Fluorite, Quartz

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Gorgeous, gemmy, intensely purple, grape-like fluorite cuboctahedrons to 2.3 cm are richly and aesthetically scattered on the etched, cabinet quartz plate matrix on this specimen from recent finds at the Wushan Mine, De'an, China. The fluorite crystal faces appear to be step-faced, but in fact, are very lightly etched. A superb specimen for the size, given the isolation and quality of the grape-juice-colored crystals.