RARE MINERALS - Ends February 2nd

Ends Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)
Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with classic minerals, unusual pieces and Bolivian specimens).
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Arsenopyrite with Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite (rare)
San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
5.8 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Vivianite
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm
Cassiterite with Quartz
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.8 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Amethyst (scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
Ferberite (twin)
Tasna mine, Rosario section of Cerro Tasna, Nor Chichas Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.5 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Scorzalite (rare) (new find)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia
3.2 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
Valentinite (New Find!)
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
6.7 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm
Monazite-Ce (color change crystals)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.5 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Quartz (Japan-Law Twin)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
7.8 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm
Prehnite (good color) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Count, New Jersey
9.7 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm
Laumontite with Calcite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Summit Quarry (Houdaille Quarry), Union County, New Jersey
1.6 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Fluorite (mined 1977) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Sweet Home mine, near Alma, Park County, Colorado
3.2 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm
Chalcopyrite with Quartz and Calcite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Osceola Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
3.7 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm
Tourmaline (doubly-terminated) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California
8.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Siderite with Marcasite, Dolomite and Pyrrhotite (classic material) (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Morro Velho Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.3 x 3.8 x 3.6 cm
Hydroxylapatite (rare and unique)
Sapo mine, Goiabeira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.3 x 3.7 x 3.1 cm
Fluorite (classic material)
Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain
3.8 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm
Millerite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Monte Acuto Ragazza, Grizzana, Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
4.6 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
Azurite with Malachite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.3 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Apatite ("Faden")
Chhurka, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
2.1 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Eosphorite (great color) with Topaz (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Chamachu, Skardu District, Pakistan
3.0 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
Anatase ("Alpine-type")
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
4.7 x 4.4 x 1.6 cm
Vanadinite
Mibladen, Midelt, Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
12.3 x 7.2 x 4.3 cm
Epidote
Imilchil, High Atlas Mts, Er Rachidia Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
3.7 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm
Inesite (good color)
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
9.8 x 8.5 x 7.2 cm
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Dulong ore field, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
9.7 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Fluorite (unique color)
Yiyang, Tongbai, Henan Province, China
6.7 x 5.2 x 2.2 cm
Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho
3.1 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Barite (classic antique) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Pribram District, Bohemia, Czech Republic
6.6 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
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