Bug-eye Fluorite (NEW Find)

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
Small Cabinet, 6.8 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
Start Time: 10/06/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/13/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

This specimen of spherical fluorite is from a new 2011 find from Inner Mongolia, China. We call these "bug-eye" fluorites for their isolated, bulbous shape. The 2.3 cm, lustrous and translucent fluorite is actually composed of sharp, intergrown, pretty sea-green octahedrons with scattered complementary purple octahedra. The "bug-eye" rests on the undulating field of nubby quartz crystals over a matrix core of massive quartz with arsenopyrite.

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