Green Clear Fluorite

Green Clear FluoriteFluorite 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

It is a relatively soft mineral

with particularly high shine or uniquely shaped pieces prized by collectors

Aquamarine is a form of Beryl crystal long sought after as a gem and precious stone due to its beautiful blue-green hue and clarity

in iron smelting and other metallurgy

Beautifully preserved on slabs of flat shale

roughly 20 million years ago

large calcite crystals and the dusting of fine gold from the pyrite is unique to specimens from this specific region of China and have not been found anywhere else

Each contains at least one (most several) clearly visible insect

Fluorite has long been used as a gemstone and is increasingly popular in the market

Metacanthian Trilibite from the Mid Devonian Period

and under optimal conditions these insects will be clearly visible within the fossilized amber pieces

red and many other colors corresponding to their physical makeup and conditions when the mineral was formed