Updated 1d ago
2
Fluorite$6,500.00
Wire transfers available, to set up
This large cabinet specimen must surely rank as the finest Fluorite found at Blackdene mine. This 16.5 cm long plate doesn't bear any of the cubo-octahedral Galena crystals for which this mine is rightly famous, instead, concentrating wholly on exceptional Fluorite crystals. And wow, it does this with perfection. Unlike the paler purple Fluorite crystals seen with the Galena, this Fluorite is intensely purple - like that from Frazer's Hush - and is exceptionally gemmy and glassy too. However, unlike Frazer's Hush specimens, this one features a whopping 5.1 cm wide individual crystal, absolutely pristine in form, and with a distinctive dark sulphide-rich layer developed preferentially on one crystal face. The smaller crystals (still mostly above 1 cm on edge and up to 2.7 cm) forming the remainder of the specimen are all mostly twinned and extremely gemmy. This is a top class Weardale Fluorite of the highest order. Ex Bill Creighton collection.
Product details
Species
SizeLarge Cabinet
Dimensions16.5 x 11.2 x 8.0 cm
Locality
SKUCC25126
Listed on09/16/2025
Known provenance
Species and Locality Wiki Pages
Collectors of Fluorite from Blackdene Mine
Fluorite from UK Sales Data
From
To
From
To
Loading sales data...
All Sales
Loading specimens...