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Stunning, 12.2" Purple Fluorite Cluster with Quartz - Ireland
This is an absolutely stunning cluster of fluorite crystals with quartz, collected from Larkin's Quarry in Connacht, Ireland. The fluorite crystals feature distinctly bevelled edges and a wonderful purple color.
The specimen sits nicely on one edge without the need for a display stand.
The specimen sits nicely on one edge without the need for a 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.
SPECIES
Fluorite & Quartz
LOCATION
Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Galway County, Connacht, Ireland
SIZE
12.2 x 4.3"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#318675
