CONSIGNMENT MINERALS and KOSNAR COLLECTION and INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends May 9th

Ends Thursday, May 9th, 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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Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite on Copper (rare matrix piece)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
9.0 x 7.4 x 1.6 cm
Bournonite
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
2.7 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm
Paravauxite with Sigloite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
3.1 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm
Tetrahedrite (mined 1977)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
4.1 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Zanett tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado
4.2 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
Rosasite with Calcite (ex Harold Urish and Brian Kosnar Collections)
Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts, Pima County, Arizona
4.1 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm
Antlerite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Sunshine #4 Mine, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg, Socorro County, New Mexico
5.8 x 4.7 x 2.4 cm
Datolite (very lustrous!) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Braen's Quarry (Sam Braen's Quarry), Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey
6.4 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
Stilbite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
4.2 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Erythrite (rare locality piece) (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Lovelock Mine, near Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Churchill County, Nevada
5.0 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Pyrite "Sun" (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Coal Mines, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois
5.4 x 5.2 x 0.5 cm
Smithsonite with Rosasite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Hidden Treasure Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah
11.7 x 6.2 x 5.1 cm
Kyanite with Lazulite
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia
6.2 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm
Galena (ex Arnaud Collection)
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri
5.8 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Sapphire
Ganesh, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.7 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Chrysoberyl (new find!)
Ambatondrazaka District, Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Toamasina Province (Tamatave), Madagascar
2.3 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm
Pentagonite
Wagholi, Poona, India
3.1 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Uvite Tourmaline on Dolomite (twin)
Brumado mine, Bahia, Brazil
5.6 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Quartz (Elestial)
Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Mineas Gerais, Brazil
9.0 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm
Tyrolite
Novoveska Huta, Spisska Nova Ves Mining District, Spisska Nova Ves Co., Kosice Region, Slovakia
3.8 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm
Adamite (Cuprian)
Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion (Laurion) District, Attiki (Attika) Prefecture, Greece
3.7 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite (unique color)
Yiyang, Tongbai, Henan Province, China
13.2 x 12.5 x 2.5 cm
Prehnite with Epidote
Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
4.4 x 4.0 x 3.1 cm
Charoite (Rare)
Russia
1.72 ct, 15.19 mm x 7.82 mm
Scorzalite (good quality for the locality) (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
12.2 x 8.3 x 4.3 cm
Epidote (magnetic!)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
4.7 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
Pink Apatite (classic material)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.0 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
Siderite
Estano Orcko mine, Colavi District, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.8 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
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