Fluorite, Quartz

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This Swiss fluorite specimen is quite unusual. The lovely pink, moderately lustrous fluorite octahedrons are attractively perched on a lustrous, gemmy, tabular quartz crystal (itself transparent and sparkling underneath). The combination as a whole is striking and unusual, so you can see why it was long in the George Holloway Collection, a California collector and friend noted for his superb taste in miniatures and fluorites in particular. The locality, please note, is not the (relatively more) common locality for pink fluorite of Chamonix in France. Rarer are these pinks from Switzerland.