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Fluorite on Quartz
- Fluorite Mine, Ruyuan, Guangdong Province, China
- Small Cabinet, 9.5 x 7.8 x 5.6 cm
- Start Time: 04/12/2009 8:20:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/16/2009 8:40:43 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A STRIKING, pristine Ruyuan fluorite specimen. A 6.0 cm, lustrous, translucent, lightly etched, green fluorite cuboctahedron is superbly set atop a sloping matrix of contrasting milky quartz. These fluorites came out in modest numbers for only a short time, then became scarce and expensive (see recent Min. Record China issue for more on these). It is quite hard now to find nice-looking, undamaged crystals on matrix, and the Chinese dealers value them highly and charge plenty for them. The back is contacted, but is totally out of sight and the base has been sawed to enhance the display quality. Valued at $750-1000, and well worth it.