Mineral: Fluorite, Quartz
Locality: Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 7.5 cm / main crystal: 4.1 cm

Description: Mass: 107 g MIM number: 1429 Intact, translucent, pale purple polysynthetic crystal perched on an apparently floating group of small quartz crystals. The fluorite crystal perfectly exhibits cubic faces (plane) and dodecahedral faces (in steps) over a 360° range. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence

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