Fluorite (uncommon locality) (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

There are not many Fluorite specimens from the Silver Creek Area on the market these days. Typically we're used to seeing purplish colored octahedral crystals from this area (specifically the Skinner Lode), but green crystals are incredibly hard to find in my experience. This small cabinet specimen features dozens of gemmy green crystals Fluorite measuring up to 1.0 cm across free of matrix. The habit of the crystals is cubic, but each crystal is composed of multiple "stacked" cubic faces, creating complex clusters. The piece is in excellent condition, and is nearly a complete "floater", save for one small point of contact / attachment on the lower left corner. A very attractive and important Fluorite from Arizona. A must have for any Fluorite collector or a fan of Arizona minerals. Priced at $800 in the inventory. From the collection of Gary Weaver (1944-2019), an electrical engineer who worked 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/