Fluorite

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This is the second of two large plates of fine pink fluorite we got from our contact in Tucson, after an interval of not being able to get any decent ones. The other sold in the auction for $815 after fierce bidding last week. This big specimen is completely covered with beautiful pink fluorite crystals! We had not been able to get decent specimens for some time, until this meeting in Tucson; they had cherry-picked some pieces for us from the latest mine production. Until these pink fluorites were discovered in Mexico, Peru and the Alps were the only sources for pink fluorite, and the cost of a specimen such as this was (and still is) astronomical from those localities. Occasionally, such as with this particular piece, you get the wonderful clarity of an Alpine piece as well. These octahedrons measure up to 2 cm. 3.7 x 2.5 x 2.2cm