CONSIGNMENT MINERAL COLLECTION and KOSNAR INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends November 15th

Ends Thursday, November 15th, 2012 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)
Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with classic minerals, unusual pieces, rarities and Bolivian specimens).
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Cylindrite (rare)
Poopo Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
4.7 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm
Boracite (rare pink color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
5.5 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.9 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Vanadinite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, Yuma County, Arizona
4.2 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Malachite (ex Brian Kosnar and Harold Urish Collections)
Copper Mountain, Morenci, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Smoky Quartz "casts" after Laumontite
Buck Mine, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado
6.0 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Sphalerite with Amethyst
Commodore mine, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado
5.3 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Malachite ps. Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
5.1 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Copper with Cuprite
Bennet Brook, Cape D'Or, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
4.6 x 2.0 x 0.7 cm
Chabazite
Wasson's Bluff, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
7.7 x 5.7 x 5.2 cm
Epidote with Apatite
Antronapiana, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.0 cm
Ruby Spinel ("Star of David" Twin)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm
Dioptase with Plancheite (new find)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
2.5 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Apophyllite with Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India
6.2 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Cavansite with Calcite on Okenite
Wagholi, Poona, India
10.7 x 8.2 x 3.7 cm
Andradite (var: "Topazolite")
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Olmiite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
2.9 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
12.1 x 8.3 x 5.5 cm
Calcite (gemmy "flower")
Wenshan Mine, Dulong ore field, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
5.2 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Vesuvianite (cat's eye terminations)
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
1.4 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
Calcite included with Chalcopyrite (ex Brian Kosnar collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
8.2 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Painite with Ruby (super rare)
Ongaing, near Mogok, Burma (type locality)
2.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Torbernite
Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Congo
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Langite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Lubietova (Libethen) ore belt, Western Slovenske Rudohorie Mts, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
6.2 x 4.1 x 2.7 cm
Prehnite (interesting color) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
7.0 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
Sphalerite with Augelite (rare association)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 5.8 x 3.8 cm
Analcime (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Skookumchuck Dam, Bucoda, Thurston County, Washington
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
14.3 x 8.2 x 7.7 cm
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