Fluorite on Microcline (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

A classic display specimen of the well-known material from the Dreamtime Mine in Colorado. This specimen but features sharp, purple colored cubic crystals of Fluorite sitting on cream colored Microcline matrix. I can see a few tiny Smoky Quartz crystals on the backside of the piece for a nice association. The largest Fluorite crystal measures 7 mm across. A cool piece to add to any worldwide Fluorite suite, or a collection of pegmatite minerals. From the collection of Gary Weaver of Prescott, Arizona (1944-2019). Gary was an electrical engineer who worked for many years for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/