CONSIGNMENT MINERALS and KOSNAR COLLECTION and INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends March 6th

Ends Thursday, March 6th, 2014 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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Shattuckite (new find!)
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
8.3 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Amethyst / Smoky with Opal-esque terminations
Santa Maria do Jetiba, Espurito Santo, Brazil
4.3 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm
Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.3 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
8.1 x 4.6 x 1.8 cm
Cylindrite
Poopo town, Poopo Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
Monazite-Ce (color change crystals)
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Apatite
Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Vanadinite (ex Arnaud Collection)
ACF Mine, Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
8.3 x 5.1 x 4.6 cm
Wavellite (good color)
Mauldin Mt., Montgomery County, Arkansas
6.3 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
Gypsum with sand inclusions ("Desert Rose")
Erfoud (Erfud), Er Rachidia Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
5.1 x 4.6 x 4.1 cm
Apatite
Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico
1.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
2.7 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Microcline with Smoky Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
R. A. Kosnar #7 Prospect near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
4.1 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
Chromian Clinochlore ("Kammererite") (ex Arnaud Collection)
Krop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzerum Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
5.0 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
Septarian Nodule
Jrada, Morocco
7.7 x 7.0 x 2.0 cm (both pieces)
Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
10.3 x 8.2 x 4.8 cm
Talc (beautiful color)
Argonaut Mine (Argonaut Talc Mine), Ludlow, Windsor County, Vermont
5.3 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Apatite (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Rock Springs Canyon, Organ District, Organ Mts, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
1.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Malachite and Azurite on Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Copper Rivet mine, several miles North of the Cashin mine, Mesa County, Colorado
12.3 x 6.3 x 5.8 cm
Agate
Chihuahua, Mexico
5.1 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Fluorite (ex Trimingham Collection)
Buckskin Mts, near Parker, La Paz County, Arizona
8.2 x 7.3 x 2.3 cm
Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye iron mine), Tieshan District, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
3.5 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Amazonite with GEM Pericline (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
R. A. Kosnar Claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
2.6 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Dolomite
Black Rock, Lawrence County Zinc District, Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA
3.3 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
Valentinite (2011 find)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
4.3 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm
Aquamarine (deep color) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sawtooth Batholith/Sawtooth Mts, Boise County, Idaho
3.2 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Epidote (magnetic!)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
8.1 x 7.1 x 3.7 cm
Cassiterite with Quartz (With Smoky Quartz "Phantoms"!)
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
6.2 x 5.0 x 2.7 cm
Atacamite in slag (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Dyke Park, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
2.6 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
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