Detailed information
Species
Quartz, epimorphs after Fluorite
Dimensions
78 x 135 x 53
mm
Weight
372 g
Locality
Genoa Prospect, Silverton Animas District, San Juan County Colorado, USA
Condition
No recorded repairs
Like a light dusting of snow on a winter's morning, the white finely crystallized Quartz coating a bed of pale green octahedral Fluorite crystals from Genoa Prospect, at Silverton, Animas District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA looks to have flowed across the surface and is draped thicker in parts with some smaller gaps where one can glimpse through. Although well-known from 'Silverton', the specific Genoa Prospect is rarely mentioned in relation to these Quartz epimorphs after Fluorite and this is far and away the most beautiful example we have seen. The individual pyramids, or octahedra, reach 3.2 cm across and are in perfect condition on top of this wonderful cabinet-sized display specimen. A few, more unusual tabular epimorphs are present too, indicating that the Fluorite is perhaps not uniform in its shape.
