Fluorite

Item Description

Around 2004-2005, a friend of mine collected a large quantity of these beautiful green fluorites from a small new prospect in the well-known Grant County area of New Mexico. Most fluorite from this region is purple or mixed shades of purple and green, intermixed. I had never seen specimens of this pure green hue, much less large ones, from here! This piece, at over 2 kilos, was one of the best and largest examples he brought out at the time. I paid $1200 for it, as I recall, with some discount for buying a table full of specimens (all are gone now, except this last, largest one). It is a beautiful piece, with good 3-dimensional coverage all over the matrix, and it sits naturally upright on its own. I have not seen any, ANY, more come out since then. This was impressive in the context of the find when it was fresh, and just got lost in my inventory over the years. It remains impressive now, and I think fairly valuable because of its size and rarity for the locality. this is a REALLY impactful piece, and where else from the USA have you seen big and green fluorites of this style more reminiscent of Chinese material?! Valued $2500.