Mineral: Fluorite on Quartz
Locality: Planggenstock, Uri, Switzerland
Dimensions: 21 x 13 x 9 cm / main crystal: 10.8 cm.

Description: Mass: 1750 g MIM number:2198 Large translucent perfectly formed dark pink octahedron perched on a 20.5 cm doubly terminated transparent and colorless quartz. It is rare to find a combination of these two minerals in a floating set of this size, let alone so well preserved. Photographer: FMI / James Elliot Publication: "Rocks & Minerals: Vol. 98, No.6 Nov/Dec 2023"

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