Fluorite With Pink Phantoms

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These multicolored, complexly crystallized fluorites come from a small and difficult cleft and are known as among the most dinstinctive of Alpine fluorites. Most were collected long ago, when the area first became accessible as the glaciers have been retreating (one benefit of global warming, ugh!). I am not aware of recent finds, and I have sene several specimens over the years with labels almost 40-50 years old attached. This is a really good one as they go, with unusually good rose cores and luster, plus isolation on the granite matrix. From the well-known fluorite miniatures collection of Francis and Pat Benjamin