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4.3" Gemmy Yellow Fluorite with Glittering Pyrite - Spain
This is a beautiful specimen of yellow fluorite speckled with tiny pyrite crystals from the San Simon Mine in Spain. The fluorite fluoresces pinkish under short-wave UV light, and some dolomite and purple fluorite can be found directly on the matrix. The underside even contains several translucent calcite clusters. This specimen has a bit of everything: a truly stunning piece!
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
About Fluorite
Fluorite is a halide mineral comprised of calcium and fluorine, CaF2. The word fluorite is from the Latin fluo-, which means "to flow". In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon known as fluorescence, or the property of fluorite to glow a different color depending upon the bandwidth of the ultraviolet light it is exposed to. Fluorite occurs commonly in cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral crystals in many different colors. These colors range from colorless and completely transparent to yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black. Purples and greens tend to be the most common colors seen, and colorless, pink, and black are the rarest.
Fluorite is a halide mineral comprised of calcium and fluorine, CaF2. The word fluorite is from the Latin fluo-, which means "to flow". In 1852 fluorite gave its name to the phenomenon known as fluorescence, or the property of fluorite to glow a different color depending upon the bandwidth of the ultraviolet light it is exposed to. Fluorite occurs commonly in cubic, octahedral, and dodecahedral crystals in many different colors. These colors range from colorless and completely transparent to yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black. Purples and greens tend to be the most common colors seen, and colorless, pink, and black are the rarest.
SPECIES
Fluorite & Pyrite
LOCATION
Moscona Mine, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Asturias, Spain
SIZE
4.3" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#255705
