Fluorite, Dolomite

For my taste, the best miniature I have yet seen from this pocket, and a most unusual piece for this mine, with a rich purple color. This is from the dolomite pockets at the end of 2008. The crystal is 3 cm across, translucent, and complete all around. It is SUPERBLY formed, and has a really good contrast with the lustrous dolomite matrix. The chinese dealers and sources valued these purple Shangbao pieces very high, when they came out. This pocket, with the dolomite association, will I think go down with time as one of the great Chinese fluorite finds.

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Species

Fluorite, Dolomite

Locality

China, Hunan, Shangbao Mine

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