Pink Fluorite on Adularia ex. Kosnar Coll.

Item Description

A stunning fluorite miniature from a very special, small pocket found at Pt Kurtz in the early 1990s (before the more well-known "red pocket" was found in around 96 or 97). As far as I know, most of this pocket was offered to Richard Kosnar for his collection, and there they stayed until he passed away recently. A piece from this pocket, from the Kosnar collection, was on a recent Min Record cover, and this piece comes from the same lot, having identical color in person. The color is an intense red-maroon hue, with a touch of purple at the barest edges of the crystals as you can see in the photos...really deeper than red or pink fluorite from other locales. The purple edges on the crystals is rare and only seen in about 5% of specimens from this area in our experience. These crystals are pristine and complete. This is a well-balanced display quality miniature, with the crystals perched on Crystallized adularia. Valued AT LEAST $2500, maybe quite a bit more. The only better one the Kosnar collection had from the find sold for north of five figures and this is the second in line to that one. Such pieces are rare and highly desired, particularly in Europe.