CONSIGNMENT MINERALS and KOSNAR COLLECTION and INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends August 15th

Ends Thursday, August 15th, 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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Andorite (classic material)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
2.9 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm
Monazite-Ce (color change butterfly twins!)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.8 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm
Stibnite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
La Salvadora Mine, Oruro city, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
3.1 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Vauxite (deep color)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
3.3 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Aragonite ("floater")
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.3 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
Amethyst (doubly-terminated reverse scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.8 x 3.0 x 2.8 cm
Rutile with Tainiolite (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
3.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Prehnite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
9.0 x 7.3 x 3.7 cm
Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
2.1 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm
Quartz "casts" after Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Crystal Cavern, West of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
5.6 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
Almandine (large crystal) (1,829 grams)
Mathis farm, near Epworth, Fannin County, Georgia
10.8 x 8.7 x 8.5 cm
Apatite
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
1.4 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
Barite and Marcasite (polished)
Lubin Mine, Legnica, Lower Silesia (Dolnoslaskie), Poland
6.5 x 5.6 x 1.3 cm
Aquamarine with Spessartine on Albite
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
5.3 x 4.3 x 3.3 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid")
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
7.0 x 5.3 x 4.7 cm
Hemimorphite (rare blue color)
Kimbedi, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
7.1 x 7.0 x 4.8 cm
Conichalcite
Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District (Laurion; Laurium), Attiku Prefecture (Attica; Attika), Greece
5.5 x 4.3 x 1.8 cm
Ammonite (var: Ammolite)
Ambato-Boeni District, Boeny Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province, Madagascar
3.3 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm
Epidote (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sissone Valley, Malenco Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
4.8 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Diaspore (rare color) (new find)
Monywa, Sagaing Division, Burma
0.7 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Fluorite Carving, Bowl
Hunan Province, China
68 mm x 60 mm x 21 mm, 67 grams
Amethyst (classic material)
Four Peaks Amethyst Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona
21.32 ct, 21.09 mm x 14.60 mm
Fluorite (rare locale)
Santa Rosa, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Spodumene (var: Triphane)
Pech, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
8.2 x 4.8 x 2.7 cm
Datolite (gemmy and lustrous!) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
5.8 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm
Fluorite on Sphalerite
Elmwood, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
3.0 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Wavellite (good color)
Mauldin Mt., Montgomery County, Arkansas
4.8 x 3.3 x 1.9 cm
Calcite on Calcite
Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
12.0 x 8.3 x 4.7 cm
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