Fluorite on Quartz - Le Beix Mine, France - 17.5 x 10.5 x 8 cm / main crystal: 7.7 cm

Mineral: Fluorite on Quartz
Locality: Le Beix Mine, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Herment, Clermont-Ferrand District, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.5 x 8 cm / main crystal: 7.7 cm

Description: Le Beix, Saint-Germain-près-Herment, Puy-de-Dôme, France Mass: 548 g MIM number: 1388 Probable year of extraction : 1975 Intact, transparent blue cube on a strip of small white quartz crystals with a partial covering of orangey iron oxide at the back; the ensemble is a floater. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence; Publications: "Le Règne Minéral hors-série XI-2005", "Le Règne Minéral # 100: Jul-Aug 2011" Ex collection: Gilles Emringer (France)