[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"minerals:one:2259":3},{"id":4,"longid":5,"guid":6,"name":7,"shortcode_ima":8,"entrytype":9,"entrytype_text":10,"varietyof":11,"synid":11,"polytypeof":11,"groupid":11,"weighting":12,"nolocadd":13,"blacklisted":13,"mindat_formula":14,"mindat_formula_note":11,"ima_formula":14,"elements":15,"sigelements":20,"key_elements":21,"impurities":22,"cim":11,"ima_status":23,"ima_notes":11,"ima_history":11,"approval_year":11,"publication_year":25,"discovery_year":26,"strunz10ed1":27,"strunz10ed2":28,"strunz10ed3":29,"strunz10ed4":30,"dana8ed1":31,"dana8ed2":32,"dana8ed3":33,"dana8ed4":34,"csystem":35,"cclass":36,"spacegroup":37,"spacegroupset":38,"a":39,"b":38,"c":40,"alpha":38,"beta":38,"gamma":38,"aerror":41,"berror":11,"cerror":42,"alphaerror":11,"betaerror":11,"gammaerror":11,"va3":43,"z":44,"csmetamict":13,"commentcrystal":45,"twinning":11,"tranglide":11,"parting":11,"epitaxidescription":11,"morphology":46,"tlform":11,"hmin":47,"hmax":47,"hardtype":11,"vhnmin":38,"vhnmax":38,"vhnerror":11,"vhng":11,"vhns":11,"commenthard":11,"dmeas":48,"dmeas2":48,"dcalc":49,"dmeaserror":50,"dcalcerror":11,"commentdense":11,"lustre":11,"lustretype":51,"commentluster":11,"diapheny":52,"streak":53,"colour":54,"commentcolor":11,"colors":55,"streak_colors":60,"luminescence":11,"uv":11,"cleavage":61,"cleavagetype":62,"fracturetype":63,"tenacity":64,"commentbreak":11,"opticaltype":65,"opticalsign":66,"opticalalpha":38,"opticalalpha2":38,"opticalalphaerror":11,"opticalbeta":38,"opticalbeta2":38,"opticalbetaerror":11,"opticalgamma":38,"opticalgamma2":38,"opticalgammaerror":11,"opticalomega":67,"opticalomega2":38,"opticalomegaerror":11,"opticalepsilon":68,"opticalepsilon2":38,"opticalepsilonerror":11,"opticaln":38,"opticaln2":38,"opticalnerror":11,"optical2vcalc":38,"optical2vcalc2":38,"optical2vcalcerror":11,"optical2vmeasured":38,"optical2vmeasured2":38,"optical2vmeasurederror":11,"rimin":69,"rimax":70,"opticaldispersion":11,"opticalpleochroism":11,"opticalpleochorismdesc":11,"opticalbirefringence":11,"opticalcomments":11,"opticalcolour":11,"opticalinternal":11,"opticaltropic":11,"opticalanisotropism":11,"opticalbireflectance":11,"opticalextinction":11,"opticalr":11,"specdispm":11,"ir":11,"electrical":11,"magnetism":11,"thermalbehaviour":11,"other":11,"industrial":11,"occurrence":71,"otheroccurrence":72,"type_specimen_store":73,"description_short":11,"aboutname":74,"rock_parent":11,"rock_parent2":11,"rock_root":9,"rock_bgs_code":11,"meteoritical_code":11,"updttime":75,"reviewed_at":11,"variety_of":11,"varieties":76,"group_members":77,"associates":78,"confused_with":79,"type_localities":80,"occurrence_total":92,"citations":93,"images":130,"structures":301,"synonyms":308,"language_names":311,"wikidata_qid":332,"texts":333},2259,"1:1:2259:6","727ee819-139e-4286-980a-ec327d66bf81","Kosnarite","Ksn",0,"mineral",null,1800,false,"KZr\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>",[16,17,18,19],"Zr","O","P","K",[16,17,18,19],[16],",Na,Rb,Mn,Hf,F,,",[24],"APPROVED",1993,"1991","8","A","C","60","38","4","12","1","Trigonal",13,98,"0","8.7205","23.9436",1,3,1576.89,6,"Cell parameters from Piilonen et al. 2020.","Rhombohedral pseudocubic crystals",4.5,"3.194","3.206",2,"Vitreous","Transparent,Translucent","White","Pale blue to pale green to colourless.",[56,57,58,59],"blue","green","colorless","white",[59],"on \u003Cmi>{10_12}\u003C\u002Fmi>","Perfect","Conchoidal","brittle","Uniaxial","+","1.656","1.682",1.656,1.682,"Secondary mineral in a complex granite pegmatite.","Late alteration mineral in granitic pegmatites.","National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 170369, 170370.","Named by Michael E. Brownfield, Eugene E. Foord, Stephen J. Sutley, and Theodore Botinelly in honor of Richard Andrew \"Rich\" Kosnar (13 November 1946, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA - 15 January 2007), Colorado mineral dealer (Mineral Classics). He was a specialist in New Jersey traprock minerals, pegmatite and Alpine-type minerals, and Coloroado localities. In 1977 he reopened the Sweet Home mine for specimens.","2025-11-19 14:14:46",[],[],[],[],[81,87],{"id":82,"txt":83,"latitude":84,"longitude":85,"country":86},3775,"Black Mountain Quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, USA",44.5852778,-70.6463889,"USA",{"id":88,"txt":89,"latitude":90,"longitude":91,"country":86},3784,"Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA",44.2694444,-70.4730556,7,[94,99,102,107,111,115,120,125],{"id":95,"year":96,"html":97,"doi":98},107877,1969,"Šljukić, M.; Matković, B.; Prodić, B.; Anderson, D. (1969) The crystal structure of KZr\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>. \u003Ci>Zeitschrift für Kristallographie\u003C\u002Fi>,  130 (1-6). 148-161 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1524\u002Fzkri.1969.130.1-6.148'>doi:10.1524\u002Fzkri.1969.130.1-6.148\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002Fzk\u002Fvol130\u002FZK130_148.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1524\u002Fzkri.1969.130.1-6.148",{"id":100,"year":25,"html":101,"doi":11},529480,"Brownfield, Michael E., Foord, Eugene E., Sutley, Stephen J., Botinelly, Theodore (1993) Kosnarite, KZr\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub> a new mineral from Mount Mica and Black Mountain, Oxford County, Maine. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  78 (5-6) 653-656 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='http:\u002F\u002Fwww.minsocam.org\u002Fammin\u002FAM78\u002FAM78_653.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":103,"year":104,"html":105,"doi":106},2089,1994,"Birch, William D., Pring, Allan, Bevan, D. J. M., Kharisun,  (1994) Wycheproofite: a new hydrated sodium aluminium zirconium phosphate from Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia, and a new occurrence of kosnarite. \u003Ci>Mineralogical Magazine\u003C\u002Fi>,  58 (393) 635-639 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1180\u002Fminmag.1994.058.393.13'>doi:10.1180\u002Fminmag.1994.058.393.13\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Frruff.info\u002Fdoclib\u002FMinMag\u002FVolume_58\u002F58-393-635.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1180\u002Fminmag.1994.058.393.13",{"id":108,"year":109,"html":110,"doi":11},16121617,1997,"Mandarino, Joseph A. (1997) \u003Ci>New Minerals 1990-1994\u003C\u002Fi>. The Mineralogical Record Inc., Tuscon, Arizona. 220pp.",{"id":112,"year":113,"html":114,"doi":11},16965374,2005,"(2005) Kosnarite. \u003Ci>Handbook of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>. Mineralogical Society of America \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fwww.handbookofmineralogy.org\u002Fpdfs\u002Fkosnarite.pdf' class='refpdflink'>\u003C\u002Fa>",{"id":116,"year":117,"html":118,"doi":119},7864472,2012,"Frost, Ray L., Xi, Yunfei, Scholz, Ricardo, Belotti, Fernanda M. (2012) Infrared and Raman spectroscopic characterization of the phosphate mineral kosnarite KZr\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub> in comparison with other pegmatitic phosphates. \u003Ci>Transition Metal Chemistry\u003C\u002Fi>,  37 (8) 777-782 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs11243-012-9652-x'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs11243-012-9652-x\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs11243-012-9652-x",{"id":121,"year":122,"html":123,"doi":124},157435,2015,"Deditius, Artur P., Utsunomiya, Satoshi, Sanchez-Alfaro, Pablo, Reich, Martin, Ewing, Rodney C., Kesler, Stephen E. (2015) Constraints on Hf and Zr mobility in high-sulfidation epithermal systems: formation of kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, in the Chaquicocha gold deposit, Yanacocha district, Peru. \u003Ci>Mineralium Deposita\u003C\u002Fi>,  50 (4) 429-436 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs00126-015-0586-z'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs00126-015-0586-z\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs00126-015-0586-z",{"id":126,"year":127,"html":128,"doi":129},4565204,2020,"Piilonen, Paula C., Friis, Henrik, Rowe, Ralph, Poirier, Glenn (2020) Crystal structure determination of kosnarite, KZr\u003Csub>2\u003C\u002Fsub>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>3\u003C\u002Fsub>, from the Mario Pinto Mine, Jenipapo district, Itinga, Brazil. \u003Ci>The Canadian Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  58 (5) 637-652 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3749\u002Fcanmin.2000044'>doi:10.3749\u002Fcanmin.2000044\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3749\u002Fcanmin.2000044",[131,141,149,156,163,170,178,185,191,199,206,212,218,225,231,239,247,255,262,269,276,282,289,295],{"id":132,"source_url":133,"license_code":134,"credit_html":135,"title":136,"description":137,"author":138,"original_width":139,"original_height":140},13582,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139848","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139848\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-119741.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.2 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm! This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you’ll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. Ex. Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",645,576,{"id":142,"source_url":143,"license_code":134,"credit_html":144,"title":145,"description":146,"author":138,"original_width":147,"original_height":148},63053,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10137402","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10137402\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-70639.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm (which is a quantum leap in size) !! This is a specimen from that find featuring several incredibly LARGE, sharp, lustrous, cream-color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you\u003Ci>ll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. The quality on this specimen is as good as Kosnarite gets from any locality in the world. 3.2 x 2.2 x 1.6cm\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",690,504,{"id":150,"source_url":151,"license_code":134,"credit_html":152,"title":153,"description":154,"author":138,"original_width":140,"original_height":155},13583,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140568","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140568\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-121352.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.2 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm (which is a quantum leap in size)!! This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, cream color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on a gemmy Quartz crystal. If you look closely, you’ll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",432,{"id":157,"source_url":158,"license_code":134,"credit_html":159,"title":160,"description":161,"author":138,"original_width":162,"original_height":140},13584,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140605","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140605\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-121385.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.2 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm (which is a quantum leap in size)!! This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals with brownish Lepidolite on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you’ll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",407,{"id":164,"source_url":165,"license_code":134,"credit_html":166,"title":167,"description":168,"author":138,"original_width":169,"original_height":140},13585,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141365","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141365\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-130899.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.8 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm (which is a quantum leap in size) !! This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you’ll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. The quality on this specimen is as good as Kosnarite gets from any locality in the world. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",331,{"id":171,"source_url":172,"license_code":134,"credit_html":173,"title":174,"description":175,"author":138,"original_width":176,"original_height":177},13586,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144107","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144107\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-139752.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.4 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm (which is a quantum leap in size) !! This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you’ll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. The quality on this specimen is as good as Kosnarite gets from any locality in the world.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",638,396,{"id":179,"source_url":180,"license_code":134,"credit_html":181,"title":182,"description":183,"author":138,"original_width":184,"original_height":155},13587,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146117","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146117\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-152447.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.3 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm (which is a quantum leap in size)! This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals with brownish Muscovite on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you’ll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. The quality on this specimen is as good as Kosnarite gets from any locality in the world. Ex. Brian Kosnar.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",280,{"id":186,"source_url":187,"license_code":134,"credit_html":188,"title":189,"description":161,"author":138,"original_width":190,"original_height":140},63056,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140606","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140606\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-121386.jpg",539,{"id":192,"source_url":193,"license_code":134,"credit_html":194,"title":195,"description":196,"author":138,"original_width":197,"original_height":198},13588,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146928","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146928\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-157545.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.1 x 6.1 x 2.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm (which is a quantum leap in size)! This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals with brownish Muscovite on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you'll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. The quality on this specimen is as good as Kosnarite gets from any locality in the world. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",370,288,{"id":200,"source_url":201,"license_code":134,"credit_html":202,"title":203,"description":204,"author":138,"original_width":205,"original_height":169},63057,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141626","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10141626\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-132067.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.0 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm (which is a quantum leap in size)!! This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white bladed Albite. If you look closely, you’ll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. The quality on this specimen is as good as Kosnarite gets from any locality in the world.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",675,{"id":207,"source_url":208,"license_code":134,"credit_html":209,"title":210,"description":175,"author":138,"original_width":211,"original_height":155},63058,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144106","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10144106\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-139751.jpg",506,{"id":213,"source_url":214,"license_code":134,"credit_html":215,"title":216,"description":196,"author":138,"original_width":217,"original_height":198},63059,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146927","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10146927\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-157544.jpg",411,{"id":219,"source_url":220,"license_code":134,"credit_html":221,"title":222,"description":223,"author":138,"original_width":224,"original_height":155},63054,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139161","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139161\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-118307.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.1 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after the late Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine and the crystals from this find where no more than 1 mm across. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals over 3 mm (which is a quantum leap in size for the species). This is a specimen from the find at Jenipapo and features several sharp, lustrous, orange colored, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white, translucent bladed Albite crystals. If you look closely, you’ll see a small truncated face on one corner of each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. Even though the crystals on this specimen are not the largest in the world, the quality is as good as Kosnarite gets from any locality in the world.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",752,{"id":226,"source_url":227,"license_code":134,"credit_html":228,"title":229,"description":223,"author":138,"original_width":230,"original_height":155},63055,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139162","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139162\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-118308.jpg",502,{"id":232,"source_url":233,"license_code":134,"credit_html":234,"title":235,"description":236,"author":138,"original_width":237,"original_height":238},63061,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152326","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152326\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-178941.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.1 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after the late Richard Kosnar in 1994. This is a specimen from the find at Jenipapo and features several sharp, lustrous, orange-yellow colored, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white, translucent bladed Albite crystals. Ex. Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",402,360,{"id":240,"source_url":241,"license_code":134,"credit_html":242,"title":243,"description":244,"author":138,"original_width":245,"original_height":246},63062,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152704","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152704\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-180062.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5 x 5 x 3.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece has sharp, lustrous kosnarite crystals to 3 mm perched nicely on albite matrix. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",400,277,{"id":248,"source_url":249,"license_code":134,"credit_html":250,"title":251,"description":252,"author":138,"original_width":253,"original_height":254},63063,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152706","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152706\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-180065.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>One of the larger clean plates of the new phosphate species, kosnarite, which came out a few years ago. Just covered with bright, lustrous crystals. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",600,500,{"id":256,"source_url":257,"license_code":134,"credit_html":258,"title":259,"description":260,"author":138,"original_width":261,"original_height":155},63064,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10154264","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10154264\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-185416.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.6 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is a Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. This specimen features sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you'll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",401,{"id":263,"source_url":264,"license_code":134,"credit_html":265,"title":266,"description":267,"author":138,"original_width":268,"original_height":238},63066,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164276","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10164276\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Quartz-233507.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 8.1 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm. This piece doesn't have crystal up to 4 mm, but it does feature sharp, lustrous, cream color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on a group of gemmy Quartz crystals. If you look under magnification, you'll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",421,{"id":270,"source_url":271,"license_code":134,"credit_html":272,"title":273,"description":274,"author":138,"original_width":275,"original_height":155},63067,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172512","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172512\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-282535.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm. This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you'll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. Ex. Brian Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",473,{"id":277,"source_url":278,"license_code":134,"credit_html":279,"title":280,"description":274,"author":138,"original_width":281,"original_height":238},63068,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172513","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10172513\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-282536.jpg",480,{"id":283,"source_url":284,"license_code":134,"credit_html":285,"title":286,"description":287,"author":138,"original_width":288,"original_height":177},63069,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174091","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174091\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kosnarite-Albite-289130.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.1 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is Potassium, Zirconium Phosphate and was named after Richard Kosnar in 1994. The type locality for this material is Mt. Mica, Maine, and the crystals at that find barely approached 1 mm in diameter. A few years ago, Luiz Menezes made a discovery of what are the finest crystallized Kosnarite specimens in existence with crystals up to 4 mm. This is a specimen from that find featuring sharp, lustrous, yellow color, pseudo-cubic (trigonal) crystals on bladed white Albite matrix. If you look closely, you'll see a small truncated face on each \"cube\" of Kosnarite on this specimen, which is actually a pinacoid or a \"c\" face as these crystals are trigonal and not isometric as they might appear. The quality on this specimen is as good as Kosnarite gets from any locality in the world. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",528,{"id":290,"source_url":291,"license_code":134,"credit_html":292,"title":293,"description":294,"author":138,"original_width":245,"original_height":246},63070,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453402","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453402\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Albite-Kosnarite-mrz240b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKosnarite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kosnarite\">Kosnarite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Jenipapo district, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FItinga\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Itinga\">Itinga\u003C\u002Fa>, Jequitinhonha valley, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMinas_Gerais\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Minas Gerais\">Minas Gerais\u003C\u002Fa>, Southeast Region, Brazil (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-23061.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5 x 5 x 3.7 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Kosnarite on Albite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Kosnarite is a recently identified new phosphate species named after Richard Kosnar (now deceased). This piece has sharp, lustrous crystals to 3 mm perched nicely on albite matrix, make this a very good piece for the find (from about 2003). I recall that Luiz Menezes had the best of these at Tucson that year and I saw Marty walking out of the room with this specimen i nhis hand, as I was walking into that hotel show. It wasn't the most expensive or the largest, but I recall thinking this was probably the most aesthetic of the lot, given crystal quality and the isolation on contrasting albite. The appraisal price in the collection was $950, but I have priced it closer to the original number back then, to be fair.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":296,"source_url":297,"license_code":134,"credit_html":298,"title":299,"description":294,"author":138,"original_width":300,"original_height":253},63071,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453403","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453403\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Albite-Kosnarite-mrz240a.jpg",544,[302],{"id":303,"url":304,"label":305,"formula":306,"spacegroup":307,"year":96},7268,"\u002Fcif\u002F7268.cif","Sljukic 1969","K Zr2 P3 O12","R -3 c",[309,310],"IMA1991-022","Kosnariet",[312,316,321,325,328],{"lang":313,"names":314},"ca",[315],"kosnarita",{"lang":317,"names":318},"de",[319,320],"IMA 1991-022","Kosnarit",{"lang":322,"names":323},"eu",[324],"Kosnarita",{"lang":326,"names":327},"it",[7],{"lang":329,"names":330},"pl",[331],"Kosnaryt","Q3816567",{"history":11,"applications":11}]