Details
ColorsGreen
Origin
Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
SizeMiniature
Dimensions3.5 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
Species
Flr
Description
This beautiful interpenetrant twinned pair of octahedral, emerald-lime-green Fluorite crystals makes a fine miniature specimen, with a small, 1.5 cm, rod of coarse-grained, sugary, milky-white Quartz. From the fluorite occurrences at Riemvasmaak, Kakamas, Northern Cape, South Africa, a little-known locality close to the Augrabies Falls National Park and only about 30 km from the south-eastern corner of Namibia. The main display crystal is a distorted octahedron, measuring 3.9 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm, the latter being half the depth of the octahedron, to where the crystal has been detached from in-situ. Both crystals are semi-transparent and have crisp, sharp edges. The apex of the larger distorted crystal has a 'V'-shaped castellated rim. A great South African octahedral Fluorite.
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