Fluorite

This larger specimen features a 2.4 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm GEMMY crystal, twinned into a slightly smaller cubic fluorite; as well as another 2.4-cm twin in the middle of the specimen starkly standing out from the simple cubes around it. To me the most exciting new find at the show was this trickle of fluorite specimens brought back from the UK in Cal Graeber's hand luggage, from their summer mining project. They were about to give it the last season here, and lo and behold on the last bit of summer they hit what is now called "The Jewel Box Pocket," with some of the finest green penetration twins ever found in England. The color saturation is INTENSE. These fluoresce a DEEP vivid purple even in sunglihg...you don't even need a UV light to get the effect. A window, a door even, lets in enough natural UV to make them bicolor green and purple as you twist the specimen in the light rays (see lower photo for an attempt at shooting this). This was, so far as I saw, the best piece for sale at the show for my taste anyhow. It is pristine on the display face, with contacts around the periphery only. As you can see, it displays dramatically, but the intense color saturation makes it hard to photograph with depth and color both. BETTER In PERSON, I assure you.

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Product details

Species

Fluorite

SizeCabinet

Dimensions11.5 x 9.5 x 3.4 cm

Locality

UK, England, Rogerley Mine

Added on10/23/2024

Comments

Known provenance

2024/08