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Fluorescent Purple & Green Cubic Fluorite On Quartz - China
This is a stunning cluster of clear, green and purple cubic fluorite crystals that formed from an aggregation of quartz crystals. A large calcite crystal that exhibits vibrant orange fluorescence (under shortwave UV) can be found adjacent to the fluorite crystals. It comes out of the Hunan Province of China, a region known for its stunning fluorite formations.
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, Quartz & Calcite
LOCATION
Hunan Province, China
SIZE
Entire specimen: 3.6 x 2.8"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#205569
