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Zircon (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)
- Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
- Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 5.9 x 5.6 cm
- Start Time: 12/13/2012 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 12/20/2012 6:45:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A hard to find Zircon from the Ilmen Mountains of Russia. The piece is from the Brian Kosnar collection, who obtained it from New York dealer, Larry Conklin. The piece features a handful of pretty sharp, lustrous, well-formed, caramel-red colored blocky crystals of Zircon in and on matrix. The largest crystal measures up to 1.4 cm across. When strongly lit, some of the crystals actualy show a slight amount of gemminess. The piece is a great hand-sized display specimen and very hard to replace in today's market. The piece was collected approximately 60 years ago.