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FL-1 Fluorite and Quartz
with Mica (Lepidolite?) - Huallapon Mine, Pasta Bueno ,
Ancash Dept., Peru; 4.5 x 3 inches (11.5 x 8 cm) Very
attractive and unusual combination with gemmy clear purple green zoned fluorite with
slender quartz crystals and a pale lavender mica (lepidolite or muscovite). The fluorite
cubes also have sharp dodecahedral faces on the crystals. I know dealers like to say
things are a one time find but this stuff appears to be the real deal. While at the Denver
Show a couple of years ago I kept looking for more of these neat fluorites with the
various Peruvian Dealers. I finally saw a piece in one of the rooms and asked if they had
any more like it. They proceeded to tell me it was their last piece that had come from a
unique find made a couple of years earlier and nothing like had been found since. They
also wanted around $100 for it and it wasnt nearly as good as this piece I am
selling. This is a must for any fluorite collectors out there or lovers of unusual and
attractive multi-mineral combination specimens. There is some minor damage but it is still
a nice display piece. If you are not happy simply send it back for a full refund. I have
access to a couple more pieces from my source but this is the best of the lot. I guess
what Im trying to say is dont miss this one and expect another to come down
the road anytime soon. $130 |
 
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FL-2 Fluorite - Niaca,
Chihuahua, Mexico; Water clear cubes with
bevelled edges and corners. Minor cleave to one cube is so clean it doesn't distract
from the piece. 1.25" x 3" (3.5 x 5 cm) and with an old Eugene Schlepp
label. The back of the label states it was purchased at the Midwest
Federation Show in Columbus, OH on Friday 8/3/79. $25
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FL-3 Quartz on Fluorite - El
Hammam Mine, Atlas Mts, Azron, Morocco; 2.5 x 3 inches (6.5 x 8 cm) Bright sparkling drusy quartz cover the green stepped cubic
fluorite crystals for a pretty effect in normal lighting. Then you turn it over and turn
on the black light. The back is made up of fluorescent fluorite that glows
purple-blue nicely in the black light. $30 |
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FL-4 Fluorite - Pea Ridge
Mine, Sullivan, MO; From the deepest underground
Iron Mine in the US and maybe the world come a specimen with the typical dusting of red
and/or black hematite. The piece is a TN size cube with the red dusting of hematite
for $8. I have more of these in sizes from 8 mm to 20 mm ranging in price from $4-10
depending on quality. These pieces came from older workings in the mine as fluorite
hasn't come to the market from here for about 15 years. These were from an old stash
from a Missouri collector. |
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FL-5 Quartz on Fluorite -
Nancy Hanks Claims, Mesa Co., CO; $10 Deep green
fluorite in octahedral crystals make up the 3.5 x 2.5 cm piece. Drusy quartz crystals
cover part of the surface and the fluorite is somewhat frosted in appearance. It does
fluoresce nicely in the UV and the back shows casts of some large blocky crystals the
fluorite grew on (earlier fluorite?). This one looks much better than the photo and would
make a nice addition to your fluorite collection for $10 |
 
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FL-6 Fluorite on Barite
Walker Vein, Caldwell Stone Co. Quarry, Danville, Boyle Co., KY ; 4 x 2 cm;
$15 Pale purple cubes to 8 mm on long
stalactitic barite blades. Unusual crystallization as well as a good reference specimen.
Collected by Alan Goldstein 2/26/00 . |