Fluorite with Quartz, Sphalerite

Unknown Owner
Classic specimen from Illinois with attractive rosy purple translucent and lustrous cubic crystals of fluorite measuring to 1.2 cm on edge across the top of a glistening colorless quartz crystal matrix. Minor sphalerite is present. In good condition with very minimal micro-damage and cleaving present. This would date to the 1960s most likely. Previously from the collection of Louis Lafayette.

Product details

SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions10.0 x 6.5 x 5.0 cm
Added on02/25/2026

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
05/2026Unknown Owner$1,500.00
Weinrich MineralsNot disclosed