CONSIGNMENT MINERALS and KOSNAR COLLECTION and INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends September 19th

Ends Thursday, September 19th, 2013 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)
Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with classic minerals, unusual pieces, rarities and Bolivian specimens).

Danburite (unique blue color)

Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

5.8 x 5.5 x 4.8 cm

Monazite-Ce (color change twins) with Xenotime

Contacto Vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia

10.3 x 8.0 x 7.5 cm

Sphalerite with Augelite (rare association)

Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia

6.3 x 2.6 x 0.6 cm

Vauxite with Quartz and Childrenite

Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for Vauxite)

4.0 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm

Amethyst (reverse scepters) with Calcite* (*Calcite is rare from Bolivia)

Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia

10.4 x 9.3 x 6.2 cm

Quartz (coated by Manganese)

Barrett Mine, Gwinnett County, Georgia

5.0 x 4.8 x 3.7 cm

Chalcocite and Chrysocolla (ex Bob Batic Collection)

Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

13.1 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm

Sussexite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

Franklin mine, Sussex County, New Jersey

3.1 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm

Prehnite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey

10.2 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm

Apatite (mined by Rich Kosnar)

Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado

2.7 x 2.2 x 0.7 cm

Pyrite "ball" (ex John Arnaud Collection)

Portland Cement Quarry, Florence, Fremont County, Colorado

1.8 x 17 x 1.7 cm

Beryl (ex Allen Heyl Collection)

Centennial Cone Pegmatite (K. L. Green Ranch), Jefferson County, Colorado

5.3 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm

Calcite with Malachite on Limonite (ex Harold Urish and Brian Kosnar Collections)

Omega Mine, Monument Mountain, Helvetia, Santa Rita Mts, Pima County, Arizona

5.0 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm

Apatite

Cerro de Mercado Mine, Victoria de Durango, Cerro de los Remedios, Mun. de Durango, Durango, Mexico

1.3 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm

Calcite on Galena (ex John Arnaud Collection)

Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico

4.8 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm

Malachite after Azurite

Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District, Arkaroola Region, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

3.5 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm

Spessartine

Nani, (approximately 10 km SW of the Kenya border), near the village of Lemisikio, (approximately 30 km E of the Serengeti Nation Park), 35 km NE of Loliondo proper, Arusha Region, Tanzania

2.1 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm