|
Mineral Specimens with Fluorite
(click on a page number to go to that page:)
page 120 / 187 - prev - 2799 specimens selected - next
1.6 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm. With a look all their own, the Fluorites of Auglaize stand out with their intense, purple, sharply zoned appearance and excellent luster. This thumbnail, which has a small amount of attached matrix at the base, has an unusual and dramatic stair-step to its classic deep purple zone. Very difficult to obtain today, this is a gem. Ex. Charlie Key.
6.2 x 4.5 x 4.1 cm. A remarkable combination of Hematite-included Quartz draped with numerous zoned purple Fluorites. The sharp and gemmy Quartz crystals range up to 2 cm and the Hematite zones within are superbly defined. Add to this the numerous zoned purple octahedral Fluorites, gemmy and .6 cm on edge and you have a very unusual and highly aesthetic piece. Ex. Charlie Key.
14 x 8 x 4.5 cm. A fine, large plate composed of three generations of Fluorite. The first generation creates the base: light blue and seemingly massive. This is followed by large (3 cm) crystals of euhedral light-purple Fluorite. These are overgrown by the final generation of light blue, lustrous octahedrons up to nearly 4 cm on edge. The fine drusy faces create a beautiful sparkly look. Ex. Charlie Key.
5.4 x 5 x 4.6 cm. An exceptionally large single crystal of Fluorite on etched Orthoclase. The Fluorite is 5x4x3 cm, has very good luster, and the classic purple and green zoning we have come to expect from Erongo. The crystal is actually much gemmier than the camera can capture - it really glows under the right light. This is a giant crystal for the locale with distinct color-zoning. Ex. Charlie Key.
3.7 x 3 x 1.8 cm. A very complex, gemmy Fluorite octahedron on Quartz from the Erongo region. The Fluorite is light green (with some light Hematite staining for contrast) and highly modified in habit. The crystal is an octahedron with stepped faces and corners modified by the cube. Each corner looks like an Aztec pyramid. The crystal is gemmy, and the Quartz crystals below make an attractive complement. Ex. Charlie Key.
6.7 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm. A very distinctive cluster of gemmy Fluorites from the Okorusu Mine in Namibia. Fluorites from Okorusu are renowned for their green and purple zoning, which these have in abundance. Also, they are very gemmy, which is much less common from here. The largest crystal is 1.1 cm on edge, and they all have superb mirror-like luster. A bonus, though, is that these Fluorites have a bright blue-white fluorescence reminiscent of an English Fluorite proud. I don't recall seeing an Okorusu Fluorite fluoresce this well. Ex. Charlie Key.
2.1 x 2 x 1.9 cm. A fine pair of interpenetrating twin Fluorite crystals from the Elmwood Mine. The largest crystal is 1.6 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm, and the pair has a small amount of matrix in the back. The pair has classic Elmwood zoning, as well as the typical high-luster, gently stepped faces that are very indicative of Elmwood. What is unusual, and extremely attractive, is the purplish-red color, as most are purple or clear. Ex. Charlie Key.
15.3 x 11.5 x 6.8 cm. Huge crystals of colorless, sharp fluorite cubes reach 3 inches on edge, in this specimen from the very old Black Forest mine of Grube Clara. This is a very old specimen, and comes with a label from the noted Herb Obodda personal collection of fluorites which was sold off in the mid-1990s. The piece sharp edges and is complete-all-around. It shows a very slight hint of grayish color, but is basically colorless. I cannot say how old it is, but he thought it predated the mid-1900s, at least. Weighs 1270 grams. Ex. Herb Obodda Collection.
11.1 x 11.0 x 2.4 cm. Until these lustrous, translucent, pink fluorites were discovered in Mexico, Peru and the Alps were the only sources for pink fluorite. These octahedrons measure up to 1.6 cm, and have vivid, deep pink color against the beautifully contrasting white matrix. This is an excellent, sculptural cabinet plate. Outstanding purple fluorescence.
Thumbnail. A fine specimen of stair-step stacked fluorite cubes peppered with marcasite microcrystals from the Ladywash Mine at Eyam. Interestingly, these crystals do not fluoresce, as do the fluorites from Weardale and the other more common localities. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
Thumbnail. A fine specimen featuring glassy cubes clustered on matrix from the Masson Hill Quarry at Matlock. Interestingly, these crystals do not fluoresce, as do fluorites from Weardale and the other more common localities. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
2.1 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm. From the Alpine collection of Richard A. Kosnar, this is a lovely little red Fluorite from France. The French Alps are renowned for their superb pink and red Fluorite specimens, and this piece is from the historic find from 1997 which produced some of the finest red Fluorites extant. It is a fantastic thumbnail showing relatively sharp octahedral faces, but the transparency and rich internal pink-red hue are what make it so desirable. Fluorite is found in virtually every color of the rainbow, but true gem red Fluorite is not common from any locality. Fluorite is one of those species that typically is more pale in smaller crystals, and the color is usually intensified as the size of crystals increases, so to have crystals of this size with this color is very impressive.
4.1 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm. A gorgeous, pale "water-green" color, gem quality, sharp, lustrous, intergrown cubic crystal group of Fluorite (forming the shape of a "cross") sitting atop pale beige color, sparkling Calcite crystals with minor associated Galena. This piece is not from a recent find at the mine, but actually about 30 years ago (late 1970s). The Fluorite crystal group measures 1.1 cm across, and for the quality, associations, and overall aesthetics, it is a superb miniature from this incredible mine. Ex. Richard A. Kosnar Collection.
3.6 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm. This is a classic association specimen from one of the most storied and well known districts in Colorado. The pegmatites near the Lake George area of Colorado have produced what collectors and dealers know to be the finest Amazonite specimens from the standpoint of color, quality, wonderful display specimens and excellent associations. This particular specimen features sharp lustrous, well-formed, rich blue-green color Amazonite crystals, but the most important aspect of this piece is the fact that it is associated with small, pale lilac color octahedral crystals of Fluorite at the base. This association is not common, and to find such superb color Amazonite with Fluorite is even less common from the Lake George area. This specimen was collected over 30 years ago (August 1976), when Richard Kosnar found some of the finest color Amazonite from Colorado extant. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.
6.9 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm. A striking, yet truly unusual specimen from the 2nd Sovietskiy Mine at Dal’negorsk. A fine cluster of glassy, nearly transparent, modified fluorite cubes sprinkled with flesh-colored siderite is perched atop a natural, quartz-rich, "egg". The egg is also peppered with tiny siderites. And the protruding clusters of quartz crystals add character to the "egg". The "egg" looks likes its hatching, with the quartz crystals coming out of the bottom. All of the major fluorites in the cluster are pristine. A strange, but very interesting Dal’negorsk specimen.
(click on a page number to go to that page:)
page 120 / 187 - prev - 2799 specimens selected - next
Rob Lavinsky, rob@irocks.com
All Content and Design ©1996-2012 The Arkenstone
Mineral Specimens by species; or
by specimen id.
|
share specimen![Fluorite from Stoneco Auglaize quarry (Maumee Stone Co. quarry), Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251491a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251491a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Quartz from Orange River, Warmbad, Great Namaqualand, Karas Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251503a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251503a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Quartz from Orange River, Warmbad, Great Namaqualand, Karas Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251503b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251503b.jpg)
![Fluorite from Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251516a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251516a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Orthoclase from Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251533a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251533a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Quartz from Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251569a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251569a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251572a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251572a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251572b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251572b.jpg)
![Fluorite from Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251578a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251578a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany [db_pics/mdpics/MD-251607a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-251607a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Navidad Mine (Mina Navidad; Abasolo Mine; Rodeo Mine), Abasolo, Rodeo, Mun. de Rodeo, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-252499a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-252499a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Marcasite from Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK [db_pics/mdpics/MD-252531a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-252531a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Masson Hill Quarry, Matlock, Derbyshire, England, UK [db_pics/mdpics/MD-252532a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-252532a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Mt Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France [db_pics/mdpics/MD-252695a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-252695a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Naica Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-253916a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-253916a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Naica Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-253916b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-253916b.jpg)
![Microcline (Var: Amazonite), Fluorite from R. A. Kosnar claim, Yucca Hill, Steven's Ranch, Lake George, Park Co., Colorado, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-253933a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-253933a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Siderite, Quartz from 2nd Sovietskii Mine (2nd Sovietskiy Mine), Dal'negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-253938a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-253938a.jpg)