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Mineral Specimens with Fluorite
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Here is something you see fewer and fewer of – Illinois fluorite clusters with GLASSY luster, the most desirable of course. This large specimen not only has this luster, but has wonderful purple-outlined crystals to 3.5 cm across, with glowing golden interiors. There is only one contact on a crystal, down by the periphery of the specimen. Other than that, any wear is on the “micro” level. So the specimen is in wonderful condition. 10 x 7 x 5 cm
A very large, showy specimen COVERED with dozens of transparent green fluorite crystals (more colorful in person) measuring to 3 cm on edge! Instead of covering the matrix entirely, the crystals have spaces between them where matrix shows, framing the crystals nicely and making the specimen unusually attractive. Some of the crystals have natural corner modifications. 18 x 15 x 8 cm
A 3-cm-across, light lemon color, botryoid of fluorite rests on a druse of colorless quartz crystals which, in turn, have formed on an amygdaloidal basalt matrix. The botryoidal fluorite from India is arguably the best in the world for its type and this is a truly outstanding example with good, uniform color and excellent translucency. It is set against contrasting matrix that really makes the piece! 10.3 x 5.6 x 3.9 cm
An extremely aesthetic cluster of translucent, red-orange, botryoidal fluorite majestically rises from a druse of chalcedony. The cluster is comprised of approximately 5 intergrown spheres and stands 4 cm high. The whole sculptural quality of the specimen is outstanding. These red fluorites are very uncommon, and with lustre and translucency such as this one, more so. This would be one of the better examples I have seen 11.5 x 6.5 x 4.6 cm
On a matrix of drusy, gray quartz, are two botryoids of dark lemony- tan color fluorite. The largest hemisphere of fluorite measures 4 cm across and 1.75 cm high. The luster is muted but the fluorite is translucent and the color is outstanding. There is no doubt in my mind that this habit is best seen in Indian fluorites, and botryoidal fluorite in general is quite rare in nature. This is a very choice example of this habit, which really only started to appear on the market from a new zone hit about 5 years ago. 7.7 x 3.3 x 2 cm
This is a really unusual specimen. A crystal of calcite is perched atop, or impaled by, a stalactite of colorless quartz upon which, are several small lemony-yellow botryoidal fluorite spheres. Encrusted around the calcite core atop the pedestal are rhombs of calcite, to 3 cm across. As some of the calcite seems to hav ealtered to quartz at the surface, it appears that there has been at least, partial replacement(pseudomorphism) of the whole specimen by a later generation of quartz. UNUSUAL! this piece is pristine and complete all around, too 12.7 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm
nestled in a vug of gray, drusy, quartz crystals, is a smooth yellow botryoid of fluorite. The translucent, muted luster sphere measures 3.5 cm across. It is also more than 1 cm high. As I previously stated, these spherical fluorites are found at their best in India. 7.8 x 7.2 x 2.5 cm
A 4 cm across botryoidal, grayish-lemon color, fluorite sits on a quartz druse. It is translucent with a muted luster. It is slightly contacted on the bottom side, but that is of little consequence. It is cheap because it has poor lustre, but it is still a great example of this rare habit in fluorite 4.9 x 3.5 x 2 cm
An aesthetic and showy specimen of a 1.0 cm, matte-finish, blood-red fluorite ball perched on the apex of a ball of transparent to translucent, frosted, gray-green quartz crystals on a small bit of basalt matrix from the several year old, one-tiime find at the Mahodari Quarry in India. The specimen can be rotated, so that the trivial contacting and a trivial termination bruise on adjacent quartz crystals to the fluorite ball are not visible. This would be a very fine specimen, without any damage. 6.7 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm
A very showy and rich specimen of botryoidal, yellow, smithsonite on massive fluorite from the famous Sheshodonnell East Mine, Carron, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland. A bit of edge wear is negligible, as it displays so nicely and colorfully. This fine piece is the third and last of three pieces. 7.0 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm
This striking specimen consists of the slightly concave side of a quartz-lined pocket with a 1.8 cm ball of red fluorite (tinted by hematite) unique to this find, with another smaller ball hiding nearby. There is also a little quartz stalactite beside the fluorite balls (you are viewing it from the top - from the side, it has a hook shape). These are a really unique form and color for fluorite, similar in form at least to the yellow Indian fluorite balls that look like eggs. 10.0 x 8.8 x 2.9cm
This is a LARGE plate of intense green crystals of fluorite, BIG ones to 4 cm on edge, from Okarusu. Most of the corners are stepped and modified 12.3 x 11.9 x 5.6cm
Two large crystals of the famous "water-clear" fluorite from Dalnegorsk, isolated on a matrix of greenish quartz. Both crystals measure about 2.5 cm across. We chose not to do it, but if you wish, you can VERY EASILY trim the specimen into two, with one of them making a KILLER MINIATURE with the single ball-like crystal sitting up perfectly on the matrix (you can see what I am talking about from the pics . . ) 9.4 x 6.2 x 5.1cm
Until these pink fluorites were discovered in Mexico, Peru and the Alps were the only sources for pink fluorite, and the cost of a specimen such as this was (and still is) astronomical from those localities. This relatively large plate has fine octahedrons measure up to 1.5 cm. 17.2 x 8.0 x 3.2cm
These fluorites caused a sensation when they came out - translucent green crystals of fluorite on an ealier generation of darker fluorite. They sold out and disappeared pretty quickly. This large specimen from the find is truly unsual, in that it has a THIRD generation of fluorite, in the form of some blocky little transparent crystals on top of the octahedrons . 15.8 x 9.3 x 6.4cm
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