Bi-colored Fluorite octahedrons on Quartz

Kara-Oba W deposit, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
Cabinet, 10.6 x 6.4 x 4.0 cm
Start Time: 08/23/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/30/2012 6:34:22 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Two complex fluorite octahedrons to 3.5 cm on edge, with thousands of stepped-growth faces aesthetically set on the side of a coated, euhedral quartz crystal. The lustrous, translucent, fluorites are sea-green, with highlights of purple. The fluorites are pristine and the quartz has two points of side contacting, with no damage, per se. Rare pristine material from an abandoned Soviet-era military-run tungsten mine!

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