Fluorite

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This large specimen features a 4.5 cm (almost 2 inch!) GEM-CLEAR crystal perched atop a stack of smaller fluorites, all showing the cuboctahedral form but without the usual stairstepping we see from Naica. These ar etherefore much cleaner and sharper edges, with simpler geometry, that make the crystals really stand out a bit more from the matrix. The color grades form clear at the edges to a pale green in towards the core. There is no damage and the crystals are complete all around, even around the sides, to the back! There is sphalerite contacted in the middle of the back but this is nearly a floater specimen, again with crystallization right around the edges on all sides and making the crystals thus look very freestanding.