Fluorite w/ Mimetite (Trimingham Coll.)

Item Description

A rich, showy and unusual looking large fluorite combination plate from France and the Bob Trimingham Collection. The dark purple, stepped-growth cubes, to 2.7 cm, have a strange etched/sintered look. Tiny, lustrous, tan, mimetite crystal clusters are festooned on the craggy fluorite plate. MINDAT does not list fluorite from the renowned Bourg d'Oisans area. We believe this impressive combination specimen is from the Rhone-Alpes. Interestingly, the fluorite does not fluoresce. Perhaps one of our viewers can help us further??