CHFLO-15
Fluorite on Dolomite
Shangbao, Hunan Province, China
Cabinet, 9.7 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm
SOLD
This dramatic piece features a pristine, 3-cm-across fluorite with complicated, subtly layered, green-purple zoning. The crystals atop are both freestanding, pristine, complete, and totally translucent. The dolomite underneath it is very dramatic and 3-dimensional, complementing the fluorite by its very differrent shape and color. It is also a rather LARGE dolomite crystal, too! A sprinkling of small, green-blue fluorites run downs its saddleback, for accent. 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.