FluoriteGorgeous, gemmy, intensely purple, grape like Fluorite cuboctahedrons (with the largest composite group measuring 4. 2 cm across) are richly and aesthetically scattered on a thick hefty mound of banded and etched Quartz from a discovery in the early 2000s at the Dean Mine in China. The Fluorite crystal faces actually have a slight curve to them, which is not terribly common for this material. On the surface, the color is a dark purple hue, but when

along with the CLARITY

Specimen # BOL711B83

and they were seriously lacking in gemminess and displayability

where the crystals rarely exceeded 6 mm in length

Specimen # BOL711B09

GEM quality crystal group of colorless Quartz from an area that RARELY produces Quartz of this quality

these lilac colored Creedites were one of the few mineral discoveries from the Henderson Mine to actually survive and make their way OUT of the mine

each blade is notably well separated from the other

The colorless "ice" crystals from this locality are similar to the finest from places like Dalnegorsk

Specimen# CO712B172

good luster and minimal damage

Richard Kosnar mined the Sweet Home for a few years during the late 1970's and managed to collect some excellent non-Rhodochrosite specimens