Fluorite on Quartz (classic locale) Robertson Coll.

Item Description

Rich purple translucent fluorite cubes, to 2.2 cm, with silky luster faces are very aesthetically set on the mounded matrix of preferentially oxide-tinted drusy quartz points. This is a classic style and color of fluorite from the famous mines at Bingham. Ex Kay Robertson Collection # 9492 and acquired from Willard Perkin at the 1982 Tucson Show. Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017). The cubes have a beautiful rich glow, when back lit and this excellent piece has multiple fine display views.