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Optical Fluorite octhedrons
- 2nd Sovietskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
- Small Cabinet, 5.7 x 3.9 x 3.5 cm
- Start Time: 05/03/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/10/2012 6:31:03 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
VERY difficult to photograph, these stunning, water-clear, optic-quality, fluorite cuboctaehdrons are a Dal"negorsk classic. The two complex cubocts have mirror-bright, stepped-growth faces and reach 4.0 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm. The crystals aesthetically rest on a bit of fluorite matrix and are very nicely accented by a single calcite disk, coated quartz crystals and a bit of galena. The large fluorite has a very nifty, hard-to-see phantom, in its base. The two fluorites are pristine. Classic and outstanding material mined in June, 2002. MUCH, MUCH BETTER IN PERSON!!!