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.