Fluorite cuboctahedrons (fluorescent)

Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan ore field, Jiangxi Province, China
Cabinet, 10.5 x 7.8 x 4.5 cm
Start Time: 10/08/2016 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/13/2016 6:36:55 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Beautiful, gem, water-clear and highly lustrous, pretty blush purple, mint-green and colorless fluorite cuboctahedrons, to 2.0 cm, cover the undulating matrix plate on this large and very fine specimen. This less well-known tungsten and tin mine has produced some outstanding Chinese fluorites and this is a rich, aesthetic and most excellent example. Moderate purple fluorescence. Most fluorites from here do not have the color variety, that this piece has.

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