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Pink Fluorite
- Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
- Small Cabinet, 9.5 x 7.9 x 2.2 cm
- Start Time: 03/01/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- End Time: 03/11/2010 6:30:00 pm (CST)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Until these lustrous, translucent, pink fluorites were discovered in Mexico, Peru and the Alps were the only sources for pink fluorite, and the cost of a specimen such as this was (and still is) astronomical from those localities. These octahedrons measure up to 1.9 cm, and have vivid, deep pink color with some violet highlights against the beautifully contrasting white matrix. An excellent, sculptural plate.