Fluorite on Quartz

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A stunning specimen for many reasons, not the least of which is that it LOOKS Chinese, this happens to be considered by many the finest fluorite mined in modern digging at the Sweet Home Mine. I have never seen large crystals like this from the mine, save this one famous piece, long held in the mining company's collection (until sold from that vault, a few years ago to a private collector). Found in 2002, this unrepaired, pristine specimen features teal blue crystals to 2 inches across, perched on sparkling, perfect and pristine, quartz matrix with minor sulfides. It is striking, and truly different in form from other classic Sweet Home fluorite styles. Again, it looks at first glance like a chinese specimen! This cabinet sized specimen is, surely, one of the more significant fluorites found in recent years in the USA. I was honored to get ahold of it, so long after I had seen it exhibited at the Denver show many years ago. Joe Budd photos