MINERAL SPECIMEN CONSIGNMENT & KOSNAR MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends October 25th

Ends Thursday, October 25th, 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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Vauxite with Paravauxite and Childrenite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for two species)
3.7 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm
Augelite with Pyrite on matrix
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
13.0 x 8.8 x 8.4 cm
Boracite (rare pink color)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
6.2 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Aquamarine (deep color) (GEM "floater") (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho
2.0 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Pyrite (rare locale) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Yankee Boy Mine, Battleship Butte, Mayer, Yavapai County, Arizona
2.6 x 2.1 x 0.8 cm
Mimetite with Bayldonite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Ironwood Mine, Silver Bell District, Pima County, Arizona
4.8 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm
Calcite (ex Roy Evans Collection)
Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal County, Arizona
4.2 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm
Smoky Quartz and Amethyst combo crystal
North end of the Petersen Mountain Range, Hallelujah Junction area, 30 miles North of Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
11.6 x 7.7 x 4.5 cm
Pink Apophyllite on Datolite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
3.7 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
Stilbite (rare color)
Moore's Station Quarry, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
11.3 x 7.3 x 3.6 cm
Sphalerite (ex Tom Gressman Collection)
Berry Materials Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
5.5 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm
Gold (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
0.8 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
Quartz / Amethystine (scepter crystals)
Liliana Mine, Mun. de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
2.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Adamite (Cuprian)
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
3.3 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm
Orpiment (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine; ASARCO Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru
4.7 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
Anatase with Rutile ("floater")
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
3.3 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
Dioptase
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
4.7 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm
Ruby Spinel (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma
0.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
Pentagonite
Wagholi, Poona, India
1.4 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
Trilithionite (Lepidolite)
Dobra Voda, Velke Mezirici, Vysocina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic
6.3 x 4.1 x 3.1 cm
Native Tellurium
Mariahilf Mine, Fata Baii (Fatia Baia; Facebanya), Zlatna, Alba Co., Romania (Type Locality)
2.7 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Aquamarine and Morganite (rare bicolor crystal)
Baha, Baltistan, Braldu Valley, Northern Areas, Pakistan
2.6 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Grossular (var: "Hessonite") (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
5.3 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Fluorite with Muscovite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm
Rhodizite (rare)
Antandrokomby pegmatite; Manandona Valley; Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
0.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Ruby with Pyrite on matrix (ex Arnaud Collection)
Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
4.3 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm
Fluorite on Sphalerite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Elmwood mine, Smith County, Tennessee
2.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm
Dioptase with Duftite on Calcite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
6.3 x 5.7 x 3.1 cm
Vanadinite on Barite (ex Arnaud Collection)
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
4.2 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Rhodochrosite on Quartz (ex John Arnaud collection)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
5.0 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
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