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- Jenipapo dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Formula
- KZr2(PO4)3
- Size
- Thumbnail 2.5x3x2cm
- Tagged
- phosphate
LARGE crystals for this species, each measuring to a whopping 1-2mm with a light blue color. This is the best locality for this rare zirconium phosphate at least for the size category. There are only 9 zirconium phosphates in the world. Kosnarite occurs in only 3 localities worldwide.
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- Mount Mica quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, United States
- Formula
- KZr2(PO4)3
- Size
- Thumbnail 1x0.7x0.7cm
- Tagged
- phosphate , pegmatite mineral
- Special Info
- Type Locality
There are not too many zirconium phosphates on Earth. Maine has two of the localities, this one, Mount Mica, is the type locality. The specimen is small and in the photos you can easily see one of the cubes. It is trigonal and crystallizes as pseudocubes. The crystal at the arrow is about 0.5mm but there are about 8 or 9 of them in a cluster not too easily seen in the photos. It is etched out according to the stick on label on the plastic box.
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- Sold
- Locality
- Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Formula
- KZr2(PO4)3
- Size
- Cabinet 13x11x8cm
- Tagged
- sulfide , pegmatite mineral
Colorless to orange fine micro Kosnarite crystals to 2mm as singles and clusters covering cleavelandite Albite. This is a fabulous, worldclass specimen which belongs in a museum. The Kosnarite crystals are rhombic or pseudocubic and very distinct. This locality and find was made about 2002 and was regarded as the world's best Kosnarite find. Kosnarite is a rare zirconium phosphate found in only four localities worldwide.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Mount Mica quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, United States
- Formula
- KZr2(PO4)3
- Size
- Thumbnail 1.5x1x1cm
- Tagged
- phosphate , pegmatite mineral
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Of course the best locality for this very rare zirconium phosphate is Jenipapo in Brazil. Those are even large and they must of been found in a good quantity since a lot of specimens were produced. This however is the type locality. On the contrary, it must have been sparse and rarely found. The specimen is small at 1.5cm and the cluster of Kosnarite crystals is 1mm and is a nice gemmy blue. The individual crystals must be less than 0.5mm.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Mount Mica quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, United States
- Formula
- KZr2(PO4)3
- Size
- Thumbnail 2.2x1.8x0.7cm
- Tagged
- phosphate , pegmatite mineral
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Tiny blue pseudocubic rhombic crystals less than 0.3mm in a 1mm cluster. Very rare zirconium phosohate found at only 5 worldwide localities. Type Locality.
