Detailed information
Dimensions
86 x 144 x 57
mm
Weight
474 g
Locality
Xianghualing Mine, Linwu County Chenzhou Prefecture Hunan Province, China
Condition
No recorded repairs
Less gemmy than some Chinese Fluorite crystals, these pale baby-blue octahedral crystals from Xianghualing mine, in Linwu County, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province certainly still have an attraction. Slightly larger cabinet in size, this elongated triangular-shaped specimen is almost totally covered in quite large (to 3.5 cm across), pale blue frosted Fluorite crystals upon a bed of greenish Fluorite. A few pale cream-coloured disc-like Calcite crystal sit upon the Fluorite at one end of the specimen. In good overall condition, this is a fine larger display Fluorite from this famous Chinese Fluorite occurrence, that has produced specimens since the 1990s. Ex Arvid Pasto Collection, no. AEP823, it also featured in his 2009 book, Collector's Guide to Fluorite, on page 75.