustrous!) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.0 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm
Hetaerolite with Hodgkinsonite and Zincite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
1420 Pillar, 1300 Level, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey
3.7 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Ferberite on Chalcopyrite with Arsenopyrite
Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
12.8 x 9.4 x 6.2 cm
Pentagonite
Wagholi, Poona, India
1.8 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Prehnite
Oficarsa Quarry (Cerro de las Culebras), Carchelejo, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain
6.2 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Rutile (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Alexander County, North Carolina
1.3 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.0 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Ellington, Missouri
10.6 x 8.2 x 5.1 cm
Clinozoisite (GEM!) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.2 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm
Sphalerite (very gemmy!)
Mogilata deposit, Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Mrazekite (very rare)
Reinera Mine, Lubietova ore belt, Western Slovenske Rudohorie Mts, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type Locality)
2.0 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
Fluorite
Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
3.2 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Spessartine Garnet on Microcline
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
11.4 x 7.8 x 2.7 cm
Silver (with minor Gold content)
Imiter Mine, Imiter District, Djebel Saghro (Jbel Saghro), Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
7.5 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm
Ruby (Pre-embargo!)
Burma
0.80 ct, 6.76 mm x 4.88 mm
Tanzanite (7 stone set!)
Merelani, Tanzania
1.16 ct (total weight), 3.40 mm (approximately each)
Cylindrite
Poopo town, Poopo Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
5.4 x 3.6 x 1.7 cm
Leaf Gold
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
1.0 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Epidote (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
5.2 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm
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