Botryoidal Fluorite

Minggang, Xinyang, Henan Province, China
Small Cabinet, 7.0 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 08/04/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/11/2016 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Pretty lavender, translucent, bubbly fluorite botryoids covers all sides of this sculptural, narrow two-sided rib from this recent Chinese find. They glow a luscious lavender when backlit. This recent find really shocked the mineral collecting world, because botryoidal fluorites are rare worldwide. Essentially pristine. Excellent quality fluorite of the rare species and find. Faint purple fluorescence.

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