Fluorite on Quartz (rare - BOTH fluorescent!)

Shangbao mine, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Cabinet, 11.4 x 7.4 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 12/10/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/15/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

When is the last time you saw fluorescent QUARTZ? This excellent two-sided CABINET specimen is composed glassy, translucent, pretty mint-green, etched fluorite cuboctahedrons to 2.2 cm aesthetically scattered on the front of a rib of sparkly, radial aggregates of dogtooth quartz crystals, NOT calcite crystals. The fluorite fluoresces purple and the quartz a purple-red. MOST unusual and showy combination material from a new find at the famous Shangbao Mine.

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