Fluorite on Dolomite

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This is a very choice small cab, one of my favorites, featuring a balloon-like 4 cm fluorite perched snugly atop an elongated dolomite crystal. The fluorite is riveting in its complexity on the surface and internally, hidden within simplicity of overall form. It is transparent despite its thickness, and just glows like a jewel atop the dolomite matrix. This is from a new pocket found at the end of 2008, and quietly trickled into Tucson in 2009. It should be remembered as a very distinct style, something different from any we have seen before for the mine or a fluorite combination.