Fluorite on Apatite (M695)
A very rare fluorite specimen from a this very uncommon loclity. The whole matrix is covered with tiny, intense purple octahedral fluorite crystals of first generation. On it three razor sharp terminated, jet-black octahedrons up to 18 mm on edges. A small apatite crystal along the upper edge of the specimen is also present. This material was always rare, but today more or less impossible to obtain.
A very rare fluorite specimen from a this very uncommon loclity. The whole matrix is covered with tiny, intense purple octahedral fluorite crystals of first generation. On it three razor sharp terminated, jet-black octahedrons up to 18 mm on edges. A small apatite crystal along the upper edge of the specimen is also present. This material was always rare, but today more or less impossible to obtain.
A very rare fluorite specimen from a this very uncommon loclity. The whole matrix is covered with tiny, intense purple octahedral fluorite crystals of first generation. On it three razor sharp terminated, jet-black octahedrons up to 18 mm on edges. A small apatite crystal along the upper edge of the specimen is also present. This material was always rare, but today more or less impossible to obtain.
Fluorite on Apatite (M695)
Kazakhstan
LOCATION
Akchatau Mine, Shet, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
SIZE
91 x 73 x 29 mm
DESCRIPTION
A very rare fluorite specimen from a this very uncommon loclity. The whole matrix is covered with tiny, intense purple octahedral fluorite crystals of first generation. On it three razor sharp terminated, jet-black octahedrons up to 18 mm on edges. A small apatite crystal along the upper edge of the specimen is also present. This material was always rare, but today more or less impossible to obtain.