4.4" Quartz Encrusted Yellow Fluorite With Galena - Morocco
This is a 4.4" wide cluster of yellow, cubic fluorite that is encrusted with an aggregation of druzy quartz crystals. There are also several galena crystals associated. It was collected from the El Hammam Mine in 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.
$39
SPECIES
Fluorite, Quartz & Galena
LOCATION
El Hammam Mine, Meknes, Morocco
SIZE
4.4 x 3.3"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#223902