Fluorite and Calcite on Quartz (New Find) fluorescent

Item Description

A dramatic and weird looking CABINET combination specimen from a NEW FIND at the famous San Antonio Mine at Santa Eulalia. Sharp, pretty lavender, fluorite cubes to 2.5 cm are nestled amongst very strange looking, etched/melted, karstic-looking, calcite formations. The large calcite looks like a castle with towers on the top. Two generations of calcite are present: lower, massive, translucent, whitish calcite; and capped by sharp, tan to colorless, calcite scalenohedrons. The fluorites and calcite rest on a matrix plate covered by sharp, colorless, quartz needles. Unusually, the massive calcite fluoresces vivid orange-pink, while the crystallized calcite does not fluoresce! Santa Eulalia has produced some striking specimens and this new find certainly fits the category!