Fluorite with Quartz (ex Paul Zerfass Collection)

Item Description

A good quality, and beautiful display specimen of purple Fluorite with very sharp and gemmy cubes associated with gemmy Quartz crystals. The largest Fluorite cube measures 1.2 cm on edge, and the piece is really worth picking up as the quality is good (better in person) compared to many we've offered in the auctions from this area recently. The piece has a few minor issues in terms of damage around the periphery, but it's so beautiful when the crystals are backlit, and it looks great in indoor lighting or sunlight. The best Fluorites from Berbes are among the finest quality Fluorites in the world from the standpoint of gemminess/clarity and luster. From the collection of the long time, beloved, well-known French field collector, Paul Zerfass (Collection #297). Zerfass built this worldwide collection over nearly 50 years, many of which were personally collected. A biography featuring specimens from his collection (along with his face on the cover) is in the May - June 2017 issue of French mineral magazine, Le Regne Mineral. We have a .pdf copy of the article for anybody interested in reading it (though it's mostly in French). Just drop us a line and know that you'd like to have a copy.