CONSIGNMENT MINERAL COLLECTION and KOSNAR INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends November 29th

Ends Thursday, November 29th, 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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Amethyst (good quality) with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
13.2 x 10.6 x 8.3 cm
Bournonite ("cogwheel") on Pyrite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Paravauxite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for three species)
10.4 x 5.1 x 1.7 cm
Cassiterite
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
4.5 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Augelite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
6.1 x 4.0 x 2.7 cm
Smithsonite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
79 Mine, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila County, Arizona
5.2 x 4.7 x 1.7 cm
Wulfenite with Mimetite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Pure Potential Mine, Trigo Mts, La Paz County, Arizona
5.3 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Atacamite (unusual specimen) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sacaton Mountains, Northwest of Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona
4.3 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
3.4 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
5.0 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Apophyllite on Datolite (gemmy and lustrous!) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Millington Quarry (Tilcon Quarry), Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
6.6 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm
Babingtonite with Stilbite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.5 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
Prehnite ("finger" after Anhydrite) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
5.0 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm
Benitoite (classic material)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito County, California
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite with Sphalerite on matrix
Elmwood, Smith County, Tennessee
11.0 x 7.9 x 2.5 cm
Barite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Dos de Mayo area, Haunuco, Peru
5.0 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
Tourmaline
Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Sulfur
Cianciana, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
4.1 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm
Orthoclase with Smoky Quartz
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Chalcopyrite with Galena, Sphalerite and Quartz
Septemvri Mine (Deveti Septemvri Mine), Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
4.2 x 3.4 x 2.3 cm
Topaz (gem quality)
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.4 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Uvarovite with Shuiskite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Sarany Village, Gorozavod area, Permskaya Oblast', Urals Region, Russia (Type Locality)
11.2 x 4.8 x 0.9 cm
Petalite (sharp crystal - rare champagne color)
Palelni mine, Khetchel Village, Molo Quarter, Momeik Township, Shan Sate, Burma (Myanmar)
3.2 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Opal (highly colorful)
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello (Wollo), Afar Province, Ethiopia
1.6 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
Pentagonite
Wagholi, Poona, India
1.5 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
Fluorite (unique color)
Yiyang, Tongbai, Henan Province, China
9.1 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm
Scapolite
Tanzania
3.11 ct, 10.95 mm x 8.44 mm
Spinel
Sri Lanka
2.16 ct, 8.91 mm x 6.69 mm
Scorzalite (rare) (new find)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
5.8 x 5.0 x 3.3 cm
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