RM795
A classic example from the Emilio Mine, this colourless specimen is completely glassy, with blue zonings and chalcopyrite inclusions throughout. The translucent appearance and glassy lustre is further enhanced by its beautiful etchings and “digital growths”-like formation.
Locality: Emilio Mine, Asturias, Spain
Measures: Approx. 5.7 x 4.1cm
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The Emilio mine in Asturias, Spain has been known for producing beautiful colourless to violet fluorite specimens since the 1980s, with the widest range of possibilities in crystallography of the whole Caravia mining area. Specimens found there display various habits, combinations of isometric system as well as mineral associations, including baryte, quartz or calcite, as well as inclusions such as pyrite, chalcopyrite, cinnabar, sphalerite, etc.
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A nice example from the Maraval mine, this well-formed specimen is made up of an intricate, neat network of translucent fluorite cubes which contain the characteristic red hematite and black inclusions. Some of the inclusions also grew outside/atop the fluorite crystals like red snow.
Locality: Maraval mine, Les Adrets-de-l’Estérel, France 🇫🇷
Measures: Approx. 4.8 x 2.6cm
A colourless Pratclaux fluorite with white phantoms and beautiful surface etchings.
Locality: Pratclaux, Haute-Loire, France 🇫🇷
Measures: Approx. 2 x 1.9cm
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
Like a jagged shard of ice, forever frozen in time. This flawless, colourless Elmwood ‘ice cream cone’ is a remarkable 7.5cm tall beauty with pronounced dissolution features, giving the crystals an unusually sculptural appearance. The fluorite is exceptionally glassy and gemmy, with excellent transparency that allows light to travel deep into the crystals and accentuate the intricate dissolution textures.
Locality: Elmwood Mine, Tennessee, USA 🇺🇸
Measures: Approx. 7.5 x 3.3cm
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