Fluorite with Quartz on Dolomite
Unknown Owner
The Shangbao mine, a high temperature skarn-type polymetallic deposit in Hunan Province, China, is renowned for wonderfully geometric cubo-octahedral crystals, where the main cubic faces are joined with highly distinctive wide bevelled edges. This superb small cabinet-sized specimen exhibits cubic-dodecahedral faced crystals of Fluorite measuring to 2 cm across on a crystallized Dolomite matrix with a few sprays of Quartz crystals evident too. The crystals of Fluorite are gemmy and colourless on their cubic faces and frosted along their bevelled edges, giving them a lovely character, with flashes of internal purple colour. Despite being quite a pale coloured specimen the crystallographic qualities of these Fluorite crystals is exceptional. Ex Arvid Pasto Collection.
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SizeCabinet
Dimensions10.2 x 7.8 x 8.0 cm
Added on03/11/2026
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| Date | Collector | Acquisition price |
|---|---|---|
| 06/2026 | Unknown Owner | $650.00 |
| — | Crystal Classics | Not disclosed |
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calcium fluoride with a dazzling color range, cubic and octahedral crystals, and UV fluorescence; prized by collectors for Blue John banding.
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