Fluorite |
Fluorite |
Specimen # | 100795 | |
Mineral: | Fluorite, Calcite | |
Location: | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad, Inner Mongolia A.R., China | |
Size: | 9.3 x 6.6 x 6.4 cm | |
Brilliant water-clear fluorite crystals to 1.1 cm sparkle over the cream-coloured calcite crystals that make up the base of this specimen. These fluorites are stunning - like the isometric, fluorite-version of a Herkimer diamond. The crystals are sharp and glassy, with cubic, octahedral and dodecahedral forms. in exceptional condition - no damage except chipping on the crystal at the far lower tip of the matrix. (With magnification, you can see that certain features on these crystals are like etch-patterns, or evidence an event that completed before the end of the crystallization process, as their suraces are crystallized.)
The central fluorite on this specimen is awesome.
Brilliant water-clear fluorite crystals to 1.1 cm sparkle over the cream-coloured calcite crystals that make up the base of this specimen. These fluorites are stunning - like the isometric, fluorite-version of a Herkimer diamond. The crystals are sharp and glassy, with cubic, octahedral and dodecahedral forms. in exceptional condition - no damage except chipping on the crystal at the far lower tip of the matrix. (With magnification, you can see that certain features on these crystals are like etch-patterns, or evidence an event that completed before the end of the crystallization process, as their suraces are crystallized.)
The central fluorite on this specimen is awesome.
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