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[Tobi]

Shangbao is a great choice, Matt!

[Tobi]

I don't think many fluorite collectors would mention the Blanchard Mine in New Mexico among their favourites - I do because of the beautiful blue cubes that it produced:

[Philippe Durand]

I love this baby blue

[Jesse Fisher]

Nice blues from Blanchard, but keep them in the dark as they can fade!

[geofossile]

fluorite from sainte marie aux mines, france

[Davidsg]

Some fluorites from Asturias, Spain

[Tobi]

Dal'negorsk was mentioned several times and is for sure among the best and most desired fluorite localities in the world. But not to forget the Russian fluorites from Kavalerovo, 70 km away from Dal'negorsk:

[Volkmar Stingl]

A nice fluorite from China: cuboctahedral crystals with clear cube faces and frosted octahedral faces. Size 8 x 4 x 3 cm. From Chengnan railway tunnel construction site near Wuyishan, Nanping pref., Fujian prov., PRC.

The colors are original in these pictures!

[Tobi]

Picking up an old discussion to keep this topic alive :)

[Jesse Fisher]

No one does blue fluorite like the French, but they're not easy to come by. I suspect that French collectors rarely let them go. Not good for international relations, I'd say! I did get lucky, however, and found this nice old Le Beix at the recent Munich show.

[Tobi]

Definitely worth mentioning - fluorites from Nagar, Pakistan:

[Jesse Fisher]

Fluorite from the Hunza pegmatites is often found in well-formed spinel twins.

[Jesse Fisher]

A couple more fluorites from the pegmatites in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan.

[Tobi]

Simply perfect!

[Jesse Fisher]

Another Tucson find this year, fluorite on dolomite from the Penfield (Dolomite Products) Quarry, Monroe County, New York. I was told that the piece was originally collected in the late 1950s.