Quartz, Fluorite

Unknown Owner

Help improve this recordNo owner is registered for this specimen yet. If it's yours or you know more about it, you can add the owner, provenance, publications and other details.

This is a very geometric and just fascinating pseudomorph specimen from a find in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, called a "box cast." What you have are these huge blocky crystals of fluorite that have been pseudomorphed by sparkly, light amethystine quartz. Across the top lies a poker-chip calcite crystal which has also been pseudomorphed in this way. The largest of the pseudomorphs measures 9 cm along the edge. Ex. Richard Hauck Collection.