CONSIGNMENT MINERALS and KOSNAR COLLECTION and INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends January 2nd

Ends Thursday, January 2nd, 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 with Zinkenite on Pyrite
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
5.7 x 4.3 x 1.3 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
9.8 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.3 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Wavellite on Quartz
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.4 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm
Cassiterite on Quartz
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
5.8 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.6 x 7.3 x 3.1 cm
Pyrite (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper County, Indiana
2.9 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Amazonite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
3.3 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm
Vanadinite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Silver King Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz County, Arizona
4.7 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
Stilbite
Martin Marietta Quarry, Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina
6.5 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Stibiconite (pseudomorph after Stibnite)
Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosu, Mexico
3.9 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Aquamarine and Morganite (rare bicolor crystals)
Baha, Baltistan, Braldu Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan
3.6 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Fluorite
Frunthorn, Lugnez Valley, Graubunden, Switzerland
1.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm
Amethyst with Hematite and/or Goethite and/or Lepidocrocite (?)
Irau, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
6.0 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
Spessartine (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
2.9 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Azurite with Malachite
Liufengshan Mine, Anqing-Guichi Mining District, Guichi District, Chizhou Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
4.1 x 2.9 x 2.0 cm
Pyrite with Calcite
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
11.1 x 9.1 x 2.5 cm
Quartz on Dolomite
Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
6.1 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm
Prehnite
C Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha Region, Tanzania
2.5 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Diaspore (rare color) (new find)
Monywa, Sagaing Division, Burma
0.8 x 0.6 x 0.1 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
7.8 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm
Tourmaline (great termination)
Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
6.8 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Spessartine with Apatite
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
13.1 x 9.1 x 5.2 cm
Spinel on matrix
Sungate Mine, An Phu, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
11.8 x 8.1 x 7.7 cm
Chalcanthite
Rodalquilar, Nujar, Almerua, Andalusia, Spain
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
Tourmaline
Stak Nala, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.1 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Fluorite Carving, Bowl
Hunan Province, China
58 mm x 47 mm x 23 mm, 39.16 grams (195.80 carats)
Rhodolite
Tanzania
2.84 ct, 9.8 mm x 7.8 mm
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