MINERAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTIONS from the Kosnar Family COLLECTION and INVENTORY - Ends September 27th

Ends Thursday, September 27th, 2012 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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Vivianite
Tomokoni adit, near Canutillos, Colavi, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, 36 km NE of Potosi, Bolivia
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Danburite (unique blue color)
Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
8.3 x 7.7 x 4.7 cm
Gypsum (hard to find material)
Salar de Uyuni, Nor Lipez Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.3 x 5.0 x 4.6 cm
Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite ("floater")
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Scorzalite (good quality for the locality) (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm
Potosiite on Franckeite (rare material)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm
Mimetite with Bayldonite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Sammy Dog Mine (Ironwood Mine) Silver Bell District, Pima County, Arizona
Silver with Barite and Galena (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Robinson Mine (Robinson Victor Mine), Kokomo-Tenmile Area, Summit County, Colorado,
6.3 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
Pyrite
State Bridge area, Eagle County, Colorado
3.1 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm
Amazonite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
6.7 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
Heulandite on Prehnite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
3.8 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Benitoite (classic material)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito County, California
5.7 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm
Andradite (var: "Demantoid") (new find!)
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Madagascar
2.4 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Tourmaline (GEM) on Albite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Cruzeiro mine, Sa£o Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.6 x 10.3 x 5.8 cm
Prehnite (great luster and gemminess)
La Saludadora Quarry (La Cabrera pluton), Valdemanco, Madrid, Spain
5.7 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm
Olmiite
N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Dioptase
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
3.8 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Painite (super rare)
Ongaing, near Mogok, Burma (type locality)
1.5 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
Chromium/Vanadium Uvite (rare)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
1.3 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm
Spessartine on Albite
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
6.2 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Halite
Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
4.7 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm
Azurite with Malachite (ex Brian Kosnar and Harold Urish Collections)
Morenci Mine, Clifton-Morenci District, Shannon Mts, Greenlee County, Arizona
5.3 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
Malachite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
6.0 x 4.3 x 3.2 cm
Pectolite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
11.3 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm
Wulfenite
Red Cloud mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona
2.7 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Golden Dolomite (unusual color)
Black Rock, Lawrence County Zinc District, Lawrence County, Arkansas
4.3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Almandine in schist
Northwest Branch Locality, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland
3.7 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Fluorite with Brochantite
Sunshine #1 Mine, Blanchard, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico
11.1 x 8.8 x 5.3 cm
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