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Quartz after Anhydrite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection) viewBack to CONSIGNMENT and COLLECTION AUCTIONS - Ends December 8th

O. S. Pocket, Ouray County, Colorado
  • Starting Time:12/1/2011 06:45:00 PM(CST)
  • Ending Time:12/8/2011 06:45:00 PM(CST)
  • Time Left:Auction Is Closed

  • Size:CABINET
  • Size Description:10.3 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm

Description:A really cool and unusual specimen from the classic San Juan Mining District in southwestern Colorado. This piece features beautiful, well-formed epimorphs / "casts" of lustrous, gemmy Quartz crystals after tabular and somewhat cavernous crystals of Anhydrite. If you're a Quartz collector, maybe you don't have one of these in your collection from Ouray, and it certainly had a beautiful appearance with the reddish-brown iron staining on the inside of the casts. The piece was collected by Benjy Kuehling and comes from the personal collection of Brian Kosnar.