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3.9" Quartz Encrusted Yellow/Green Cubic Fluorite - Morocco
This is a gorgeous 3.9" cluster of yellow, cubic fluorite that's partially coated with an aggregation of quartz crystals, from Meknes, Morocco.
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 are most commonly seen.
SPECIES
Fluorite & Quartz
LOCATION
El Hammam Mine, Meknes, Morocco
SIZE
3.9 x 3.3". Largest cube is 1.48" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#104597