CONSIGNMENT MINERAL COLLECTION and KOSNAR INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends TUESDAY November 20th

Ends TUESDAY, November 20th, 2012 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)

ALL OF THIS WEEK'S AUCTIONS WILL CLOSE EARLY TO ACCOMMODATE THANKSGIVING PLANS and/or TRAVEL ISSUES

Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with classic minerals, unusual pieces, rarities and Bolivian specimens).
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Valentinite (2011 find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
7.2 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Andorite on Jamesonite with Stannite
San Jose mine, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.9 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
4.7 x 4.1 x 1.4 cm
Ferberite with Marcasite
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.5 x 6.2 x 5.1 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Aragonite (unique "floater")
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar collection)
Emma Mine, Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana
4.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Rosasite with Hemimorphite (ex Harold Urish and Brian Kosnar Collections)
Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts, Pima County, Arizona
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Barite
Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado
3.4 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Epidote with Quartz (classic material)
Calumet Iron mine, Turret District, Chaffee County, Colorado
3.3 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Gold in Quartz (polished slice) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
4.6 x 3.2 x 0.4 cm
Spessartine with Smoky Quartz
Glens Peak, Elmore County, Idaho
3.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Cerussite (ex Brian Kosnar and Harold Urish Collections)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
5.2 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Stilbite ("bow tie")
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
5.7 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm
Bixbyite with Topaz
Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Peridot with Ludwigite Inclusions
Sapat (Soppat) Naran-Kaghan Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP), Pakistan
3.7 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite (GEM quality)
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, North Pennines, Durham, England
6.2 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
Diaspore (classic material)
Selcuk, Mugla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey
4.7 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
Chondrodite on marble
Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
5.3 x 5.0 x 2.7 cm
Pezzottaite (very rare)
Sakavalana, near Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (Type Locality)
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm
Euchroite (rare) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Svaetodusna Valley, ?ubietova (Libethen), Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia (type locality)
11.7 x 7.8 x 6.2 cm
Quartz (with a movable water bubble)
Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
5.2 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm
Prehnite
Oficarsa Quarry (Cerro de las Culebras), Carchelejo, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain
6.1 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm
Ajoite included Quartz
Messina Mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
4.3 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
3.5 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
10.4 x 9.3 x 7.3 cm
Chabazite with Heulandite on Amethyst after Anhydrite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
5.8 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Aquamarine on Albite
Shigar, Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.2 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm
Pyromorphite (ex Brian Kosnar and Harold Urish Collections)
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
4.7 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm
Tourmaline (multicolor crystal)
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
2.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
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