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MD-38533
Fluorite
Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Miniature, 8.8 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm
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These specimens of large, bright green fluorite octahedrons on an earlier generation of purple-gray fluorite represented one of the most exciting finds of the past year. But they disappeared soon after they arrived; no more have come out and there is no indication that they ever will. This is a small cab, of very high quality. The crystals are sharp and very transparent for this find, and sit nicely up on the darker fluorite. There is a rough spot on a corner of one of the crystals, which might be a rehealed area or just a very complex termination; it is not clear which; but it certainly does not detract, as this is the large lower crystal that sits at the bottom and the best crystals are more prominent, in a row along the top. Damage is limited to the normal stuff around the periphery (the large crystal at bottom is not complete on the back as that is where the specimen was removed from matrix). The large crystal measures over 5 cm, the ones along the top around 3.5 cm. 8.8 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm