CONSIGNMENT MINERALS and KOSNAR COLLECTION and INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends April 11th

Ends Thursday, April 11th, 2013 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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Danburite (rare blue color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
6.3 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Ferberite
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm
Paravauxite with Sigloite
Contacto vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
6.8 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm
Augelite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Dept. Potosi, Bolivia
4.0 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
Prehnite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
7.5 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm
Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
5.7 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Shattuckite pseudomorph after Dioptase after Calcite (multiple replacements!)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
5.1 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm
Calcite (Mn-bearing) on Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Idarado mine, near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
2.6 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm
Apatite
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
1.3 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Chalcedony ("Blue Holly Agate") (rare material)
Ngabu village, Chiwawy-Nsanje District, Malawi
5.8 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm
Andradite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
La Prieta Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.6 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Anatase on Quartz (classic material) (ex John Arnaud Collection)
Matskorhu (Matskorhae), Odda, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
5.5 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
Fluorite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
7.2 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm
Aquamarine on Muscovite
Chumar Bakhoor, near Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Vesuvianite
Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan
4.3 x 2.1 x 0.9 cm
Tourmaline (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Australia
4.0 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Malachite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
5.0 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm
Cerussite (twin) with Mimetite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
6.7 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm
Cobaltoan Calcite
Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
5.3 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
3.0 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm
Pyromorphite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China
5.2 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm
Hemimorphite (rare blue color)
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
7.2 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Pyrite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Huancavelica Department, Peru
6.8 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm
Copper
Morenci, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona
17.2 x 7.7 x 6.8 cm
Anatase with Rutile ("floater")
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
Scorzalite (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.6 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
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