Fluorite (classic material) (ex Herb Obodda)

Item Description

A fantastic cabinet sized display specimen filled with gemmy, lustrous, pale lilac and colorless "phantom" crystals of Fluorite measuring up to 4.2 cm on edge on matrix from the classic locality at Jaimina. The piece is in great shape overall, with only a few tiny blemishes to the main crystals, but it's partially incomplete along certain spots of the periphery where it was detached from the pocket. Some of crystals are WATER CLEAR and they were incredibly difficult to photograph, and honestly the piece looks better in person. You can seen some jet black Bitumen inclusions along with small metallic golden Marcasite frozen within the Fluorite crystals. The habit of the Fluorites is predominantly cubic, but you can clearly see distinctive classic tetrahexahedral modifications along with what I believe are either trapezohedron or hexoctahedron faces. A very worthwhile and attractive Fluorite specimen from this well known Fluorite producing district. The specimen comes from the dealer stock of Herb Obodda. Valued originally (10 years ago) at $1,500 and certainly more today I think.