Fluorite (rare style) (ex Al Kidwell Collection)

Item Description

Fluorite specimens from the Pea Ridge Mine are rare enough on the market, but this piece is also a rare style for the locality. Typically, you'll find specimens with blocky, dark (nearly black) cubes, which are sometimes coated by Hematite, but this specimens hosts a gorgeous druse of tiny scintillating purple, gemmy crystals associated with Barite on Quartz matrix. The Fluorites look beautiful up close, and it's very pleasing to see such lustrous and gemmy crystals from this mine. You may not see another piece like this for sale, so if you're a fan of midwestern minerals or Fluorites from uncommon localities, do not pass this one up. Priced at $750 in the inventory. From the worldwide mineral collection of Albert Lewis Kidwell (January 1, 1919 - August 16, 2008). Al was a well-known mineral collector and research geologist with Carter Oil Company and later Exxon Oil Company in Houston, Texas. The phosphate species Kidwellite was named in his honor in 1974.