An excellent example of how the best Berbes can be. Soft pink hues, accentuated by sharper pink and gentle blue zonings— both colours rarely found in specimens from this locality. With glassy faces that are so clear, one can easily see the gorgeous, snow-white Barite blades underneath the bevelled crystals.
Locality: Berbes Mine, Asturias, Spain
Measures: Approx. 10.2 x 5.7cm
One of the best-known Spanish fluorite locality, the Berbes mining area near Ribadesella, Asturias, has been a favourite of Spanish fluorite collectors for producing glassy specimens with striking coloured zonings, often appearing in beautiful shades of purple, violet and lilac, and in some rare examples, pink or blue, alongside contrasting white barite, quartz or calcite.
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A glassy Berbes Fluorite showing rich violet and lighter purple tones with distinct zonings throughout the crystals. This specimen is actually double-sided, with more violet crystals growing on its back, alongside white Barite blades.
Locality: Berbes Mine, Asturias, Spain 🇪🇸
Measures: Approx. 6.7 x 5cm
This Emilio specimen is the epitome of when chaos co-exists with order. On its front face, numerous colourless cubic fluorite crystals grow without restraint on a bed of sparkly, silvery quartz. On its side, the neat, smooth surface characteristic of an Emilio specimen emerges, complete with the coveted blue and purple zonings and chalcopyrite inclusions classic to this locality. Truly the best of both worlds.
Locality: Emilio Mine, Asturias, Spain
Measures: Approx. 4.3 x 3.9cm
A gorgeous specimen from the Llamas Quarry, with the biggest crystal being a water-clear, tabular fluorite with a slightly bluish-violet tinge. There are also several other smaller crystals, some cubic, but with the same exceptional clarity, growing aesthetically alongside the focal one.
Locality: Llamas Quarry, Duyos, Spain
Measures: Approx. 3.6 x 3.2cm
The water-clear clarity of the best Emilio fluorites can be hard to capture on camera, simply because the crystals are so transparent, one can see through it to see the matrix underneath or other crystals that grew alongside.
The highlight of this specimen is undoubtedly the completely perfect crystal that sits front and centre. The beautifully formed, bevelled-edged, jewel-like fluorite crystal is completely damage-free, smooth, gemmy and clear on all sides, so clear that you can see the micro chalcopyrite crystals within.
Locality: Emilio Mine, Spain 🇪🇸
Measures: Approx. 10.1 x 6.3cm
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