Fluorite (GEM) with Pyrite on Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)

Item Description

A gorgeous full cabinet sized specimen from Shangbao featuring a WATER CLEAR, lustrous, sharp, modified cubic crystal pastel green colored Fluorite that measures 1.7 cm on edge sitting atop a crystallized group of sharp, well-formed, white Quartz matrix with a handful of associated cubic Pyrite crystals. The Fluorite is damage free, and the piece displays so beautifully as you can see from the photos! A few Quartz points are broken, but there is a spot on the Quartz where the piece appears to have been contacted and actually recrystallized ("re-healed"), so the damage on the piece is minimal. Great quality older material dating back to the early 2000s. A fantastic eye-catching specimen to add to any Fluorite collection or suite of Chinese minerals. Valued at $1,400 in the inventory for size, quality and sheer visual beauty. Ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection. Along with amassing one of the finest private mineral collections in the world, Steve is a renowned mathematician. His accomplishments include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 along with being the awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 2007. You can read Steve's bio on the Mineralogical Record website ( https://mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=671&page=1 ) or on Wikipedia.