Rhodochrosite & Fluorite on Quartz (rare rich combo) Dr. Steve Smale Coll.

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A wonderful, rich and RARE small cabinet combination from the well-known Wutong Mine of China. Numerous translucent rose-pink to pastel-pink, disk-like flattened Rhodochrosite rhombs are aesthetically scattered among a rich coating of translucent purplish-gray Fluorite crystals on the sculptural, well-prepared Quartz matrix. The pretty, imposing, dominating rhodochrosite crystal is 1.8 cm across and the interior is pristine. Rhodochrosite and fluorite combinations of this richness are RARE from here and this is a very unusual style. Purple fluorite fluorescence. See the 2011 Mineralogical Record article in China Special Issue III, Vol. 42, No. 6. Ex Dr. Steve Smale Collection. Steve has assembled one of the world's finest private collections and is also a world renowned mathematician. He collects only exceptional quality specimens. Read more about Steve at: https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/smalestephen/. An outstanding example of this unusual combination style .