Fluorite

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This is a superb, very colorful example of the classic stepped, intricate fluorites from this mine. It is a solid fluorite specimen, like a stalactite, complete all around. It is unusually deeply colored, and unusually well-formed for this locality, from which most fluorite comes in broken-off plates, or in smaller growths than this. The piece is nearly pristine with only a very few small, trivial little cleaved tips. Otherwise, it is complete all around. The complexity introduced by the multistepped faces makes it very reflective, too. In back, there are some small accenting white calcite "balls" attached. A remarkable specimen, from a classic fluorite locale. Formerly in the noted collection of Marc Weill.