What a stunner! This remarkable Elmwood mine Fluorite is huge, colourful and dramatic. This is one of the largest specimens from Arvid Pasto's remarkable Fluorite collection. Classic Elmwood mine, it consists of a base made up of a complete layer of spherical, nodular masses of Baryte individually reaching 6 cm in diameter, but these are rarely seen. Beneath the Baryte, or on top when the Baryte is inverted, is the most beautifully coloured and texturally bizarre display of Fluorite. This Fluorite is not your straightforward cubic form. It is not even octahedral, cubo-octahedral, or any other variation on the common crystallographic forms of Fluorite. Instead, it is the naturally etched form for which Elmwood mine is famous. It is difficult to portray this form in words, but I liken it to road cones, or ice-cream cones, but purple, and with complex serrated edges. Occasionally, you seen individual etched cone-like crystals for sale from Elmwood mine, but this specimen is covered in them. They reach up to 4 cm in length, pointing outwards but due to their delicate nature the tips of some of these cones are cleaved away. Nevertheless, there cannot be many specimens of this scale out there, and it displays remarkably well. Between the conical etched Fluorite crystals the surface is covered in what I call Fluorite ice: think shavings of ice, but purple coloured and you won't be far off. A truly remarkable specimen and a museum piece if ever I saw one. Due to its size and weight (12.5 kg) additional shipping charges will apply.