Mineral: Fluorite on Calcite
Locality: Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Dimensions: 14 x 11 x 16 cm / main crystal: 4 cm

Description: Mass: 1850 g MIM number: 1594 Probable year of extraction : 2011 Large 15 cm cream colored calcite rhombohedron studded with lustrous and completely colorless fluorite crystals with the truncated octahedron shape. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publications: "Mineralogical Record: Sep-Oct 2012", "Lapis Jg. 38, Nr. 10, Oct. 2013", "extraLapis No. 52: Moderne Klassiker", "China II, Mineralien, Fundorte, Lagerstätten"

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