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Mineral Specimens with Fluorite
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These stunning Altai Mountain fluorites are just NOT AVAILABLE anymore. These three specimens turned up as a total fluke from a contact who had them stashed away. They were found some years back in this mountainous area near Mongolia which hasn''t yet produced much compared to other parts of China. Not only are these difficult to obtain, but these are three LARGE, IMPORTANT specimens from the find! This dramatic plate features fewer modifications on the cube than the other two, and this more conventionally cubic form makes this specimen have the brightest color of the three. There is a bit of accenting quartz druse in a couple of spots. 16 x 15 x 4.5 cm
This cluster of intergrown crystals is from the finds last year of splendid crystals with a pebbly surface and clear interior, with wonderful cuboctahedral form. The biggest crystal here measures over 4.5 cm across! This cluster has wrapped itself around a small shard of matrix, which you can see when you look down into the interior. 5.3 x 5.0 x 4.2 cm
An extremely rare specimen of large, isolated FLUORITE crystals from this famous locality for which fluorite is one of the most rare minerals to obtain! And, its aesthetic, to boot. Its the best Panasquiera fluorite I have seen for sale , at least in the states. 5.2 x 4.6 x 2.6 cm
11.8 x 7.3 x 3.5 cm. Gorgeous and striking, translucent, lime-green, fluorite botryoids to 2.0 cm are aesthetically scattered on sparkly quartz points on this excellent cabinet combination plate from recent finds at Mahodari, India. The botryoids really light up with light on them. From a special, one-time pocket found about 4 years ago.
Unusual pear-green botryoidal fluorite from a special, one-time pocket found about 4 years ago. I bought much of it at the time, and just found these two holdouts as I cleaned out some old flats. Most unusual in both color and form! 11.5 x 9.5 x 3.2 cm
A really pretty combination piece with unusually rich coverage of fluorite for the locality, associated with pretty pink rhodo to teh side. From teh fluorite collection (with label) of Herb Obodda, sold perhaps 6 years back. 9 x 7 x 3.5 cm
A spectacular large specimen, with HUGE and deeply colored, multiply-phantomed crystals to a whopping 5 cm (2 inches!). MUCH BETTER IN PERSON...when backlit, this piece GLOWS with colors subtly changing from green to blue throughout. It is one of the best from here that I have seen for sale and is representative of older material, as opposed to what is being mined here today. 13.9 x 11.1 x 5 cm
A spectacular large crystal, just HUGE and deeply colored, with multiply-phantomed crystals to a whopping 5 cm (2 inches!). MUCH BETTER IN PERSON...when backlit, this piece GLOWS with colors subtly changing from green to blue throughout. It is, like the above specimen, one of the best from here that I have seen for sale and is representative of older material, as opposed to what is being mined here today. 5.4 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm
I have seen a LOT of these over the last few years, trickle out in spurts periodically. However, of them all, this one has the richest raspberry-purple color and deep hue of any I have seen. Some people dismiss these as "deco rocks" because they are more or less common on the market at th emoment. However, this one stands above and is really in the top 1 percentile of all of them for color and visual impact. It is also very aesthetic overall , and undamaged, and fairly large. Do not underestimate them because they are Mexican and not Illinois - someday, they'll be gone too! 15.3 x 10.8 x 6 cm
This sharp specimen has the glassiest lustre and richest purple color you could ask for in a Weardale purple fluorite specimen. The display quality is superb, and the crystals stand out much better in person than in the pics. They are to 1.5 cm in size. Note also the classic interpenetration twinning evident in the closeups. It is a true worldwide classic, of the old English fluorites that lent their name to the very phenomenon of fluorescence when it was noted. 7.1 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
This one is hard to convey in pics. It is actally a very displayable calcite specimen, no problem. However, it is ALSO a very neat pseudomorph piece! The large discshaped calcites sit ON a cluster of large scalenoedhral crystals that turn out to be FLUORITE that had encased an original calcite crystal, filling in the space and crystallizing on the inside of the growing internal cavity as the calcite dissolved away over time. It reallly is much better in person and in fact, could be photo'd the other way with the sharp calcite-formed pseudo on top, as well. To me, though, its primarily a calcite with the replacement as an interesting "surprise" bonus. 10.9 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm
The largest of the deep purple crystals on this BIG cluster of 4 crystals measures to just under 6 cm across the edge! A couple of VERY minor corner dings are all there is in the way of damage on the main part of the display face; the rest is the normal stuff around the matrix contact at the bottom. This is a big, impressive and very showy old Illinois specimen!
It has been some time since we have been able to get our hands on any Blanchard Mine fluorite. This is a plate of the classic teal-blue, with sharp crystals to 1 cm. 8.3 x 5.6 x 3.6cm
A textbook, deep purple, dodecahedral crystal, nicely centered in the snowy quartz matrix. This is the rarer form of the two sorts of fluorite crystals from the "big find" of last year (the others are the green/purple octahedra). Sometimes these are also labelled as "Yiwu" locality. The crystal here measures almost 3 cm across. 7.2 x 6.5 x 3.6cm
Shimmering purple fluorite cubes to 1.9 cm along the edge, stacked on a matrix of shiny sphalerite crystals. A fine example of the classic combo from the now-closed Elmwood - and specimens such as this are getting really hard to come by. 7.5 x 6.6 x 4.2cm
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