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OCTAHEDRAL FLUORITE CLUSTER

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OCTAHEDRAL FLUORITE CLUSTER

A stunning Octahedral Fluorite Cluster!  Natural octahedral crystals in purple and with a green tinge on a white matrix.  The underside of the specimen is a beautiful light green.  This would be most suited as a cabinet specimen as too much handling will cause the fine white crystals to become dislodged.  The colour contrast is beautiful on this piece and the rarer crystal shape make this a great find.  We have seen some quite spectacular specimens from this mine and this is definitely one of them!

Location:
De’an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China.

Dimensions:
20.5cm x 14cm x 6.2cm, 2116g.

Fluorite: CaF2.

 

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OCTAHEDRAL FLUORITE CLUSTEROCTAHEDRAL FLUORITE CLUSTER

A stunning Octahedral Fluorite Cluster!  Natural octahedral crystals in purple and with a green tinge on a white matrix.  The underside of the specimen is a beautiful light green.  This would be most suited as a cabinet specimen as too much handling will cause the fine white crystals to become dislodged.  The colour contrast is beautiful on this piece and the rarer crystal shape make this a great find.  We have seen some quite spectacular specimens from this mine and this is definitely one of them!

Location:
De’an Fluorite Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China.

Dimensions:
20.5cm x 14cm x 6.2cm, 2116g.

Fluorite: CaF2.

Named in 1797 by Carlo Antonio Galeani Napione from the Latin, fluere = “to flow” (for its use as a flux).  The term fluorescence is derived from fluorite, which will often markedly exhibit this effect.  The element fluorine also derives its name from fluorite, a major source for the element.  Fluorite is a mineral with a veritable bouquet of brilliant colors, it is well known and prized for its glassy luster and rich variety of colors.  The range of common colors for fluorite starting from the hallmark color purple, then blue, green, yellow, colorless, brown, pink, black and reddish orange is amazing and is only rivaled in color range by quartz.  Intermediate pastels between the previously mentioned colors are also possible.  It is easy to see why fluorite earns the reputation as “The Most Colorful Mineral in the World”.

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