Fluorite With Phantoms

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A bizarre, sharply contrasting piece with intense raspberry-purple phantoms enclosed within amber-yellow fluorite crystals to an inch in size. The contrasts of color and symmetry are striking. Oddly, not all purple phantoms inside line up on the same axes with respect to their outer shell crystals - an unusual phenomenon. The combinatorial patterning effect is really unusual and this is one of my favorite pieces of the lot for this reason, when combined with the very high luster and transparency of the piece. It is however, admittedly priced down by half due to some edge wear which can be seen on close inspection of 2 central crystals. Nevertheless, a truly standout visual addition to any fluorite suite!