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Quartz (scepters) (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) 
Back to Collection Liquidation Auctions - end Feb 25 - Part II
Patch Mine, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado
- Starting Time:2/18/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
- Ending Time:2/25/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:SMALL CABINET
- Size Description:5.5 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm
Description:The Patch Mine near Central City in Colorado is one of the most classic localities on the front range. Gilpin County is the site of the first discovery of Gold in Colorado, and the Patch Mine (often referred to as the Glory Hole Mine) is a still standing landmark just southwest of Central City. This piece is filled with classic, sharp, lustrous, water-clear, colorless scepter Quartz crystals associated with black tetrahedral Sphalerite crystals and iron-coated groups of Siderite on massive Quartz matrix. Colorado collectors will tell you that obtaining specimens from Gilpin County is very difficult because the vast majority of the mining took place before WWII and good quality pieces simply are not around. A fine display specimen of this beloved material.
