CONSIGNMENT MINERALS and KOSNAR COLLECTION and INVENTORY AUCTIONS - Ends September 18th

MINERAL AUCTIONS HTML Ends Thursday, September 18th, 2014 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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Scorzalite (rare)
Estano Orcko mine, Machacamarca District (Colavi District), Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.0 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Aragonite PLUS Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite (two piece before and after set)
Corocoro District, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
1.4 x 1.3 x 0.9 cm AND 1.4 x 1.3 x 0.8 cm
Magnetite
Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia
6.1 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm
Paravauxite
Contacto vein, Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia (type locality)
4.1 x 3.8 x 0.8 cm
Epidote (magnetic!)
Raskoh Mts., Kharan, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
5.0 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
Wulfenite
Red Cloud mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona
2.8 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm
Rose Quartz (ex Rich Kosnar collection)
Lavra da Ilha (an island in the middle of the Jequitinhonha River), Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil (type locality)
3.8 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm
Amethyst and Smoky Quartz with Opal-esque terminations
Santa Maria do Jetiba, Espurito Santo, Brazil
5.0 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm
Quartz ("Faden")
Tole (Tui), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan
7.1 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm
Albite (var: "Cleavelandite") (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Strickland Quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut
8.8 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm
Prehnite
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey
7.6 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
Gold with Quartz
Little Johnnie Mine (Ibex Mine), Leadville, Lake County, Colorado
1.4 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
Spessartine
Shengus (Shingus), Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
1.0 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm
Stibiconite (pseudomorph after Stibnite)
Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosu, Mexico
5.0 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Topaz (gem quality)
Dassu, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
2.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm
Zincite (ex Rich Kosnar Collection)
Franklin mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey
11.5 x 8.3 x 6.1 cm
Quartz (ex Allen Heyl Collection)
Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffrey, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
4.4 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Arsenopyrite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
4.4 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm
Rhodochrosite
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junun Department, Peru
4.7 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm
Spinel
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
1.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm
Wire Silver
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province, China
2.5 x 0.8 x 0.3 cm
Andradite (var Demantoid)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
11.2 x 7.8 x 3.1 cm
Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Solus, Corvera de Asturias, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain
10.2 x 8.0 x 2.8 cm
Sapphire
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
1.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm
Bournonite (mined in 2003)
Machacamarca Mine, near Colavi, Potosi Department, Bolivia
3.0 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Grossular (unusual material)
Handan Prefecture, Hebei Province, China
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Hemimorphite
Wenshan Mine, Dulong ore field, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
6.2 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm
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