Fluorite ("Ice Cubes") with Galena and Quartz

Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Small Cabinet, 6.3 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm
Start Time: 08/08/2019 10:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/16/2019 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A great combo specimen of the famous colorless Fluorites from Dalnegorsk. This small cabinet features several razor sharp, very lustrous, GEM quality, colorless cubes ("ice cubes") of Fluorite measuring up to 1.0 cm on edge which are associated with accenting silvery, metallic, splendent cuboctahedra of Galena measuring up to 1.9 cm on edge sitting among prismatic, translucent, colorless (and slightly iron included) Quartz crystals. I can see some small semi-"rosette"-like crystals of Pyrrhotite on the corner of the largest Galena crystal for a great touch. There are a few nicks, so the piece isn't 100% pristine, but it's really pretty in person and notably three-dimensional, which isn't always the case with these pieces. This is older material from the 1990s, and nearly impossible to find these days. We had this piece priced in the inventory at $1,500 for reference.

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