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 Topic: Favourite Fluorites? |
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 Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Jul 12, 2018 07:15 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| A Denton mine , Illinois light blue fluorite with sharp purple phantom, and a nice accenting cluster of pale yellow calcite scalenohedrons. Measures 11x10x8 cm | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Jul 11, 2018 16:15 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| Here is a neat Elmood piece with Raspberry fluorite, dolomite and sphalerite. Its 10x7x5 cm. I think it has a nice balance to it... | |
| Topic: Favourite Calcites? |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Apr 04, 2018 07:16 Subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
| I guess this specimen could also go in the "favorite fluorite" section, but I think the Calcite is the star of the show here. This specimen is from Illinois, Denton mine and the Bahama Pod. ... | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Feb 25, 2018 18:20 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| This green fluorite from Piaotang mine in China was a new find in 2017. It is fairly large with sharp phantoms, and with faces that are 9 cm across. Internally are white barite crystals that grew on ... | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Jan 18, 2018 14:22 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| Here is a grouping of light green, multi-stepped fluorites with purple phantoms from Shangbao (one of my favorite locales). The matrix is quartz with some nice accenting calcite. | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Jan 11, 2018 09:54 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| Superb Fluorite Jesse!! | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Jan 08, 2018 10:58 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| This cluster of fluorite on quartz is from Berbes, Spain. The intergrown crystals (3.5 cm on edge) have sharp edges with marvelous phantoms that are red-violet in color. | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Dec 18, 2017 14:54 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| A light blue miniature fluorite from Walworth, NY on dolomite. Measures 3.2 x 3.2 x 4 cm | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Dec 12, 2017 08:41 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| This is a Dalnegorsk, Russia fluorite of fine quality. It measure 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm and is a very pale green with a faint phantom. There is a slight contact on the lower left. R Watzl Photo | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Dec 04, 2017 14:10 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| Here is a Shangbao fluorite, one of my favorite locations. It features multiple gemmy raspberry colored crystals (front and back) on a quartz matrix. Measures 9 x 5 x 4 cm. | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Nov 27, 2017 17:02 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| This specimen is from Le Beix mine Auvergne, France. It measures 15.5 x 12 x 8.5 cm and features cubic fluorite with light blue cores and a colorless outer rims. There is also a second generation of s ... | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Nov 20, 2017 08:52 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| One of my favorites. A large multi-stepped gemmy green crystal on quartz matrix from China. The large crystal is perfect all around with 4 distinct flat terminations, reminds me of a Mayan temple. Me ... | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Nov 13, 2017 12:58 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| Here is a super gemmy pink spinel twin fluorite with muscovite from Nagar, Pakistan. Measures 10 x 6 x 3.5 cm. On first glance it looks like a Morganite | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Nov 10, 2017 08:50 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| This teal blue large fluorite cluster with accenting dolomite is from a relatively new find at the Green Fluorite mine, Chenzhou China. This specimen measures 13 x 13 x 8 cm and is contacted on the b ... | |
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Forum: Favourite Minerals Posted: Nov 07, 2017 08:44 Subject: Re: Favourite Fluorites? |
| This fluorite is from the Rosclare level, Cave in Rock, S. Illinois. The gemmy blue fluorite is second generation sitting atop a pale yellow fluorite "matrix". The base of the blue fluorit ... | |
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