"Invisible" cuboctahedral Fluorite xls

Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
Small Cabinet, 9.0 x 7.0 x 5.5 cm
Start Time: 09/22/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/27/2012 6:34:49 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Gemmy, "invisible", water-clear, intergrown, cuboctahedral fluorite crystals to 1.8 cm form a shapely mounded, 3-dimensional cluster attached to a bit of matrix on this most excellent specimen from the very famous Nikolaevskiy Mine at Dalnegorsk. All of the many fluorite crystals on the display views are pristine, except for a trivial bit of periphery wear. Common in the 1990s, these are hard to fine today in good specimens. This particular piece came from the last mining in 2003. These are considered contemporary classics. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!!

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