Fluorite on Quartz (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)

Item Description

An impressive, showy, aesthetic cabinet specimen from Ruyuan featuring a large, beautiful green color, sharp, well-formed, gemmy octahedral crystal of Fluorite measuring 5.7 cm on sharp, lustrous white Quartz crystals on matrix. There is a gentle frosted effect on the surface of the Fluorite crystal, because it was one encased in Quartz, which was dissolved away to expose the Fluorite. I love how the Fluorite sits proudly, isolated atop the specimen. No major damage that I can see with the naked eye. Priced in our inventory at $4,000 retail. 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/biographies_labels/smalestephen/ ) or on Wikipedia.