CONSIGNMENT MINERALS and KOSNAR COLLECTION and INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends December 12th

Ends Thursday, December 12th, 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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Monazite-Ce (color change twinned crystals)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Bournonite ("cogwheel")
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.1 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
Phosphophyllite (very rare)
Huayllani mine, Infiernillos mine, Huayllani, Machacamarca District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm
Paravauxite with Sigloite
Contacto vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
8.1 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm
Anatase with Rutile ("floater")
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
2.2 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Calcite
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.5 x 6.2 x 3.6 cm
Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Ford Mine No. 1, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona
3.2 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm
Azurite and Malachite on Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Copper Rivet mine, several miles North of the Cashin mine, Mesa County, Colorado
13.3 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm
Sphalerite (classic material) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Portland Mine, in the Ouray Amphitheater, east of the town of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
1.8 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Chalcedony / Agate Geode
Dugway Geode Beds, Dugway Pass Area, Juab County, Utah
7.2 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm
Sphalerite (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
12 South #1 Stope, Elmwood, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
9.8 x 7.0 x 2.4 cm
Epidote (unusual habit)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
4.1 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm
Alstonite (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Diaspore (rare color) (new find)
Monywa, Sagaing Division, Burma
0.9 x 0.3 x 0.1 cm
Pyrite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
5.2 x 4.9 x 4.7 cm
Fluorite
Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
9.5 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
Lepidolite (rare yellow color)
Itinga, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9.8 x 7.7 x 7.5 cm
Chromium/Vanadium Uvite (rare)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
1.0 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Zircon
Astor, Diamer District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Rhodochrosite
Wutong (Wudong) Mine, Liubao ("Babu"), Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
4.3 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
Rhodizite (Rb-rich) with Rubellite on matrix
Tetezantsio village, Ampasagona, Deptartementa Andrembesoa, Vakinankaratra region (Betafo - Antsirabe region), Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
3.1 x 2.9 x 1.7 cm
Spessartine Garnet with Smoky Quartz
Wushan, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, East Region, China
5.7 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm
Topaz with Quartz
Pan-taw (Pandaw), Kyatpyin North, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Burma
9.2 x 6.3 x 3.7 cm
Malachite with Chrysocolla
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
8.7 x 6.8 x 3.2 cm
Erythrite
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco
2.0 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Danburite (rare blue color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
6.0 x 4.2 x 4.1 cm
Sphalerite pseudomorphs after Wurtzite with Pyrite (new find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
5.7 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm
Almandine Garnet
Tay Nguyen, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam
5.0 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
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