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1.9" Calcite Crystals Coated With Purple (Yttrofluorite?) Fluorite
This is an intriguing, 1.9" wide, calcite crystal cluster that is part of a new find in Qinglong, China. The scalenohedral calcite crystals are encrusted in small, cubic, purple fluorite crystals, as well as what appears to be transparent selenite. It is claimed that this fluorite is Yttrofluorite (fluorite containing an appreciable amount of the rare earth element yttrium), but we have not been able to independently verify this.
SPECIES
Fluorite & Calcite
LOCATION
Dachang, Qinglong, Guizhou, China
SIZE
1.9 x 1.9"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#177569