Fluorite on Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

The historic Sunnyside Mine (referred to as the "Standard Mine" by the locals) mine has produced some of the most attractive green Fluorite specimens from any mine in Colorado. This piece hosts attractive, sharp, gemmy, fine green colored cubic Fluorite crystals sitting on Quartz and host rock matrix forming an attractive small cabinet specimen. The entire Fluorite group measures 4.3 cm across. Very little damage, that I can see. The Fluorites have a preferential coating of white Quartz on selected edges, creating a lovely "frosted" effect. A great specimen for any collector of Fluorites or specimens from Colorado from this well known mine in the San Juan Mountains. 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/