Fluorite (''phantom'' crystal) with Smoky Quartz and Pyrite

Item Description

Certainly this is one of the best Fluorite thumbnails we've ever seen from Dalnegorsk. The quality, color, associations and arrangement are stellar for the locality. A sharp, well-formed, textbook octahedral crystal of light green Fluorite measuring 2.3 cm, sits along side a very lustrous and GEMMY Smoky Quartz crystal, with minor accenting Pyrite. There is an old placard label with the specimen, and some info that states it was purchased from dealer Stuart Wilensky in December of 1997, so the piece is well over 25 years old. The price paid back then was $395, which would be a bargain in today's market for the superb quality and aesthetics of the piece.
From the collection of David E Ziga, a geologist who graduated Miami (of Ohio) University in 2017, with a mineralogy background. Specimen #76.