Quartz With Fluorite

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This locality is noted for classic rich pink fluorite on quartz, just as you see here. Several octahedral crystals of color-zoned, rich pink, translucent, fluorite, to 1.5 cm across are aesthetically perched on a colorless, gemmy, lustrous, crystal of quartz which reaches 7.0 cm in length. From this locality (or several in the immediate area), the quartz is sometimes colorless and not smoky as you often see form elsewhere in Switzerland. With the pink on the white, it makes for a whole different contrast than the usual pink-on-smoky situation. Very nice display specimen!