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Mineral Specimens with Fluorite
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7.7 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm. An aesthetic and uncommon Indian combination specimen of a 3.0, translucent, light golden-yellow, compound fluorite ball perched on a crust of glassy, colorless quartz crystals. The quartz collar around part of the base of the fluorite is a very nice accent. This specimen is from the much less well-known Jamner locality, Jalgaon District.
7.0 x 5.2 x 4.2 cm. A fine cluster of intergrown, translucent, "Blanchard-blue", fluorite cubes encircled by glassy, colorless quartz crystals from the Blanchard Mine of New Mexico. The cubes have nice purple edges and reach 1.5 cm.
Just look at this extremely unusual Chinese fluorite! It is dramatically modified, with small flat terminations and stepped sub-faces everywhere. The three large crystals are actually roughly euhedral, though they are so drastically modified that the the basic form is not clear. When you look at it closely, you can see that the crystals feature the large faces of their overall form, then subfaces, and on these subfaces, tiny micro-faces. There is a hint of purple within the mostly clear interior. Fascinating! 13 x 9 x 6.5 cm
Fluorite crystals to 4 cm not only with purple phantoms inside their clear interiors, but wonderfully modified faces, corners and stepped growth that adds extra interest. They show natural internal fracturing but no damage. 12 x 12 x 6.5 cm
A whopper specimen of huge crystals (to 5 cm), really exceptional for any locality but particularly for the Okarusu. The crystals have the classic, glowing purple and green coloration, and importantly, they also show gorgeous stepped corner modifications – something that is not all that common for these. I could find only a few unobtrusive dings on this whole big specimen, so it is in great shape. 16.5 x 14.5 x 6 cm
The “younger brother” of the larger Okarusu specimen in this update, but still rather sizeable, and of super quality. The crystals are razor-sharp, very lustrous and quite transparent, with fine purple and green color. In a few places you can see stepped corner modifications. 12 x 8 x 5 cm
Two 3-cm fluorite crystals sitting side-by-side on the quartz matrix. Both have light purple color zones inside, razor-sharp faces and fine luster. 11 x 8 x 5 cm
Three isolated clusters of gemmy, intergrown fluorite crystals, to 3.4 cm along the edge. The overall form of this specimen is wonderful, with the three clusters centered and equally spaced down the stark white quartz matrix. The color is NOT the drab green of the volumes of fluorite that poured out of China in recent years, but a much prettier (and rarer) grass green. Better in person! 13 x 7.8 x 3.8 cm
Mark my words: with the Elmwood now closed for good, there are going to be a lot of people kicking themselves 2 or 3 years from now for not grabbing great specimens when they were around. Already, they are noticeably scarce at the shows. Museum-size specimens such as this of superb quality are money in the bank, as far as I’m concerned. And I have rarely seen a combo piece as dramatic as this one. It just has it all: remarkable size, perfect structure and balance, superb crystallization of the fluorites and sphalerite, and a wonderful barite ball, with just the right amount of matrix supporting the whole assemblage. This is the sort of piece that deserves to have a stand built for it and to be in a place of honor! The fine fluorites, to over 3 cm, cascade down the left side of the specimen. They have grown on lustrous sphalerite (the zinc ore that was the reason for the Elmwood’s existence). Finely-crystallized individual sphalerite clusters measure up to 4 cm, some decorated with small, gem-like fluorites. The barite ball serves as a perfect base for the piece. Compare a piece like this, at under 3k, with what, say, a smallish Sweet Home rhodo costs nowadays, and you begin to realize how much bang for the buck this is. And with the supply dwindling, now’s the time if there ever was one . . .MUCH BETTER IN PERSON! 33 x 15 x 9 cm
11.4 x 6.7 x 3.1 cm. A superb cabinet plate of glowing, translucent, highly modified, green fluorite octahedrons aesthetically set on contrasting, sparkly, drusy quartz from recent finds at the Xiefang Mine of China.
10.8 x 7.8 x 2.6 cm. A fine, 3-dimensional cabinet plate richly covered with very glassy, transparent, golden-yellow fluorite cubes to 1.1 cm from recent finds at the Moscona Mine, Spain.
11.9 x 9.9 x 4.8 cm. This fluorite find has to be one of the most exciting of the past five years - large plates of razor-sharp, translucent octahedrons with unique purple and green tones, in contrasting stark white quartz. The mining has stopped now - any specimens you see are from existing stock. This excellent, 3-dimensional cabinet plate has crystals that measure to 3.3 cm. All of the major crystals on the interior of the piece are pristine.
8.5 x 5.8 x 4.8 cm. A fine fluorite specimen from the Yaogangxian Mine of China. Two water-clear, lustrous, lightly etched, sea foam-green fluorite cubes with interesting, interior, purple phantoms, are aesthetically stacked on top of each other like stair-steps. The cubes rest upon a matrix of quartz and bladed ferberite.
1.9 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm. Rarely available and highly desirable, incredibly limpid, blue fluorite cubes from Walworth, New York are equal to the best "invisible" fluorites from Dal’negorsk. And they have blue color. This excellent cube, nicely attached to a bit of limestone matrix, is pristine. Very highly representative of this classic locale.
13.8 x 13.6 x 6.6 cm. From a large private collection of Spanish minerals, a cabinet-sized version of something we normally only see as smaller specimens. A thin veneer of limestone matrix is the host for a plate of glassy and gemmy, yellow-amber, fluorite crystals to 8 mm across. A later generation of lustrous and translucent, ivory colored calcite crystals, to 5 cm in length and of complex combinations of rhombohedral and prismatic habits, has almost completely covered the earlier fluorite. Very nice color and sculptural contrast make this one of the better large examples from this locality, and quite distinct in its combination from calcite of other locales.
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