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Botryoidal Fluorite
- Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
- Cabinet, 11.9 x 7.4 x 5.5 cm
- Start Time: 06/24/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/30/2011 6:35:27 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This find of a couple of years ago really shocked the mineral collecting world, because botryoidal fluorites are rare, and here you had intensely lavender ones (which had rarely been seen before). This bubbly, botryoidal CABINET piece has great form and the moderately translucent botryoids have a nice glow when backlit. Essentially pristine, with only very trivial periphery wear. Highly representative of the rare species and find.