Quartz (scepter crystals) with gemmy colorless Fluorite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)

Item Description

This remote Chinese locality has become a prolific producer of fine quality crystallized specimens. This beautiful cabinet display specimen hosts, a group of very gemmy, colorless Fluorite crystals sitting atop scepter habit Quartz crystals which have mossy-green Hedenbergite underneath. The Fluorite crystals are a combination of cubic and dodecahedral habits, and are so transparent, that you can see directly through it to the matrix underneath! Overall, the piece is in superb condition, as I cannot find any major damage to the Fluorite group, just some attached matrix on the back. A wonderful and showy example of this gorgeous material. Priced at $4,500 in the inventory. Ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection. Along with amassing one of the finest private mineral collections in the world, Steve is a renowned mathematician. His accomplishments include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 along with being the awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 2007. You can read Steve's bio on the Mineralogical Record website ( https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/smalestephen/ ) or on Wikipedia.