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3.9" Lustrous Octahedral Green Cubic Fluorite on Quartz - China
This is an aggregation of uniquely lustrous, somewhat chatoyant, green octahedral fluorite crystals on a quartz matrix. It comes out of China, a country known for its stunning fluorite formations. The fluorite fluoresces purple under short-wave UV light.
Comes with an acrylic display stand.
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.
$69
SPECIES
Fluorite & Quartz
LOCATION
China
SIZE
Entire specimen: 3.9 x 2.8"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#319955
