4.2" Yellow Cubic Fluorite Crystal Cluster - Morocco

Yellow Cubic Fluorite Crystal Cluster - Morocco #159951

This is a gorgeous cluster of bright yellow cubic fluorite crystals from Meknes, Morocco. Many of the crystals have sharp, well defined edges, glassy smooth faces and interesting phantoms in some crystals.

Under shortwave UV, the edges of these crystals fluoresce white, while the rest of the crystal fluoresces white/purple in color. It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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.

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