Mineral: Fluorite with Quartz
Locality: Taiping Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Dimensions: 19,0 x 17,0 x 10,0 cm

Description: Main crystal size: 5,7 cm Assembly of perfect cubes around a very thin quartz gangue. The cubes are intact, limpid and brilliant, of a pale green color, with slightly beveled edges and, in general, a whitish translucent face with the others completely transparent. MIM number 1245 Photographer: Augustin de Valence (Aïnu)

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