CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends January 19th, 2012

Ends Thursday, January 19th, 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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Pyromorphite (rare from Bolivia)
Huari-Hauri, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
5.0 x 3.9 x 2.1 cm
Paravauxite with minor Vauxite on matrix
Contacto vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality for both species)
3.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Amethyst (scepters and reverse scepters)
Bombori, Potosi Department, Bolivia
8.7 x 8.3 x 6.7 cm
Wavellite (new find)
Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillo Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
4.7 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
Danburite (blue)
Alto Chapare, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia
2.8 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Pectolite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
9.2 x 8.7 x 7.8 cm
Chlorite on Datolite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Summit Quarry (Houdaille Quarry), Union County, New Jersey
1.1 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Willemite (ex Pat Gross and Rich Kosnar Collections)
Parker Shaft, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
2.0 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm
Copper
Central mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan
2.8 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm
Quartz ("Herkimer Diamond") (ex Harold Urish Collection)
Middleville, Herkimer County, New York
5.2 x 4.5 x 4.3 cm
Goethite (great quality crystals) (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
R. A. Kosnar claim on Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, near Lake George, Park County, Colorado
7.7 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm
Benitoite with Neptunite (classic material)
Dallas Gem Mine, San Benito County, California
6.5 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm
Opal (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Gracios O Dios Mine, Honduras
2.3 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm
Wulfenite (ex Harold Urish Collection)
San Francisco, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Mun. de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico
3.3 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
Prehnite with Epidote
Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
Orthoclase ("Carlsbad" twin)
La Machota Baja outcrop, Zarzalejo, Madrid, Spain
3.6 x 3.0 x 1.4 cm
Andalusite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Val Bregaglia, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
7.2 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
Spessartine (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Namlook Mine, Dassu, Braldu Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
1.1 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Anatase
Kharan, Baluchistan, Pakistan
7.3 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm
Anatase with Rutile ("Floater") (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil
2.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Rhodizite (rare)
Antandrokomby pegmatite; Manandona Valley; Sahatany Pegmatite Field (Mt Bity (Ibity) area), Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
0.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
Coquimbite
Javier Mine (Javier Ortega Mine), Huachuas, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho Department, Peru
3.6 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm
Rhodochrosite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
11.8 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm
Labuntsovite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
1.8 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm
Cassiterite with Quartz
Viloco mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
3.7 x 3.3 x 2.0 cm
Dioptase (gemmy crystals)
Kimbedi, Pool Region, Republic of the Congo
2.2 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
Stibnite (big crystal)
Wuling Antimony mine, Xinning, Nanchang area, Jiangxi, East Region, China
19.3 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm
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