Purple Fluorite on yellow Fluorite (Jaime Bird Coll.)

Item Description

A very aesthetic, DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT, fluorite specimen from the famous Minerva #1 Mine of Illinois. Sharp, translucent and lustrous, vivid purple fluorite cubes to 2.5 cm with stepped-growth faces are beautifully set atop a cluster of translucent, yellow fluorite cubes. The backlit photo highlights the gorgeous purple and yellow color saturations of the two fluorite varieties. Nearly all Minerva #1 purple fluorites, associated with yellow fluorite, have yellow cores, NOT separate purple and yellow fluorite. I have reviewed all 12 pages (112 specimens) of Minerva #1 fluorite photos on the MINDAT website and not one specimen had the distinctively different fluorite colors this one has. CHOICE and RARE material from the Jaime Bird Collection. This is essentially a pristine specimen, with only very trivial cornerwear on one yellow fluorite.