A sharp, gemmy, freestanding 2.2-cm fluorite with subtle color gradations and phantoms is perched upon porcelain dolomite crystals, on this superb miniature. The fluorite is complete in back, but covered by a thin druse of quartz. On the front and sides, it is free and clear of any obstruction and perched remarkably upright. The dolomite plate is also free of damage. This is from a new pocket found at the end of 2008, and quietly trickled into Tucson in 2009. It should be remembered as a very distinct style, something different from any we have seen before for the mine or a fluorite combination. NOTE: these exhibit the photographic property of metamerism. They change colors from halogen and professional bulbs (more blue) to indoor fluorescent lighting and even natural sunlight (more green). Examples from both are shown here. The change is startling if you do not expect it, and quite pronounced in the right lighting.

This is a translucent/transparent vertical stack of superb, razor-sharp, gem crystals growing one atop the other. The piece is even a floater, contacted or partially rehealed on back, and so technically complete all around. The quality, the clarity, is amazing...you do not expect to see it in a piece of this size, and so much at once on one piece. The piece is pristine save only for edge wear on only one edge, of a bottom crystal in the cluster. In person, this has a subtle color that is blue-green-lavender, and frankly seems to change depending on the lighting. In any case, it IS more colorful, and interesting in person, though the photos convey the geometry well.