Fluorite on Candle Quartz

Fluorite on Candle QuartzFluorite is one of the most variable of all crystalline minerals, occurring in shades of blue, green, purple, red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed. The name fluorite comes from its use as a flux, or chemical cleaning agent, in iron smelting and other metallurgy. Pure fluorite is clear, but most specimens have vivid color due to various impurities and are often fluorescent. With a

Known for its beautiful prismatic crystals

and blues as well as the more commonly encountered clear or pale white

They were recovered from deposits in Morocco and date back to the late Cretaceous Period

Amethyst is often found in spectacular geodes

The price for this piece is for 2 individual pieces of ruby

high shine mica and range in hue from nearly clear to classic sea green to deep blue

Middle Devion period

Incredible specimens of natural uncut aquamarine from Mount Little Xuebaoding in Sichuan

this piece consists of beautifully colored cluster of purple octohedral fluorite on a thick base of candle quartz - so named for the appearance of wax dripping down a candle down the crystal face

One of the most common minerals on earth

with nodules and delicate filigree-like branches

Each of these large and completely unique formations from the famed Dachang Mine in China features incredible character and high metallic shine