FINE MINERAL COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends February 9th - MINERAL SALES

Ends Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 6:45 PM (Central Time)
Consignments from the Kosnar family collections and inventory (with classic minerals, unusual pieces and Bolivian specimens).

Vivianite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Huanuni Mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia

6.6 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm

Bournonite

Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Cornelio Saavedra Province, Potosu Department, Bolivia

6.1 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm

Wavellite

Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia

10.2 x 8.1 x 4.6 cm

Aragonite (LARGE "floater" "discoball")

Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia

4.3 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm

Vauxite with Paravauxite

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

3.5 x 2.7 x 1.1 cm

Stannite with Jamesonite

San Jose mine, Oruro Department, Bolivia

2.7 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm

Epidote (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska

4.6 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm

Wire Silver (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado

1.6 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm

Rhodochrosite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Sunnyside mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado

3.2 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm

Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Osceola Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado

4.2 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm

Prehnite (ex Robert Batic Collection)

Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey

12.7 x 8.3 x 2.8 cm

Epidote-Pb ("Hancockite") (ex Rich Kosnar and Pat Gross Collections)

Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey

1.7 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm

Andradite (Mn-Al rich) with Rhodonite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)

Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey

4.2 x 3.0 x 1.4 cm

Copper

Northwestern mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan

5.3 x 3.8 x 2.0 cm

Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Collection)

Red Cloud mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona

3.6 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm

Hematite

Bouse, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

3.8 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm

Smoky Quartz and Amethyst (scepter)

Royal Scepter Mine, Hallelujah Junction, Petersen Mountain, Washoe County, Nevada

6.9 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm

Brochantite (ex Harold Urish Collection)

Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico

4.3 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm

Chabazite (great color)

Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

4.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm

Chalcedony

Slanec Quarry, Slanske Mts, Kosice Region, Slovakia

4.5 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm

Titanite

Mana, Bajaur Agency, FATA, Pakistan

1.8 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm

Calcite (unusual material)

Ahmadnagar District (Ahmednagar District; Ahmed Nagar District), Maharashtra, India

5.0 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm

Anglesite with Cerussite and Malachite (ex Richard A. Kosnar Collection)

Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia

6.3 x 5.0 x 3.1 cm

Vesuvianite (cat's eye terminations)

Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Nortern Areas, Pakistan

3.0 x 2.2 x 1.7 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

1.2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm